2 Day Beginner Caving Weekend : Peak District

Discover the fun of caving with 2 days of caving in The Peak District. UK caving and potholing (also known as spelunking) is a great way to explore caves. With a guide and support, soon you will be down beautiful potholes and caves like a pro!

A true weekend of adventure covering both horizontal and vertical guided caving

Day 1

Take a step into the dark, secret and mysterious world of horizontal caves and ancient mines.

An ideal introduction for people wishing their first steps underground to be fun carefully organised, informative and conducted by highly experienced nationally qualified instructors.

Learn about the cave, its geology and the 300 million years it took to create it. Pick up tips on how to move underground efficiently, maybe try your hand at wet sections, muddy bits or squeezes and we promise you wont get stuck.

You can see underground rivers and waterfalls, fascinating pieces of geology, cave decorations or historical sites of past of times and ancient techniques. A wonderful environment that can be made as challenging as you wish. A full day of exploration, adventure and understanding. May include minor climbs/Scrambles.

Day 2

Adventure caving combine with the exhilaration of underground abseils and ladder climbing!

Explore deeper cave and mine systems, using our specialist ladder and safety line techniques. You won’t need any additional training courses to take part, just a bit of fitness and determination.

Descend into the cave using abseils and traverses along high ledges, then after exploring the heart of the cave, return to the surface, climbing our roll up caving ladders. On all ascents and descents, you will have with a safety line attached to you, helping you up and keeping you safe. With a motivated team you can reach the deepest parts of the Peak district. A day you will remember forever.

These trips have horizontal sections so you can explore the cave environment on foot as well. They contain all the fascinating information and anecdotes that are in non-vertical trips. This can be tagged onto the Horizontal Caving Course as a second day of adventure.

Itinerary

9am: Training Centre is open for course participants to come in, grab a drink and get prepared for a 9:30 am start.

9.30am: Briefing

We spend a good 30 minutes ensuring everybody is suitably kitted out with all of the clothing and technical equipment they need for the day. Free Tea and Coffee available at the centre

10am: Go Caving!

Depending on weather, group experience and size of group we select a local venue and jump in the Pure Outdoor minibus and go for it! This could be a 10 minute drive, it could be half an hour. Sometime we need to walk for 15-20 minutes to get to the caving site. Bring some decent trainers or walking boots.

Bring a packed lunch as we have lunch out at the crag

4-4.30pm: Depending on where we went caving, we usually head back to the Training Centre for a de-brief, pack away the equipment ready for cleaning and grab another cup of tea before finishing up the course and heading home.

Day 2:

Depending on experience of the group and weather conditions the structure of the day is similar to that of day 1. You can discuss what you want to get from the course with your instructor on the first day and this day can be tailored around the needs of the group.

Experience

No previous experience required

Pickup / Dropoff

Meet at:

The Peak District Outdoor Training Centre,

Rock Mill Business Park

Stoney Middleton

S32 4TF

We are based at the Rock Mill Business park which is immediately on the A623 between Sheffield/Chesterfield and Manchester. The centre is within 15 minutes drive from Sheffield and Chesterfield and can be reached in 30 minutes from Manchester.?If you are coming from Sheffield/Chesterfield Direction, drive through the village of Stoney Middleton, when you exit the village the business park is on the left after a few hundred metres

Included / Excluded

All equipment rental included in the price

Restrictions

This course is carried out in most weather conditions as we can usually travel around to find best conditions.

Under 18's are permitted if accompanied by an adult.

Pet's are not permitted.

This course requires a minimum of 4 participants to run.