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Mountain skills

To be a safe mountain runner you’ll need exactly the same skills set as an autonomous hiker in terms of ability on broken mountain terrain, navigation in poor visibility, selecting the best route for the forecast, and remaining adaptable to your performance and the actual mountain conditions. It’s far outside the scope of this book to cover all these elements, but don’t assume that trail and fell running are simply types of running that happen to be in the mountains. Good mountain skills and judgement are required at all times.

Don’t ever be afraid to adapt your plans. The enjoyment of mountain running doesn’t necessarily come from a particular objective such as a pass or summit, but from the running itself. If you aren’t feeling up to the objective, or the conditions rapidly change, don’t feel pressured to continue; adapt your plans accordingly.

Navigation

This guidebook contains clear maps to help with your route planning, with numbered waypoints corresponding to the route descriptions, but it’s important to carry a full map of the area at all times for extra detail, and to run with just that in your hand or tucked into an easily accessible pocket on the front of your running bag. Relevant sheet maps are listed in the information box at the start of each route, and the ‘ssss1‘ section (above) provides details of where the maps can be bought. If you use an altimeter to help navigate, you should recalibrate it frequently (many path junctions, cols and summits have spot heights on the map), as a navigational error could have serious consequences. In the unlikely event that you do get lost, return to the last known point and work out where you went wrong, as once you’re lost, errors tend to compound themselves.