Duke of Edinburgh's Award Aberfeldy Open Gold Practice Expedition (Trekking)
£230
Three-day open gold trekking expedition in Highland Perthshire, with transport included from Central Scotland.
Duration: 3 days
Open Expeditions and Residentials
Check out our open silver and gold expeditions for participants to book onto. Also our open Gold Residentials.
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Duke of Edinburgh's Award Aberfeldy Open Silver Qualifying Expedition (trekking) – 2027
£230
Three-day open Silver qualifying Expedition in Highland Perthshire, using wild campsites.
Duration: 3 days
Canoe Adventures Great Glen Gold Canoe Expedition (Practice and Qualifying Expeditions)
£600
Journey the length of the Great Glen by canoe from Fort William to Inverness on this back to back Gold […]
Duration: 7 days
Duke of Edinburgh's Award Isle of Arran Open Gold Qualifying Expediton 2027
£380
Visit the wonderful island of Arran for your Gold Qualifying expedition.
Duration: 5 days
Canoe Adventures Loch Awe Open Gold Canoe Qualifying Expedition – 2027
£300
Explore Scotland’s longest freshwater loch, a 25-mile body of water in Argyll, surrounded by mountains and woodland.
Duration: 4 days
Duke of Edinburgh's Award Norway Open Gold Qualifying Expedition
£1150
A unique opportunity to underake your Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition in the beautiful mountains of Norway, treking through […]
Duration: 7 days
Canoe Adventures Open Gold Canoe Practice Expedition – 2027
£300
Open Gold Canoe Practice Expedition based in Lochearnhead and Loch Tay.
Duration: 4 days
Duke of Edinburgh's Award Winter Skills Gold Residential – Feb 2027
£595
Experiencing the Scottish mountains in Winter is an amazing experience. The snow-covered mountains and winter light are really beautiful, and […]
Duration: 5 days
Duke of Edinburgh's Award Winter Skills Gold Residential – March 2027
£595
Experiencing the Scottish mountains in Winter is an amazing experience. The snow-covered mountains and winter light are really beautiful, and […]
Duration: 5 days
Duke of Edinburgh Destinations
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What we offer?
High Quality Trekking and Canoe Expeditions
Aspen Outdoors Ltd delivers high-quality Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition packages at Bronze, Silver, and Gold levels. We provide both trekking and canoeing expeditions.
Open Silver and Gold Expeditions
We provide open Silver and Gold expeditons for participants book onto. We run both trekking expeditons and canoe expeditions. Our Gold practice trekking expeditons are in April and July in Highland Perthshire. Our gold trekking qualifying expeditions are on Arran, in August, and in the Lake District in October.
Expedition Supervision and Assessment
We also provide expediton services for Award Centres. Prices are based on an entire expedition group of 4 to 7 participants. Same price for practice or qualifying expedition. One instructor will be provided per expedition group. Prices exclude VAT.
£490 plus VAT for a 2 day Bronze (2027 prices)£735 plus VAT for silver (2027 prices)£980 plus VAT for gold (2027 prices)
Minibus Transport
Aspen Outdoors Ltd holds a Public Service Vehicle Operators Licence. Aspen has a 17 seater minibus, a 9 seater minibus and a 6 person combi van that can be used for expedition services and events.
Gold Residentials
We also run open Gold residentials.
Winter Skills ResidentialMulti-Activity Residentials
Overseas Expeditions
We provide bespoke overseas expeditions at the Gold level. Destinations include the French Pyrenees, and Norway. The expedition package includes transport, accommodation, in-country logistics, pre-expedition planning, expedition supervision and instruction.
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Consultancy & Leader Training
Consultancy and Leader Training
Aspen Outdoors Ltd offers expert consultancy and training services to help organisations establish safe, effective systems for walking expeditions. We deliver leader training, navigation workshops, bushcraft courses, and Mountain Training's Lowland Leader Award—ideal for those supporting DofE expeditions.
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Exped Manager
Aspen Outdoors is pleased to offer a bespoke system for managing Duke of Edinburgh's Award Expeditions. The system has been designed for Licenced Organisations, Award Centres and AAPs. It is a custom zoho creator application and is available for anyone to use.
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