ABOUT
Dan and Jo established Highland Guides to deliver high-quality summer mountaineering and climbing courses along with winter skills and guiding in the Scottish Highlands. Combining both a wealth of personal experiences in mountain ranges worldwide with formal training and qualification processes in the UK we can assure a high standard of both guided and instructional experiences. Find out a little more about Dan and Jo who run Highland Guides below.
Dan Goodwin
Mountain Training : WMCI (T) MCI, WML, SML, RCI
Dan has twenty years of experience in the industry, a background that began as a child with mountaineering parents. His grounding came in the late 90's through Outward Bound in the Scottish Highlands. Since then he has worked on a variety of courses from hard skills training and assessment courses to overseas expeditions. This includes past experience delivering hard skills courses for the national centre, Glenmore Lodge, as an associate instructor, a mountaineering assistant for the Scottish Avalanche Information Service and is regularly delivering adventure training programmes to the British Army in Scotland and East Africa.
+44 (0) 7776080572
Jo Trendell
Mountain Training : MCI, WML, SML, RCI
Jo has many years of experience in the outdoors and is a passionate climber and mountaineer with a love of wild places. She has climbed and explored throughout the UK, the European Alps, Morocco and East Africa's Northern Kenya. She is experienced in guiding individuals and delivering adventurous training and rock courses to the British Army in East Africa. Her work has been with a variety of outdoor providers including the national centre Plas Y Brenin. Jo is also a keen ski mountaineer.
+44 (0)7926166608
Highland Guides Team
During busy periods we have a small pool of instructional staff who we call upon to deliver courses for Highland Guides. The instructors will either be members of the Mountain Training Association (MTA), Association of Mountaineering (AMI) Instructors or the British Mountain Guides (BMG). By ensuring that they are members of these associations we know that they have both undergone the appropriate training and assessment process but also adhere to maintaining their currency through a system of continued professional development in order to remain members of the above professional associations.
They will hold the relevant qualification for the course or experience they deliver along with current and valid insurance and first aid certification.
We also know these guides/instructors personally and spend time climbing and mountaineering together personally.
Customer Review
'Expert guiding in the Cuillins in challenging conditons Dan took me and my son on He was very flexible and worked out routes we could do suitable to ability and mindful of severe weather. Result was we achieved our ambition, saw amazing scenery and almost made it to the top on two routes great routes'
Ted, Skye Scrambles
'Fantastic day of rock climbing at Reiff with Dan & Jo! I gained a lot of confidence and learnt new skills including gear placement and anchor building. A fun and relaxed day – can’t wait for next time!'
Kai, Intro Rock
'Great experience with a great guide Jo". I completed one day intro to winter climbing course. I learnt a lot in the day. I appreciated her skills, knowledge and passion for the hills. Jo is also, a fantastic companion'
Pelka, Ben Nevis
