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I am very experienced in hillwalking and indoor climbing, and I am now looking to get into more technical outdoor stuff. I have been ice climbing and glacier trekking a couple of times and I have done some challenging scrambling routes such as the A'Chir ridge on the Isle of Arran also.

Can anyone recommended peaks I should look for to develop my skills? Courses that would help me to develop as a mountaineer? Books I should read? etc

In reply to Maestro Mike:

Hi Mike, I run Alpine Prep courses, as well as advanced scrambling and other climbing courses in N Wales. More info on my website: http://www.jbmountainskills.co.uk

In reply to Maestro Mike:

Joining a mountaineering club- some also run summer alpine meets-saw your other post, Pyrenees can be very snowy in April, generally ski touring time. Might be a good time to visit Skye!

http://www.pesdapress.com/p47/Alpine-Mountaineering/product_info.html

In reply to Maestro Mike:

Personally I think the best way to improve skills is experience - lots of it. Nothing like seeing and experienceing the hills in all conditions to hone your skills. Clubs are a good idea IMO.

In reply to Maestro Mike:

Trad Climbing+ by Adrian Berry and Jon Arran is a fantastic book to introduce you into mountaineering. If you're looking to develop your technical rock climbing outdoors then I'd recommend learning the rope work at your local crag before deploying them on a technical mountain route. Or joining a mountaineering club.

If long stuff is more what you're looking for then "High: advanced multipitch climbing" by Andy KP is a great extension to the beginners books on trad.

In reply to Maestro Mike:

If you're interested in doing anything in winter, this book is an excellent introduction: https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Winter-Skills-Essential-Walking-Climbing-T...

If you want some inspiration and history as well as lots of good technical and meteorological stuff, Martin Moran's Scotland Winter Mountains is great. I reckon the original edition is better than the revised. Both available second hand online.

In reply to Tricadam:
>I reckon the original edition is better than the revised.

Why's that?

In reply to aln:

The writing is more exuberant!