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A
Alpine Climbing
Abseiling - As part of a multi-activity course
Abseiling - As part of an adventure package or day
Adding Meals to your Adventure Package
Alpine Skiing
Alpine Trekking
Alpine Ski Mountaineering
Alpine Ski Touring
Alpine Kayaking
Alpine White Water
Award - Three Star Kayak Coach
Award - Four Star Kayak Coach
Award - Five Star Kayak Coach

Award - Five Star Kayak Coach in the Alps
Arolla
Adventure Days for Groups
Adventure Packages
Adventure Activities

Awards and Bursaries
Advanced Scrambling
Advanced Ropework For Climbers
Advanced Swift Water Rescue Technician
Advanced First Aid
Anglesey Sea kayak Expedition
Avalanche Awareness (scotland)
Avalanche Awareness (wales)
Allstellach - Our Base in Scotland
Awards - Hillwalking, Climbing and Mountaineering
Awards - Kayaking and Mountaineering
Accommodation
Assessor Training
Assessment - WGL
Assessment - ML
Assessment - SPA
Assessment - WGL
Assessment - EML
Assessment - MIA
Assessment - MIC

Arrival Times

B
Bar
Basic Navigation Skills
BCU Qualifications
BCU Contact Details
BCU White Water Safety and Rescue (kayak)
BCU White Water Safety and Rescue (canoe)

BCU Level 1 Kayak Coach Award
BCU Level 2 Kayak Coach Award
BCU Level 3 Kayak Coach Award
BCU Level 5 Kayak Coach Award
BCU Level 1 Canoe Coach Award
BCU Level 2 Canoe Coach Award
BCU Level 3 Canoe Coach Award

Best of the Rhone (Ski Touring Week)
Booking Form (online)
Booking Form (downloadable)
Booking - Terms and Conditions
Booking - insurance
Big Wall Climbing
Basic Ropework
Boating
BMC - British Mountaineering Council Contact Details
British Canoe Union - Contact Details
British Orienteering Federation Contact Details
Booking - Terms and Conditions
Briancon - paddling school in the french alps

Bryn Engan
Bursaries
C

Canoeing
Canoesport
Canoe Safety Test
Career Development
Career Development (fast track instructor scheme)
Career Opportunities at Plas y Brenin (job vacancies)
Canoe Coach Awards
Canoe Coach Award BCU Level 1
Canoe Coach Award BCU Level 2
Canoe Coach Award BCU Level 3

Canoe Rolling Pool
Cancellation
Climbing
Climbing Rock

Climbing in the Alps
Climbing Instructor Training (SPA)
Climbing Steep Ice
Climbing in Winter Conditions
Climbing in Spain
Climbing Wall
Climbing Big Walls
Climbing on the sharp end
Conditions of Booking
Coaching - booking some personal coaching
Coaching Processes
Coaching - White Water
Coaching - Freestyle

Conville Trust
Courses - Rambling
Courses - Hillwalking
Courses - Navigation
Courses - Scrambling
Courses - Mountaineering

Courses - GPS
Courses - Climbing
Courses - Leading
Courses - Ropework
Courses - Big Wall Climbing

Courses - Winter Hillwalking (Wales)
Courses - Winter Skills (Wales)
Courses - Winter Hillwalking (Scotland)
Courses - Winter Skills (Scotland)
Courses - Winter Mountaineering (Scotland)
Courses - Winter Climbing (Scotland)

Courses - Avalanche Awareness (Wales)
Courses - Avalanche Awareness (Scotland)
Courses - Alpine Climbing
Courses - Alpine Trekking

Courses - Alpine Paddling
Courses - Alpine Skiing
Courses - Mountain Qualifications
Courses - Rock Climbing
Courses - Fast Track Instructor Scheme
Courses - Professional Development
Courses - Canoeing
Courses - Kayaking
Courses - Sea Kayaking
Courses - Rolling
Courses - Canoe and Kayak Qualifications (BCU)
Courses - First Aid
Courses - Multi Activity
Courses - For young people (aged 12-16)
Courses for Families - multi activity
Creeking

