Hiking - Hiking.ie

Hiking & Mountain Training Courses plus Assessments

Become qualified
for your adventures and inspire others with our range of National Governing Body qualifications. We provide the Mountain Skills, Lowland Leader and Camping Leader awards. Be self sufficient hiking and lead others on the trail.

Learn new skills.
Learn map reading and navigation skills for hiking the hills and mountains or improve your existing ones. Our expert trainers and instructors will help you to realise your potential. From Wicklow to the Reeks in Kerry, turn your intention into habit.

Create your own adventures.
Learn how to route plan, scramble and manage adventurous terrain. With the right training you can and will explore the more remote mountainous areas of Ireland.

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Featured Products

Camping Leader Assessment

Location: Dublin/ Wicklow Mountains

This assessment covers:

Leadership and Group Management
Planning and Supervision
Teaching and Learning Skills
Camping Food and Cooking

€ 120.00 Select options

Mountain Skills 1

Wicklow Mountains National Park

This course teaches:

Map reading and understanding
Navigational techniques, using map and compass
How to recognise natural features
Mountain hazards and dangers
Measuring distance and time of hikes
Safety and emergency procedures
Personal and safety equipment

€ 150.00 Select options

Mountain Skills 2

Wicklow Mountains National Park

This course teaches:

Advanced map reading and understanding
Navigational techniques, map and compass
Mountain hazards and dangers
Indoor and outdoor practical sessions
Further use of a compass
Route planning
Navigation day into night
Nighttime navigation
Safe travel on uneven and steep ground
Emergency procedures

€ 160.00 Select options

Mountain Skills Assessment

Wicklow Mountains National Park

This Assessment involves:

Map-reading
Navigation techniques, day and night
Compass techniques
Route planning
Managing hazards
Emergency equipment and procedures

€ 180.00 Select options

Gift Vouchers

The perfect voucher for any hiking enthusiast
Gift vouchers can be used for any of our courses or day hikes

Mountain Skills Courses
Lowland Leader Courses
Mountain Leadership Days
Day hikes
Delivered by email

€ 50.00 – € 150.00 Select options

Lowland Leader Award Training

Location: Wicklow Mountains National Park

This training covers:

Leadership skills and group management
Walking skills
Planning walks
Map work and route finding skills
Personal and group equipment
Hazards and emergency procedures
Environmental awareness and conservation
Hillside access and land ownership
Sourcing local Information and maps

€ 200.00 Select options

Get into an Adventure . . . . .

Mountain Skills

Our Mountain Skills training courses provide a great and practical introduction to hiking we introduce the basics of navigation, and provide a solid foundation for personal proficiency in the mountains.

Lowland Leader

Become a qualified leader, our Lowland Leader course trains you to lead groups on day walks, along clearly defined tracks and trails, in forests, coast and countryside during summer conditions.

Health and Well-being

Are you thinking of organising a Health and Well-being event for your company? Hiking.ie can provide advice and suggested mountain routes for your company. We provide leaders and guides for such corporate events. We can supply maps, routes and support material.

Experiential learning

Experiential learning is the process of learning through experience or more specifically as learning through reflection on doing. It is somewhat new in the general education sphere, however students are greatly rewarded by partaking in such projects.

Charity Hikes

We can support your charity event. We provide leaders/guides for private groups and charity events. We guide all Irish routes, consider something like a Tour du Mont Blanc for your challenge. Please ask for our fundraising ideas booklet.