Private Navigation Day
For 1 to 2 people, built around your ability and confidence.
- Price
- £240 total
- Time
- Usually 09:30 to 16:30
Private Days
A Day Built Around Your Nerves, Not A Brochure Route
Calm 1:1 or small group navigation tuition, plus guided local hill days when the aim is a good day out rather than a guaranteed summit.
Private Tuition
Start With What You Can Already Do
A private navigation day can be gentle first steps, a confidence rebuild after a bad clag experience, or a focused day on bearings and relocation before a trip north. Eilidh will ask what you can already do, what you avoid doing, and where you tend to feel the map stops matching the ground.
The day then uses terrain that teaches the right thing. That might be low rough ground above Glen Nevis, path junctions near Torlundy, or a quieter ridge where the contours are the lesson.
Routes And Areas
Local Ground, Chosen For The Weather
Glen Nevis Visitor Centre
Mamores Lower Ridges
Cow Hill And Peat Tracks
Ardgour
Spean Bridge
Kinlochleven
Travel is included within 30 miles of Fort William. Days farther away are quoted with mileage at 45p per mile.
Prices
Private Rates Without Guesswork
Private Navigation Day
For 3 to 6 people who know each other and want the same sort of learning day.
- Price
- £320 total
- Group
- Maximum 6
Guided Local Hill Day
A guided day around Glen Nevis, the Mamores or Ardgour for a small party.
- Price
- £260 for 1 to 4 people
- Group
- Maximum 4
Evening Map Session
A 2 hour Fort William session for questions, route planning and map basics before a hill day.
- Price
- £45 per person
- Minimum
- 2 people
Typical Timings
A Full Day, Adjusted For Light And Weather
Most private days start at 09:30 and finish around 16:30. In short winter daylight the route is tightened and the learning points are kept closer to safe exits. The day is still useful. It is just more honest about January.
Small Detail
Eilidh carries six spare Silva Expedition 4 compasses in a dented blue biscuit tin because they stop rattling that way.
Turned Down Work
Some Enquiries Get A Plain No
- Ben Nevis summit guiding for large charity groups
- Winter climbing, roped scrambling or avalanche terrain instruction
- Stag, hen or party bookings
- Navigation courses with more than 6 learners
- Guaranteed summit promises in poor weather
- Last-minute private bookings where the forecast makes the learning day unsafe
A 25% deposit holds a private booking. The balance is due 7 days before the day out. Email hello@themountainofme.com to ask about dates.