Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team enjoys training in Scotland

Wasdale Mountain Rescue travelled to Cairngorms National Park in Scotland earlier this month for the team's annual winter skills training.

Descending down a snowy mountain in Scotland (Image: Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team)

There, they would spend three days cultivating their mountain rescue skills in extremely cold conditions.

Enjoying a lie down in the snow (Image: Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team)

Day one involved classic winter skills including the efficient and safe use of axe and crampons, sliding and self arrest, winter belaying and basic ropework, avalanche forecasting and predicting snow conditions.

Leaving tracks in the snow (Image: Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team)

Day two included a mountain journey over the Cairngorm mountain range using the skills from the previous day.

Conditions were certainly challenging at times (Image: Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team)

And finally, day three saw the team tackle avalanche searching and rescue techniques using transceiver, shovels and probes.