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.
| 7 February 2021 | Gold National Navigation Award Assessment |
| 17 February 2021 | Night Navigation Training Session |
| 6-7 March 2021 | Silver National Navigation Award Course |
| 13-14 March 2021 | Bronze National Navigation Award Course |
| 20 March 2021 | Introduction to Bushcraft Course |
| 21 March 2021 | National Navigation Award Tutor Award Course |
| 3 April 2021 | National Navigation Award Tutor Award Course |
| 12-15 July 2021 | Perthshire Open Gold Practice Expedition |
| 2-6 August 2021 | Isle of Arran Open Gold Qualifying Expedition |
To see what we’ve been up to lately check out and subscribe to our blog. See some of our recent blogs below.
- Dofe Expeditions during Covid-19
- Teaching Navigation
- How to use edofe mapping
- No Tools Friction Fire
- Navigation Skills: Gauging Distance
- Navigation Skills: Strategy
- Fire with Thistle and Heather
- Hallival and Askival
- Tracks in the Snow
- Pyrenees Snowshoe Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Expedition
Our qualified instructors are committed to providing high quality safe adventures. Aspen Outdoors Ltd was founded by Alastair Ewen, an International and Winter Mountain Leader. Working with Alastair in managing Aspen is Murray Wilson, a highly experienced Mountain Leader, first aid trainer and navigation instructor.
| Alastair Ewen | 07427326697; alastair@aspenoutdoors.co.uk |
| Murray Wilson | 07930243625; murray@aspenoutdoors.co.uk |
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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