mountain leader

plural mountain leaders

1. governmentA military operative who specializes in leading, or delivering training for, operations at high altitudes or very low temperatures.
2. Someone who leads groups on mountain climbs and hikes after having been trained and receiving a qualification.

   Find someone who has a mountain leader award and ask what skills and knowledge the training gave them.

   2004, Nick Cullingworth, BTEC National Public Services, →ISBN, page 227

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   The rucksack of a summer mountain leader should contain adequate kit for not only himself, but a few extra essentials for group use.

   2000, Pete Hill, Stuart Johnston, The Mountain Skills Training Handbook, →ISBN, page 159

   Meanwhile, Robin took a first-aid course, so that he might help people in distress on the hills, qualified as a mountain leader and, in the spring of 1998, went on an expedition to the Himalayas.

   2000, Arthur Harold Griffin, The Coniston Tigers: Seventy Years of Mountain Adventure, →ISBN, page 197

   During the summer he does a variety of jobs, including mountain leader, countryside ranger and research associate for Edinburgh University.

   2013, Allen Fyffe, Blair Fyffe, Winter Climbs in the Cairngorms: The Cairngorms and Creag Meagaidh, →ISBN