{"id":16983,"date":"2017-10-05T09:11:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T09:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=16983"},"modified":"2018-02-11T13:00:05","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T13:00:05","slug":"mountaineering-scotland-winter-safety-talks-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/mountaineering-scotland-winter-safety-talks-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountaineering Scotland Winter Safety talks announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the first snows are forecast for the high tops this weekend, its time to think about winter skills. <\/p>\n<p>Mountaineering Scotland will again be hosting a series of safety evenings this winter. Heather Morning, Mountaineering Scotland\u2019s Safety Advisor, will share her beautiful photography, videos, personal anecdotes and adventures, while discussing essential skills for winter navigation, avalanche awareness, route choice, equipment, mountain weather and much more.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_14842\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Heather_Morning_-_MCofS_-_late_lying_snow_photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14842\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Heather_Morning_-_MCofS_-_late_lying_snow_photo-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Heather_Morning_-_MCofS_-_late_lying_snow_photo-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Heather_Morning_-_MCofS_-_late_lying_snow_photo-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Heather_Morning_-_MCofS_-_late_lying_snow_photo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Heather_Morning_-_MCofS_-_late_lying_snow_photo.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heather Morning, Mountain Safety Advisor and late-lying snow on<br \/>Beinn Eighe in Torridon.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWith a lifetime\u2019s experience in the mountains, Heather has been a professional mountaineer for 25 years and was a member of Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team for 16 years. These entertaining and informative evenings will be held on the following dates and locations. Dates in Aviemore will be confirmed in due course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 21st November 2017, 7pm &#8211; Aberdeen<\/strong><br \/>\nTiso,  1 John Street, Aberdeen AB25 1BT<br \/>\nBook now on 01224 646872<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday 23rd November 2017, 7pm &#8211; Inverness<\/strong><br \/>\nTiso, Longman Industrial Estate, Inverness IV1 1SN<br \/>\nBook now on 01463 729171<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 28th November 2017, 7pm \u2013 Edinburgh<\/strong><br \/>\nTiso, Edinburgh Outdoor Experience, 41 Commerical Street, Leith EH6 6JD<br \/>\nBook now on 0131 554 0804<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 29th November 2017, 7pm &#8211; Glasgow<\/strong><br \/>\nTiso, Glasgow Outdoor Experience,<br \/>\n50 Coupar Street, Glasgow G4 0DL<br \/>\nBook now on 0141 559 5450<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday 30th November 2017, 7.30pm &#8211; Stirling<\/strong><br \/>\nCotswold Outdoor Store, Dobbies Garden Centre, Drip Road, Craigforth, Stirling FK9 4UF<br \/>\nBook now on 01786 241200<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 5th December 2017, 7pm \u2013 Dundee<\/strong><br \/>\nTiso, 22 Whitehall St, Dundee DD1 4AF<br \/>\nBook now on 01382 221153<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 6th December 2017, 7pm &#8211; Perth <\/strong><br \/>\nTiso, Highland Gateway, Inveralmond roundabout, Perth PH1 3EE<br \/>\nBook now on 01738 634464<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 12th December 2017, 7.30pm &#8211; Edinburgh <\/strong><br \/>\nCotswold Outdoor Store, 72 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 2NN<br \/>\nBook now on 0131 341 2063<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 13th December 2017, 7.30pm \u2013 Glasgow<\/strong><br \/>\nCotswold Outdoor Store, 30 West End Retail Park, 60 Crow Road, Partick, Glasgow G11 7RY<br \/>\nBook now on 0141 357 5353<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 13 February 2018, 8pm, Aviemore<\/strong><br \/>\nCairngorm Hotel, Aviemore &#8211; Heather Morning<br \/>\nFree but booking essential &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/mountaineering-scotland-winter-mountain-safety-talk-tickets-42634128827?utm_term=eventurl_text\">Book via Eventbrite<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 20 February 2018, Aviemore<\/strong><br \/>\nCairngorm Hotel, Aviemore &#8211; David &#8220;Heavy&#8221; Whalley<br \/>\nFree but booking essential &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/mountaineering-scotland-winter-mountain-safety-talk-tickets-42634128827?utm_term=eventurl_text\">Book via Eventbrite<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the meantime if you&#8217;re heading to the hills check out the information on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/safety\/winter-skills.shtml\">winter skills and safety here<\/a>. Many people have benefitted from a professional day or weekend learning and practising winter skills, why not check out the many guides offering these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/guides.shtml\">winter skills courses in Scotland here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the first snows are forecast for the high tops this weekend, its time to think about winter skills. Mountaineering Scotland will again be hosting a series of safety evenings this winter. Heather Morning, Mountaineering Scotland\u2019s Safety Advisor, will share her beautiful photography, videos, personal anecdotes and adventures, while discussing essential skills for winter navigation, avalanche awareness, route choice, equipment, mountain weather and much more. With a lifetime\u2019s experience in the mountains, Heather has been a professional mountaineer for 25 years and was a member of Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team for 16 years. These entertaining and informative evenings will be<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/mountaineering-scotland-winter-safety-talks-announced\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more &#8250;<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-walking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16983"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17701,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16983\/revisions\/17701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}