More than Mountains is a small, friendly company based in the Lake District that specialises in tailoring courses to perfectly fit your needs and goals. We offer a whole range of outdoor activities including rock climbing, scrambling, guided tours and walks with a Blue Badge tourist guide, navigation courses, multi-activity days and winter mountaineering courses. All of our courses are run by highly qualified and knowledgeable instructors whose passion for what they do is always evident.
What We Do
- Navigation
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Learn how to read a map and use a compass so that you can plan and follow your own routes in the Lake District and beyond.
- Family and Friends
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Activities designed to be fun for all the family or groups of friends. All of these courses are private and designed to suit you and your group.
Featured Courses
A one day map reading course for beginners based in the Lake District. If you have never looked at a map or would be unsure about planning and following a route along paths and tracks then this is the course for you.
We run courses in the southern Lake District starting in Bowness-on-Windermere and also in the northern Lake District starting in Keswick. Our courses have a maximum of four participants so you will not be overlooked in a large group.
£50.00
If you are looking for a birthday or Christmas present for friends or family why not get them a More than Mountains gift voucher? You can buy a gift voucher for any amount, you can book them on to a specific course or you can leave the choice up to them.
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£10.00
Are you ready to walk off a cliff backwards with nothing but a thin rope (and an experienced instructor) to keep you safe?
Abseiling is a high adrenaline activity perfect for groups of friends or families. There are plenty of abseiling loactions throughout the Lake District and we can pick one to suit you depending on where you are staying and the level of challenge you would like to face. Our most popular abseiling venues are in Langdale, near Ambleside and in Borrowdale, near Keswick.
Our prices are for the whole group (up to six people).
£140.00
TESTIMONIALS
Beginners' Rock Climbing
We had a brilliant day trying rock climbing for the first time with Nick - our instructor. We tried and learned so many things, now seriously considering rock climbing. Nick was patient and helpful, but still pushed us to do more than we thought we would be able to do. Highly recommended to everyone. Great experience, lots of positive emotions and memories. Unforgettable experience in the lovely Lake District.
Family Multi Activity Day
Brilliant day out. Highly recommend especially if you have young kids. No matter the weather it will be a memorable, safe and adventurous day. You don't need to be super fit either as the day is modelled around your abilities. Go for it!
Intermediate Navigation Course
My friend and I have just had a weekend course learning and practising navigation skills with Jill as our instructor. Jill made the course varied and very interesting and I've gained a lot of knowledge and confidence.
Fantastic experience and thank you Jill.
After some time practising my new skills I will return to do an advanced course.
Private Scrambling Course
I've used More Than Mountains on three occasions in the Lakes. First time out (couple of years ago) we scrambled Cam Crag Ridge. This year Nick took me up Pinnacle Ridge - a big ambition of mine. We then went scrambling/climbing on Shepherd's Crag with my 6 year old daughter, and Nick was fantastic with her too, very patient and helping her at her level really naturally. Nick obviously knows his stuff forwards and backwards and has been a great help to me revising stuff I learned on ML Training.
Thoroughly recommended for walking/scrambling/climbing.
Private Climbing Course
In many situations I have found guides unwilling or unable to explain the reasoning/logic behind the techniques they used (many times it is just because they were taught that way). With Nick I was able to ask questions and he clearly had a deep understanding of the subject and could explain simply the pros/cons and reasoning behind his decisions. This helped to refresh, reinforce and build my own understanding which is essential in my learning processes.
Mountain Leader Refresher
I meant to email you ref my ML assessment. Just to let you know that I passed Hurrah! Thanks for the navigation course last year. It really helped.
Learn to Lead Course
Nick was really good at not only showing what to do, but also why it is done. He was patient and enthusiastic giving me as much information as possible without over doing it. Thanks for a great week, I achieved far more than expected and am now keener than ever to do more and more climbing. I will certainly recommend you to friends.
Rock Climbing Course
The instruction was superb with patience, care, attention to detail and safety in abundance.
Introduction to Rock Climbing
Nick came across as being very approachable and experienced. This combination helped us feel totally at ease whilst attempting to climb the rock, we both agree that we felt comfortable in putting our trust in Nick.
Rock Climbing Course
(The course) was about perfect in length, suitability, accessibility and pace.
Introduction to Rock Climbing
Thank you very much Nick for a really good weekend. I really appreciated the fact that you gave us time to figure out our own way up the rocks and helped when you knew we were stuck or when the rocks were obviously difficult.
Learn to Lead Course
I really enjoyed this week of climbing. I learned so much and I can't wait to practice now.
In The News
There has been a lot of controversy lately about ill-equipped people on the fells.
A very common Lake District plant with a bad reputation.
Here is our pick of the very best multi-pitch rock climbs in Langdale complete with hints and tips
An overview of our Learn to Lead rock climbing courses.
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