D
Day Activities
Dry Slope Skiing
Directions - Map (click here to download map (PDF)

E
Easter Specials - Rock Climbing
Easter Specials - Kayaking
European Mountain Leader Award (EML)
EML Award Training
EML Award Assessment
Environmental Games (group activities)
Equipment Hire
Evening Lectures
Expeditions - Sea Kayaking Around Anglesey
Expeditions - Sea Kayaking in Scotland
Expeditions - Sea Kayaking in the Norwegian Fjords
Expeditions - Canoeing in Temagami (Canada)

F
Facilities at Plas y Brenin
Fast Track Instructor Training Scheme
First Aid Courses
Freestyle Paddling
Free Training Days for Mock Students
Frequently Asked Questions
Family Multi Activity Courses
Family Rock Climbing Courses
Family Kayaking Courses
Five Star Award (based in the Alps)
Five Star Award
Four Star Award
Fjords - Sea Kayaking Expedition
Fiftieth Anniversary Special Courses
France - Steep Ice Climbing
G
General Information
Gerald Harris Memorial Trust
Guiding - booking a private guide
Governing Bodies
Group Activities
GPS Courses
Getting Started Rock Climbing
Godfrey Jackson Memorial Award
Groups of thirty people or more
Groups of less than thirty people

H
High Altitude First Aid
Hiking in the Alps
Hillwalking
Hillwalking in Winter (Wales)
Hillwalking in Winter (Scotland)

I
Information (general)
Insurance
Instructor Training (Mountain)
Instructor Training (Kayak/Canoe)
Instructor Training (Fast Track Scheme)
Indoor Climbing (as part of an adventure day)
Indoor Climbing Wall
J
Jonathan Conville Trust
K

Katmandu Memorial Bursary
Kayaking Coaching
Kayak Qualifications
Kayaking in the Alps
Kayak Expeditions (Sea)
Kayak Coach Awards (BCU)

Kayaking for young people (aged 12-16)

L
Leading in the mountains (WGL,ML, EML)
Learn to Climb
Learn to Kayak
Learn to Navigate (sea)
Learn to Navigate (hill)
Learn Winter Skills
Learn to Orienteer
Learn to be an Outdoor Instructor
Lead Climbing Courses
Leaving after your course has finished
Level 1 Kayak Coach Award
Level 2 Kayak Coach Award
Level 3 Kayak Coach Award
Level 5 Kayak Coach Award
Level 1 Canoe Coach Award
Level 2 Canoe Coach Award
Level 3 Canoe Coach Award

Leadership and Management Training
Low ropes course
Latest Offers
M

Mountaineering
Mountain Walking in Summer Conditions
Mountain Walking in Winter Conditions (Wales)
Mountain Walking in Winter Conditions (Scotland)
Mountaineering Qualifications
MTT
Mountain Training Trust
Multi Activity
Mountaineering Skills
ML Award
ML Refresher
Mountain Leader Award Training

Mountain Leader Award Assessment
Mountain Leader Award Training (Winter)

Mountain Leader Award Assessment (Winter)
ML Award (Winter)
ML Award (Winter) Refresher
Mountain Instructor Award
MIA
MIA Refresher
Mountain Instructor Certificate
MIC
MIC Refresher
Mountain Leader Training Boards (Contact Details)

Mountain Leader Training UK (Contact Details)
Mountain Leader Training England (Contact Details)
Mountain Leader Training Scotland (Contact Details)
Mountain Leader Training Northern Ireland(Contact Details)
Mountain Leader Training Wales (Contact Details)
Mountain First Aid
Memorial Bursaries
Moelwyn Cottage
Meals
Meeting Rooms
Mock Student Days - Free Outdoor Skills Training Opportunities
Mountain Guides - Contact Details

