Courses & Activities

 

Landscape and Wildlife Photography

We are delighted to be the venue for some amazing landscape photography workshops run by very talented and innovative expert photographers. We are currently hosting courses run by Gary Brannigan, Bruce Percy, Dimitri Vasiliou and Glen Campbell. Please follow the links to contact the photographers for further details. These courses are booked directly with the photographers.

 

If you are interested in wildlife photography and would like to take advantageof some "insider knowledge", we can arrange for you to be accompanied into the wild landscape with a local expert who knows the best places to go "stalking with a camera". Eoghain Maclean will take you to places off the beaten track where you will see vistas and wildlife of which most visitors are unaware. These trips are tailored to suit your own needs and abilities and can last for a few hours to a whole day. Please contact the Hotel on 01445 760253 for further details and to book.

 

Mountaineering Skills

Here at Kinlochewe Hotel we are delighted to be hosting some exciting and challenging courses in Mountaineering Skills which are held in the spectacular setting of the Torridon Mountains. These courses are especially designed for people who want to try different activities or further develop their skills. With our courses you can learn, practice and extend your mountain skills under the safe and highly skilled tutelage of local experts from "Nineonesix Guiding".

Imagine returning after your invigorating and demanding day out on the hills to the warmth and comfort of the Kinlochewe Hotel, enjoying delicious food served in our warm and cosy bar, relaxing inour soft leather couches and sleeping soundly in our very comfortable beds...

 

Our Introductory Weekend course offers activities such as hill walking, rock climbing and abseiling. Courses will resume later in the year. To ensure your place please contact Kinlochewe Hotel on 01445 760253.

 

 

 

The Winter Skills Weekend course covers the essential skills you need for safely venturing into the hills in winter. Courses will resume later in the year. To ensure your place please contact Kinlochewe Hotel on 01445 760253.

Our courses are run from Kinlochewe Hotel in conjunction with Nineonesix Guiding.

Nineonesix is run by Jim Sutherland who has lived in the area for many years having returned to where his grandfather worked on one of the Glen Torridon estates during the 1920’s and 1930’s. Over the last ten years Jim has been involved in taking people on walks and into the mountains. Whilst operating as Nineonesix he has helped clients achieve many personal goals including climbing Beinn Eighe on Hogmanay as their first ever winter Munro! He has assisted a film crew working on a hill-walking series 'Tir is Teanga' for Caledonia TV and has introduced many clients to rock climbing and abseiling. As well as visiting all of the Munros in Torridon with clients, trips have also been made to An Teallach, Sgurr na Gillean and Coire Lagan of Skye.

Jim’s own mountaineering experience is a blend of:

  • Being an active member of our local mountain rescue team
  • Year round experience throughout Scotland
  • Summer seasons in the Swiss & French Alps
  • Trekking in New Zealand and the United States
  • Ski mountaineering in the Picos de Europa of Spain

Qualifications:

Summer Mountain Leader Award
Single Pitch Award
Winter Mountain Leader Award
Trail Cycle Leader

 

Terms & Conditions of booking

1. A non-refundable deposit of £100 per person is required at the time of booking and should be sent with the completed booking form. A confirmation will be sent to you and the balance is due four weeks before the start date of the course. If the balance does not reach us by the date specified in our confirmation, we reserve the right to treat the booking as cancelled.

2. If you are booking within four weeks of the start date of the course, please make payment in full with your completed booking form.

3. Courses will only operate with a minimum of three people (maximum 5) for the Winter Skills and six people (maximum 8) for the Introductory Weekend. In the event of your course being cancelled by Kinlochewe Hotel or Nineonesix Guiding, for whatever reason, your payment will be refunded in full including your deposit. Our liability is limited to the amount of any money you have paid to us.

4. If you cancel more than four weeks before the start date, then any money you have paid to us is fully refundable, minus your deposit.

5. If you cancel 4 weeks or less before the start date there will be no refund, although every attempt will be made to re-let your place. If your place is re-let then any money you have paid to us is fully refundable, minus your deposit.

6. If you wish to cancel your place on a course please do so in writing. The date the letter is received will be used to determine whether a refund will be made.

7. It is a condition of booking, that you accept the hazards involved in walking & climbing in remote areas. Customers should have adequate insurance in place for the duration of the course and the activities to be undertaken. The insurance should cover for cancellation and curtailment, medical and emergency expenses, personal accident, injury and death. In addition you should be insured against loss of or damage to baggage and personal possessions.

8: Kinlochewe Hotel and Nineonesix Guiding do not accept liability for death, bodily injury or illness unless this arises from the negligent act and/or omission of Kinlochewe Hotel or Nineonesix Guiding employees whilst acting in the course of their employment. Nor does Kinlochewe Hotel or Nineonesix Guiding accept responsibility for any loss of valuables during a course.

9: Bookings will only be accepted from persons over the age of eighteen.

10: We are pleased to accept payment by a cheque drawn on a United Kingdom bank, a credit/debit card or cash Sterling. We regret that we do not accept American Express or Diners Club cards.

11: By signing the booking form, you are agreeing to accept these Terms and Conditions.