Hire a Guide

You provide the guest list, we’ll supply the guides! Complete a challenge with your supporters, colleagues or nearest and dearest - safely supported and smiling the whole way round!


It could be a New Year’s resolution to challenge yourself; marking a milestone birthday or major life event; pushing your limits via a charity challenge event; or team-building with colleagues. You might want a guide to navigate so you and your friends don’t have to; someone to lead a corporate away day; or provide on-hand expertise and local knowledge for a solo expedition.

Whatever your reason, Large Outdoors can provide a friendly, professional guiding service for a range of guided walks and challenges.

We have a range of options to choose from (see below), but you can also Hire a Guide for alternative locations, walking routes and outdoor activities within the UK that take your fancy. All Hire a Guide services with Large Outdoors include:

  • A simple booking/payment process for individuals and groups - with a dedicated team member to help each step of the way.

  • Great pre-event support: opportunities to join a video call with a guide to talk you through the event, specific kits lists and FAQs, as well as training and kit advice via our Blog.

  • Friendly, professional and encouraging guides to oversee safety, navigation and logistics during your experience.

  • Peace of mind - we hold comprehensive public liability insurance, carry out thorough risk assessments and use experienced and first-aid certified guides (with suitable qualifications where relevant, e.g. Mountain Leader, Winter Mountain Leader).

  • Activity equipment, if required (e.g. ice axes and crampons for winter skills / compasses and maps for navigation courses).

Hire a Guide - FAQs

  • Generally, we can arrange guides for any date of your choice, with advance notice.
    Sometimes, dates won’t be available because of seasonal restrictions or equipment availability, but you can give us a call on 01653 740 400 or email hello@largeoutdoors.com and we’ll do our best to help and outline your options.

  • This will depend on the proposed walking route or activity, time of day, duration and number of participants. Some of our most popular Hire a Guide options are outlined in the ‘Hire a Guide Options’ section below, but you can contact us for a no-obligation quote and more information if you have something else in mind.
    Email hello@largeoutdoors.com or call us on 01653 740400

  • Costs are per guide. The maximum number of participants allowed per guide can be found in the ratio details for each experience. See the ‘Hire a Guide Options’ section below, or contact us for bespoke routes and activities.

    With advance notice, we can usually add extra guides to an existing booking if your group size grows. Just get in touch if you think you might need multiple guides and we can chat through the options available to you.

  • Absolutely! You can either:

    • Book onto an existing open challenge experience (check out the Challenges tab or pages) and raise money for the charity of your choice;

    Hire a Guide to hold your own exclusive fundraising challenge walk;

    • Work with Large Outdoors to create a totally bespoke charity challenge if you need some help to make a fantastic challenge idea a reality.


    If you work for a charity and are interested in partnering with Large Outdoors to provide walking, summit-bagging or other outdoorsy challenges for your supporters, do check out our Charity Challenges page for the options available.

  • We do indeed! If you work for a charity please see our Charity Challenges page for more information, or get in touch to find out the different options available - email hello@largeoutdoors.com or call us on 01653 740400.
    If you fancy doing one of our challenges to fundraise for your chosen charity then do ask them if they’re already working with Large Outdoors, as there might be a discount available (and feel free to point them in our direction if they’re not, so we can help).

  • Of course. When you get in touch we will create a Booking Form for you and send an invoice (with purchase order numbers if required), which you can pay via BACS or credit/debit card.

  • Please see our Terms & Conditions page for full details. These apply to all bookings.

    If you’re booking a Tailored Trip there may be additional Terms & Conditions required, but we’d outline all of these at the quote stage.

  • Absolutely! If you can’t see what you want within the links below, head over to our Tailored Trips page, email hello@largeoutdoors.com, or call us on 01653 740400.

Hire a Guide Options

  • Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge

    Distance: 25 miles
    Level: Tough (Walking)
    Ratio: 1 guide / 10 participants
    Cost: £440

  • Summit Ben Nevis Challenge

    Distance: 11 miles
    Level:
    Active Plus
    Ratio: 1 guide / 10 participants
    Cost: £440

  • Ben Nevis Sunrise Challenge

    Distance: 11 miles
    Level: Active Plus
    Ratio: 1 guide / 8 participants
    Cost: £415

  • Summit Snowdon Challenge - Miners' Track

    Distance: 8.7 miles
    Level: Active Plus
    Ratio: 1 guide / 10 participants
    Cost: £400 (plus fare for Sherpa Bus)

  • Snowdon Sunrise Challenge

    Distance: 9 miles
    Level: Active Plus
    Ratio: 1 guide / 8 participants
    Cost: £415

  • Summit Snowdon Challenge - Rhyd Ddu Path

    Distance: 7.3 miles
    Level: Active Plus
    Ratio: 1 guide / 10 participants
    Cost: £400

  • Summit Scafell Pike Challenge

    Distance: 8.7 miles or 5.4 miles
    Level: Active Plus
    Ratio: 1 guide / 10 participants
    Cost: £400

  • Scafell Pike Sunrise Challenge

    Distance: 5.4 miles
    Level: Active Plus
    Ratio: 1 guide / 8 participants
    Cost: £415

  • Edale Skyline Challenge

    Distance: 22 miles
    Level: Active Plus
    Ratio: 1 guide / 10 participants
    Cost: £440

  • Castle to Abbey Coastal Challenge

    Distance: 22 miles
    Level: Tough (Walking)
    Ratio: 1 guide / 10 participants
    Cost: £440 (transport at additional cost)

  • The Ullswater Way One-Day Challenge

    Distance: 20 miles
    Level: Active Plus
    Ratio: 1 guide / 10 participants
    Cost: £440

  • Your Choice...

    Large Outdoors’ Hire a Guide service is available 365 days a year (with advance booking) and we operate across the UK. Get in touch with your requirements for a no-obligation quote and further information.

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