We provide mountain skills courses to give you the independence to have your own adventures in the hills.  We provide hill walking, scrambling, rock climbing, winter walking, mountaineering and climbing courses. We are based between North Wales in the summer months and Fort William on the West Coast of Scotland in the winter months.



Mountain Independence is run by Stuart Lade who holds the Mountain Instructor Certificate, the highest qualification for mountain activities in the UK and is a full member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors. Stuart is a highly experienced climber and mountaineer, with over 10 years climbing up to E5 onsight on trad, 7c redpoint on sport, Font 7b boulder and VII, 7 Scottish winter.

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Stuart is supported by Rab Equipment and Lowe Alpine as a Test Team Member.