Mt Dobson in New Zealand is aiming for its earliest opening in 27 years of operation with a planned season launch date of this Saturday, 27 May. The southern hemisphere’s […]
New Products
Jetboil GCS Group Cooking System
Following on from the popular Jetboil PCS is the new Jetboil GCS. In fact it uses the same burner unit with built in sparker but rather than the 1 litre […]
How To
How to Choose the right batteries for your headlamp
Following on in our series of ‘How to ….’ articles we have Batteries. This article was written for headlamps but applies exactly the same for MP3 players, GPS units, Radios […]
New Products
Mountain Equipment & Suunto New Products
Just added the Mountain Equipment Women’s Approach Pant to the Women’s casual & trek lines. Added to the Suunto accessories are the X3HR straps in Black, Blue & Ice plus […]
General
Good snow start for NZ
Mount Ruapehu.com has this to say about the pre season conditions on the north island of New Zealand. – You beauty! Non-skiers and boarders might not like this cold weather […]
Sales & Offers
Petzl Headlamps on Sale
The Petzl Myo 0 and Myo 5 are being discontinued. We have our last few pieces of stock on sale. Petzl Myo 0 £20 6v Xenon halogen light source 90m […]
New Products
New Headlamps from Petzl
To go with the previous How to choose the right headlamp post, we have some new Headlamps from Petzl. Petzl Tikka XP £33. This new headlamp is a great all […]
How To
How to choose the right headlamp
This article can also be found in the how to section of our website. http://www.facewest.co.uk/pp/howto/howtochooseaheadlamp.htm Unless you have experience of a particular model or have be given a recommendation then […]
General
Everest Viking skier Tomas Olsson missing after fall
Tomas Olsson is missing on Everest north face, while Norwegian Tormod Granheim has descended to 6500 meter. Tomas vanished at around 8500 meters yesterday, following a fall. The two skiers […]