

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Skills for the Hills 2026
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Event Description**: Skills for the Hills 2026 
Dedicated to the memory of Davy McLellan and Annie Bell

What: A 1-day event of presentations, demos, workshops and displays.
When: Saturday 7th March 2026. Doors open 10am.
Where: Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling
Cost: Free Entry (pre-booking not required)

Featuring:
Lorraine's Ups n' Doons by Lorraine McCall, the first woman to complete continuous rounds of the Grahams and the Corbetts

Behind the Scenes of Mountain Rescue by Paul Morgan of Police Scotland (Tayside) Mountain Rescue Team

First to Aid: Easy as ABC by Neil Hamlet of Ochils Mountain Rescue Team

The Compass and Beyond: A modern toolkit by Max Hunter of Mountaineering Scotland

Inversion Hunting by Garry Nicholson of Mountain Weather Information Service

Rights and Responsibilities while accessing the Hills by Rachel Taylor of Scotways

Search and Rescue Dogs at Work demonstration by SARDA (Southern Scotland)

Meet and Greet the Search and Rescue Dogs - belly rubs and ear scratches appreciated

Tayside and Ochils Mountain Rescue Teams with vehicles and rescue equipment

Mountain Rescue techniques demonstration from Lomond Mountain Rescue Team

View a search and rescue drone (non-flying) up close 

Hands-on first aid workshops: treating hypothermia and moving a casualty to safety (improvised stretchers)

Map Reading Navigation Challenge

Indoor exhibitions and displays from a selection of outdoor organisations

Full programme and details:
? www.mountainaid.org.uk/skills-for-the-hills.html
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/stirling/skills-for-the-hills-2026/200029194780818
- **Event Categories**: workshops, dog, contests, exhibitions, meet-and-greet
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 308

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029194780818?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=stirling-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Stirling
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: University of Stirling
- **lat**: 56.145926661666
- **long**: -3.9223844302311
- **full address**: University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Mountain Aid (https://allevents.in/org/mountain-aid/13805624)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Mountain Aid
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, dog, contests, exhibitions, meet-and-greet
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Skills for the Hills 2026 ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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