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Making the leap to trad climbing? Learn how to build your first rack without breaking the bank. This guide covers essential gear and what beginners actually need for Scottish summer climbing.

A blog to help people plan their winter days with a framework to have safer and more enjoyable days in the winter months.

Top tips on planning your scrambling days in the mountains!

After your boots, an ice axe is possibly the single most useful piece of kit for winter walking. Use it alone, or with the addition of crampons, for a secure day out in winter. This article looks at how to choose it and then how to use it, so that you can discover some of the great places the ice axe can take you. The Orgins of the Ice Axe The predecessor of the ice axe was the alpenstock, a long wooden pole with an iron spike tip, used by shepherds for travel on snowfields a

Sitting by the fire with a mug of hot tea, watching the leaves turn red and gold outside, I get great pleasure from flicking through my...

The transition from summer rock climbing into winter is best prepared for in advance. Dusting off your B3 boots, ice axes and crampons,...

You may be relatively new to winter walking or an expert winter climber, but avalanche awareness applies to us all and unfortunately, I don't think we can ever sit back and say we have it all sorted. It needs constant awareness and practise both at home and in the mountains. I hope if you are reading this, you have managed to get some previous avalanche training and have been made aware of the Be Avalanche Aware process. If not get yourself online to find out more, or downlo

I couldn't believe the forecast for Malcolm & Ed's 5 day scrambling course, Malcolm had wanted specific scrambles in Skye and in the...