The basic qualification for working on Ben Nevis and the Scottish mountains in summer conditions is the Summer Mountain Leader, for Winter you need to make sure your guide has a Winter Mountain Leader qualification. For scrambling and rock climbing make sure they have the Mountaineering and Climber Instructors Qualification. Our main guide, Simon holds all these and a range of other outdoor adventure training and coaching qualifications.
We mainly employ local guides as we know them, they know the mountains and routes and they will be upto date with any changes in access, routes and conditions.
All mountaineering qualifications require that you do 16 hours of First Aid training every 3 years, Simon, our senior guide delivers this training to other guides, instructors and group leaders.