N
National Governing Bodies
National Governing Body Qualification Courses (Canoe and Kayak)
National Governing Body Qualification Courses Hillwalking, Mountaineering and Climbing)
Navigation - Sea Kayak
Navigation - Hillwalking and Mountaineering
News and Offers - Last Minute Courses
Norway - Sea Kayak Expedition
O

Open Canoeing
Open Boating

Off Site Safety Management
Orienteering - Level 2
Orienteering - as part of a multi activity course
Organisations - Links
Online Store

P
Personal Skills Coaching
Paddling - Kayak
Paddling - Sea Kayak
Paddling - Canoe
Paddling - Alpine Paddling School
Paddling Qualifications
Palm River Safety Initiative
Payment (online)
Payment (downloadable booking form)
Payment - Terms and Conditions of Booking
Performance Climbing
Performance Climbing For Young People
Photo Gallery
Plas y Brenin - About
Professional Development
Preparation weekends (Alpine Climbing)
Preparation weekends (Alpine Ski Mountaineering)
Private Guiding


Q
Qualifications - Hillwalking, Mountaineering and Climbing
Qualifications - Kayaking and Canoeing
Qualifications - First Aid
Qualifications - Professional Development
Qualifications - Fast Track Instructor Training Scheme
R
Rambling in Snowdonia
Rock Climbing
Rock Climbing Qualifications
Ropework for Rock Climbers
Rhone Valley - Ski Touring
Rapid Career Development - Fast Track Instructor Scheme
River Rescue Courses
Rescue and Emergency Care First Aid Courses
REC Standard
REC Emergency
REC Mountain First Aid
REC Advanced First Aid

REC High Altitude First Aid
REC First Aid for Paddlers
REC First Aid Trainers Course
Route Planning - Sea Kayaking
Route Planning - Hillwalking
Rolling Pool
Rolling Clinic
Rolling Reconstruction
Rough Water Handling Skills
Rescue Skills - Canoe
Rock Climbing for Young People (aged 12-16)
Rock Climbing in Spain
Raft Building as part of an Adventure day or Package
Ropes Course


S

Sea Kayaking
Sea Kayaking Qualifications
Sea Kayak Expedition to Scotland
Sea Kayak Expedition to Anglesey

Sea Kayak Expedition to the Norwegian Fjords
Sea Kayak Navigation
Skiing
Ski Touring

Ski Mountaineering
Scottish Winter Climbing
Scottish Winter Mountaineering
Scottish Avalanche Awareness
Scottish Ice Climbing

Silvretta Traverse - Alpine Ski Touring Holiday
Summer Mountain Leader Award
Stages in Gaining a Mountaineering Award
Single Pitch Award Training
Single Pitch Award Assessment

Swift Water Rescue Technician 1
Swift Water Rescue Technician 2
Standard Course (REC First Aid)
Steep Creekin'
Star Awards - Canoe and Kayak (inland and sea)
Safety and Rescue Courses - Kayak and Canoe (BCU)
Steep Ice - Ice Climbing in La Grave
Spanish Rock Climbing Courses
Self Catering Accommodation
Snowdon Bar
Shop
Student Photo Gallery - (photos taken by students on our courses )
Sport England - Contact Details

T
Teambuilding
Training - WGL
Training - ML
Training - ML(WInter)
Training - EML
Training SPA
Training MIA
Training MIC

Training - WGL
Training REC
Training First Aid
Training Rescue and Emergency Care

Training - Level 1 Kayak Coach
Training - Level 2 Kayak Coach
Training - Level 3 Kayak Coach
Training - Level 1 Canoe Coach
Training - Level 2 Canoe Coach
Training - Level 3 Canoe Coach

Training - Level 5 Kayak
Training Three Star Award Kayak
Training Three Star Award Canoe
Training Three Star Award Sea Kayak

Training Four Star Award Kayak
Training Four Star Award Canoe
Training Four Star Award Sea Kayak

Training Five Star Award Kayak
Training Five Star Award Canoe
Training Five Star Award Sea Kayak

