Would you like to spend a weekend in the mountains of Snowdonia with like minded people learning about hill and mountain skills.

Whether you just want to gain some experience of hillwalking or you want to learn some key mountain skills or work towards leading others in the hills then these weekends are for you. If you wish we will provide assessment for those wanting to gain a Scouts Adventurous Activity Permit

These weekends are run by Peak ASU, an Active Support Unit run jointly by GLSW and Surrey Scout Counties and made up of leaders who are also hillwalking and climbing trainers and assessors and have been working together as a team for many years.  We support and train other leaders and Beaver/Cub/Scout/Explorer leaders and lead groups in the hills and mountains ourselves; many of us hold the Mountain Leader and/or Rock Climbing Instructor Awards, as well as adventurous activities permits for the Scouts.  

Weekends in the mountains can be physically demanding.  Participants must be fit enough to sustain and enjoy a full programme, you will be walking on steep ground, navigating on paths in all weathers for at least 6-8 hours. We will often be out in low visibilty or darkness to train and give you confidence in low visibility. Peak ASU recognises that climbing and hillwalking are activities with a danger of personal injury or death.  Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions. if your are wanting assessment, please ensure you have a number of recents Quality Mountain Days in your log book.  A QMD is a route over 5 hours and normally an assent of a peak over 600m.

More datails here including examples of  Logbooks Mountain and Navigation Training Skills | Greater London South West (glswscouts.org.uk) 

Early Season Skills Weekend (hillwalking): Bethesda

Friday 23 February (travelling) to Sunday 25 February 2025                     Pre-meet: Sunday 18 February, afternoon (details TBC)

Summer Season Skills Weekend (hillwalking or climbing): Bethesda

Friday 10 May (travelling) to Sunday 12 May 2023                   Pre-meet: Sunday 3rd May, afternoon (details TBC) 

Late Season Skills Weekend (hillwalking): Bethesda

Friday 22 November (travelling) to Sunday 24 November 2023                  Pre-meet: Sunday 17 November, afternoon (details TBC)

Please note you can book more than 1 session but the system will show the additional details for each booking, this only needs to be filled in once and the information will be populated for the 2nd booking.

Navigation Courses 

The Navigation courses are aimed at leaders with little or no experience wanting to improve their navigation and turn map reading into navigation, learning skills to teach the Beavers, Cub, Scouts and Explorers in their groups and units. 

The courses will be held at locally in Surrey or Susex. they tend to be a relaxed and interactive, adatped to the skill and asperations of thoes attending.

April 7th and September 15th. 

details required at time of booking

1. Aspirations for the course.
2. Summary of recent (last 3-5 years) experience (ideally a log, this maybe emailed to Richard (peakasu@glswscouts.org.uk) separately.

Contact Details

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