Home » Courses » Introduction to Skyrunning | Saturday 20 April | Based from Great Langdale | Single Day | £70
Let Mountain Run's seasoned skyrunning instructors help you to gain the skills necessary to take on your first skyrace or develop your skill further to excel in the skyraces you have booked this season.
All would be skyrunners, trail and fell runners wanting to develop their skyrunning skills, abilities and confidence so you can tackle your first or next race with total confidence. Any runner who is interested in the niche, explosive and growing sport of skyrunning and skyracing.
09:30 to 17:30
Meeting Location: Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale, LA22 9AQ
Rob Brown, one of Mountain Run's Skyrunning Instructors and winner of the Rab Pinnacle Ridge Extreme 2023 will be your expert instructor for the day.
See more details about Rob HERE
Please be aware we might be moving at slow speeds at some points during the day: please account for this in your clothing selection.
Check the weather forecast in advance of your course and come prepared.
https://www.mwis.org.uk/forecasts/english-and-welsh/lake-district
https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Bowfell/forecasts/902
Develop your Skyrunning skills to take on more advanced and extreme sky races in either the UK or abroad. Let Mountain Run's seasoned skyrunning instructors help you to gain the skills necessary to develop your skill set further to excel in the skyraces you have booked this season.
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