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Orion Mountaineering is the mountaineering and caving instruction and guiding company run by Jules Barrett. Welcome to the website!

The courses and guiding options that I offer are diverse and flexible; anything from a single days tuition to a week-long holiday in the mountains. The programs cover a wide range of activities including hillwalking and scrambling, winter mountaineering, rock climbing and caving. Whether you want to improve your navigation, push your hillwalking onto scrambling ground, make the transition from climbing wall to rock, learn the techniques of multi-pitch climbing or explore some of the UK's classic cave systems, I can help. Some people have personal ambitions, such as the traverse of the Cuillin Ridge, the Inaccessible Pinnacle, the Old Man of Stoer or Long Climb on Ben Nevis. If the dates that you want do not appear on here please let me know and I will do my best to accommodate. I cater for all abilities and am honest about the fitness and skills requirements of the courses. Be assured that these courses are not just for the super-fit!

I am a full-time mountaineering and caving instructor based near the Peak District and working throughout the UK including the Scottish Highlands, Isle of Skye, Snowdonia, the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. I hold the Mountain Instructors Award, the Winter Mountain Leader Award and the Cave Instructor Certificate. I work with private clients, local education authority outdoor centres, climbing walls and organisations who deliver training and assessment of the Mountain Leader Award, Walking Group Leader, Single Pitch Award and the new Climbing Wall Award.

I have been an active climber for over fifteen years and have a wide range of climbing experience ranging from the sea cliffs of Scotland to major north face routes in the alps. I am involved in various cave exploration projects in the UK and abroad and am a member of the Cave Diving Group and Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation (DCRO). This wide breadth of experience allows me to bring a unique perspective to the training courses that I offer.

Jules Barrett



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