In early March I headed off to Chamonix for 7 days (it was supposed to be 9, but the so called ‘Beast from the East’ had other ideas and my […]
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La Sportiva Epic Ski Tour
Just returned from the La Sportiva Epic Ski Tour in the Dolomites. It’s 3 fairly short but intense ski mountaineering races over 3 days, with your position based on your […]
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Winter Mountain Running – Part 2
Dave Sarkar, qualified Mountaineering Instructor and co-editor of the Gear magazine Climbing Gear Reviews page takes you through everything you need for going running in the mountains in winter. Part […]
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Winter Mountain Running – Part 1
Dave Sarkar, qualified Mountaineering Instructor and co-editor of the Gear magazine Climbing Gear Reviews page takes you through everything you need for going running in the mountains in winter. — […]
Articles - Reviews
Staff Picks – Running
I’m not much of a runner so for this Staff Picks I’ve sought advice from those with a bit more experience than me. Here’s what my research returned… Baselayer On […]
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Staff Picks – Scottish Winter
With some pretty great conditions forming and some nice stable cold weather plonked down over Scotland (at the time of writing), now is a great time to discuss layering and […]
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Staff Picks – Skiing
This December we’re going to go all out on our popular staff picks feature and have articles on what we’d pick from Facewest if we were to kit ourselves out […]
Articles - Trips & Events
Ski Touring in the Bernese Oberland
With winter approaching and some snow in the alps now seems like the perfect time to recount my ski touring trip in the Bernese Oberland last year. Day 1 After […]
Articles - How To
Base Layer Guide
We stock a pretty big range of base layers and with good reason: Base layers are probably the single most important part of your layering system when it comes to […]