Welcome to Aspen Outdoors Ltd. We provide hiking and hillwalking, National Navigation Award courses, bushcraft courses and Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Expeditions. We are based in Glasgow and provide activities across Scotland and overseas too.
Here’s a list of the courses, expeditions and hillwalking events we have coming up.
| 28-29 October 2019 | Bronze National Navigation Award Course |
| 31 October – 1 November 2019 | Silver National Navigation Award Course |
| 7-8 November 2019 | Gold National Navigation Award Training Course |
| 2 December 2019 | National Navigation Tutor Award Course |
| 6-7 December 2019 | Bronze National Navigation Award Course |
| 27-28 January 2020 | Bronze National Navigation Award Course |
| 21 February 2020 | National Navigation Award Tutor Award Course |
| 24-25 February 2020 | Silver National Navigation Award Course |
| 9-10 March 2020 | Gold National Navigation Award Training Course |
| 22-25 July 2020 | Highland Perthshire Open Gold Practice Expedition |
| 3-6 August 2020 | Isle of Arran Open Gold Qualifying Expedition |
| 10-13 August 2020 | Lake District Open Gold Qualifying Expedition |
| 25-28 September 2020 | Cairngorm Open Gold Qualifying Expedition |
| 3 October 2020 | National Navigation Award Tutor Award Course |
| 7 November 2020 | Introduction to Bushcraft Course |
To see what we’ve been up to lately check out and subscribe to our blog. See some of our recent blogs below.
- Navigation Skills: Guaging Distance
- Navigation Skills: Strategy
- Fire with Thistle and Heather
- Hallival and Askival
- Tracks in the Snow
- Pyrenees Snowshoe Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Expedition
- Making Ice Cream on Meall a’Bhuiridh
- Kangoo Vanlife
- Recipe Ideas for Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Expeditions
- Packing a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Expedition Rucksack
Our qualified instructors are committed to providing high quality safe adventures. Aspen Outdoors Ltd was founded by and is managed by Alastair Ewen, an International and Winter Mountain Leader.
Aspen Outdoors Ltd is a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Approved Activity Provider, licenced to deliver the expedition section. Aspen Outdoors Ltd is registered with the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority as a licenced provider of trekking activities. We hold a Public Service Vehicle Operator Licence and are authorised to transport customers in our 17 seater minibus to hillwalking events, courses and Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Expeditions. We are also a provider of the National Navigation Award. To read more about the company click here.
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