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Accommodation Guides

We’ve collected together some of our own, and clients, top recommendations for places to stay when you book your Mountain Independence course.

This part of the website is very much a work in progress – we’d love to hear your contibutions for top tips and hidden gems to share with others!

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    Llanberis Accommodation Guide

    Llanberis Accommodation Guide

    The majority of our summer courses are delivered from our base here in Llanberis, in the heart of Snowdonia National Park. There’s a wealth of choice in the area but here are a selection of personal favorites, and customer recommendations, to suit a wide range of budgets.

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    Westcoast Scotland Accommodation Guide

    Westcoast Accommodation Guide

    We run our Scottish Winter courses on the Westcoast of Scotland. It’s a fantastic winter playground, not only due to it’s quality mountaineering and climbing, but the rich variety on offer. This provides lots of options for the, not uncommon, extreme weather that Scottish Winter can throw at us.

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I saw a post on UKC about this climbing jargon que I saw a post on UKC about this climbing jargon question on University Challenge; I do love a bit of UKClimbing.com pedantry!

The term is 'mantel' as in 'mantelshelf' given it's the same movement you need to employ to climb one. Not 'mantle'. 

Happy to show you the ropes @amolrajan if you're keen to learn about climbing anytime 👋🏼 I've done a few filming projects for the BBC over the years (Blue Peter, Pilgrimage) so you'd be in safe hands.

It's the first time I've got 3 questions in a row correct on University Challenge, and I expect the last time! Not the most egregious error from the @bbc so not expecting an inquiry any time soon. Good to see climbing in the mainstream in any case.

@bbc 
@amolrajan 
@ukclimbing
Dyffryn Peris - Llanberis Pass ☀️ Summer's no Dyffryn Peris - Llanberis Pass

☀️ Summer's not over yet.... I still have a bit of availability for private guiding and courses the next few weeks. October weather can often surprise though best to have a flexible mindset this time of year. 

Get in touch if you want to squeeze some more adventures in before autumn fully sets in.
Summer has flown by and thoughts are turning towar Summer has flown by and thoughts are turning toward winter planning and ice climbing in Norway. I've got a few weeks free still for ice climbing trips available in January/February.

Between some great trips with clients last year I had a few days spare and had a mini break in Oslo. Conditions were good locally and so I picked up the local guide and had a great time checking out some very accessible ice climbs between heading to all the great galleries and museums in Oslo.

Our ice climbing trips run Sunday to Sunday, so there's scope to fly out earlier/later and tag a few days on to your trip checking out the culture too, so much to see and do in Oslo 🏛️🏺🖼️🏅☕
Wild camp with Merlin, soaking up the sunset scene Wild camp with Merlin, soaking up the sunset scenes while I'm working on a Mountain Leader Assessment in Eryri.

Points for who can identify the blurry peaks in the background.

@garlandmountaineering
International Dance Day spent rigging for @hedydd_ International Dance Day spent rigging for @hedydd_dancecompany at @theatrclwyd in Mold.

Performance this Sunday for the theatre's birthday open day. Lots on, from building tours, cinema tasters and cardboard cities, to backstage experiences, instrument petting zoos and live music on stage.
Lovely weekend on our Learn to Lead Trad Rock Skil Lovely weekend on our Learn to Lead Trad Rock Skills course with 3 psyched climbers here in beautiful North Wales.

We do a lot of matchmaking here at Mountain Independence to make these skills courses happen for individuals. If you're keen to learn to lead sport or trad I have a couple of folk looking to find dates for a trad course in the near future. 

We're passionate about climbing and developing folk's confidence to have their own adventures. Check out Dan's review of the course here;

"Fantastic introduction into lead trad climbing. There's a lot to cover but the pace of the course was perfect and I came away feeling confident I could get stuck into more trad climbing.
Stu covered a broad range of skills, theory, and etiquette, was very patient with questions and prior skills, and gave us a really good balance of practical experiences.

I absolutely recommend anyone curious about trying out lead trad give the course a go!"
stu@MountainIndependence.co.uk
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