Mountain Skills 1 Wicklow Information
Mountain Skills 1 Wicklow
Navigation Course
Mountain Skills 1 Wicklow
The Mountain Skills 1 Wicklow, MS1 course is beginner friendly. We don’t go very far or very fast, we concentrate on observing the landscape and matching the map to the landscape to develop your navigation skills. The Wicklow Mountain Skills 1, MS1 course is two days filled with lots of questions and answers….and laughs. I have a map and compass for everyone on the course. You will find a full list of courses on my Book A Course page.
All the Mountainskills Wicklow course info you need is below but feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
Mountain Skills 1 Wicklow Next Course Date
Mountain Skills 1 Wicklow, 10-11 January: The Mountain Skills 1 course is about learning to navigate, not hiking long distances!
Price €150.00 per person
Sign up for MS1 and MS2 in 2026 and get the MS2 for €130
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Mountain Skills covers some of the content below
Course Content
- Pacing & Timing
- Map Contours
- Map Scale
- Compass Use
- Taking a Bearing
- Colours on The Map
- Distance
- Weather
- Equipment
- & Lots More!
MS1 Wicklow Location: Day 1
- The Glendalough Hotel Car Park: Meeting 9.30am-Finish at 5.00pm
Google Maps Link:
Glendalough Hotel Website Link
As you approach the Glendalough Hotel from Laragh you will see two carparks on your left. One into the Glendalough Visitors Centre and the next carpark is the Glendalough Hotel Car Park. You can park wherever you like and just walk to the carpark as I will be in the second carpark along the road just next to the hotel. There may be a charge to park in the Hotel Car park. This is private property. There is poor network coverage in the area. Please check the link above before you set out.
MS1 Wicklow Location: Day 2
- Hero Lead & Zinc Mine Wicklow Gap Car Park: Meeting 9.30am-Finish at 5.00pm
Map & Compass
I supply a map for each participant on the Mountainskills 1 Wicklow, MS1, course. If you want to buy your own I recommend a waterproof, laminated, encapuslated or lam fold map, they are much more hardwearing. ‘Waterproof paper’ maps usually don’t wear very well.
- Wicklow: EastWestMapping, Lugnaquilla & Glendalough 1:25,000 Scale Map https://eastwestmapping.ie/product/lugnaquilla-glendalough-2/
I supply a compass for each participant. If you want to buy your own I recommend the Silva Expedition 4. Please ensure you get one with ‘degrees’, 360˚not one marked with ‘Mills’
- Silva Expedition 4 https://silvasweden.com/collections/compasses/products/expedition-4
- This is a useful link to read about your compass Compass manual
Map & Compass Local supplier
Adventure.ie https://store.adventure.ie/
Hiking Equipment List, Winter & Summer
This list is not exhaustive. Please consider bringing all equipment that you think might be useful. You can always leave it in the car and not bring it on the hike.
Weather
Please check the weather before you attend a course. This is an important habit to get into. The course schedule and location may change due to weather considerations.
- Met Éireann https://www.met.ie
- Mountain Forecast: https://www.mountain-forecast.com/
Learning Resources
Please have a look at the following content if you can, or at least review the content after the course.
Mountaineering Ireland Mountain Skills Registration
If you haven’t already done so please send me your Mountain Skills registration number and a copy of the email address you used to register. I will need those two bits of info to complete the course report. More info here:
Health
If you have any health or injuries issues that you feel may impact your course then please let me know. Neither day will involve long hikes. Max 6-10 Km. We will be concentrating on learning to navigate and managing ourselves in the outdoors. We won’t go far and we won’t go fast.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask.