The Mountain Explorer workshop provides an adrenaline-fuelled overview of life at high altitude, and is ideal for Key Stage 2 year groups studying the mountain environment.

Navigating the various ridges, faces and summits of the planet’s greatest peaks, pupils spend the day looking at how and why mountains are formed; the climate between 1,OOO and 8,OOO metres; the people and wildlife that inhabit mountainous regions: and past and present explorers, including Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.

They then move on to examine popular mountain sports; the risks involved in mountain travel if you enter a region unprepared; and the clothing and equipment needed to survive during a high altitude mountaineering expedition.