Training Five Star Award Kayak (in the Alps)
Touching Stone - Climbing Outside for the Indoor Climber
Trekking in Switzerland
Training Wall
U
Useful Outdoor Links
Useful Addresses
V
Valais - Trekking in the Valais - Switzerland
W
Walking
Walking in Winter (Wales)
Walking in Winter (Scotland)
Walking Group Leader Scheme Qualifications (WGL)
Walking Group Leader (WGL) Training
Walking Group Leader (WGL) Assessment

Weather Forecast
Weather Cam
Welsh Winter Hillwalking
Welsh WInter Mountaineering

Welsh Winter Skills
Welsh - PYB courses listed in the welsh language
Winter Mountaineering (Scotland)
Winter Climbing (Scotland)

Winter Mountain Leader Award - ML(W)
WML Award Scheme
WGL Assessment
WGL Training

White Water Kayaking
White Water Sea and Surf
White Water Coaching

White Water Paddling in the Alps
White Water Canoeing
White Water Skills for Canoeists

White Water Safety and Rescue for Canoe (BCU)
White Water Safety and Rescue for Kayak (BCU)
White Water Sea and Surf for young People
X
X marks the spot. Can you navigate from A to B safely and effectively on the hill?
X marks the spot. Can you navigate from A to B safely at sea?
Y
Young People's Courses (aged 12 -16)
Youth Groups
Z
Zinger - removing stuck nuts
 


  Mountain Marathon Training Weeknd
Mountain Marathon
 
the ideal way to boost your knowledge confidence and fitness before your first mountain marathon
 

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  Snowdonia Uncorked
Wine Tasting
 
Our latest offers include a return for this walking and wine tasting weekend 14-15 August
 

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  Single Track Safari - A MTB Bargain!
kayaking with the kids
 
Our latest list of specials includes a five -day mountain bike tour of some of Wales most spectacular routes.
 

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  Think you know your stuff?
Environmental Quizzes and Scottish Winter Quizzes
 
Find out how much you really know in our new interactive quiz area
 

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  Top Tips - Retreating off a route
Read Baggys top tips here
 
Baggy Richards shares some of his experience on our top tips page. This month, Senior Instructor Baggy provides some useful pointers on retreating off a crag.
 

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  Safety Tips For Novice Climbers
Safety Tips For Novice Rock Climbers
 
In our Top Tips section Instructor Louise Thomas highlights some vital safety considerations for novice climbers
 

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  Taking a mate climbing?
taking a friend rock climbing
 
read some top tips on taking a friend out rock climbing from instructor Baggy Richards
 

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  Trekking / Walking Poles
trekking or hillwalking poles
 
Should you be using them? Are you using yours correctly? Discover the answer in Baggy Richard's latest feature.
 

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  Get Fit For The Alps
Alpine Climbing and Mountaineering
 
New Top Tips on Getting Fit For Alpine Climbing by Martin Chester
 

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  Top Tips on Handheld VHF Radios
Sea Kayaking with a vhf radio
 
Sea Kayak Coach Dave Brown gives you a few pointer on using your radio at sea
 

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  What's Cooking?
Great Food at Plas y Brenin
 
Find out what makes our award winning catering department so special in our latest departmental overview
 

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  Outstanding Facilities
Superb Facilities at the National Mountain Centre
 
We make sure everything at the National Mountain Centre is maintained at the highest standard. Check out our facilities page here.
 

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  Bunkhouse Gets a Makeover
climbing instructor training
 
Moelwyn Bunkhouse has been refurbished and it looks great! You could be one of the first to take advantage of this superb on-site facility.
 

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  Check Out The Enviro Diary!
Environmental Gallery
 
Our staff bring you snippets of the great environment we live and work in diarised in photographic form. Essential viewing for all nature lovers - Now with over 230 pages of content.
 

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  Top Tips on Lowering off a Bolted Route
climbing technique article
 
Ben Lawes gives you his top tips on how to get down from the top of a bolted route.
 

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