If you were out and about around Edale on Saturday 10th January you may have seen a group of people wandering up and down a windy hillside as though they were […]
General - Trips & Events
Free Avalanche Awareness Course
We are pleased to announce that Facewest will be holding an Avalanche Awareness day alongside Arc’teryx and the BMG (British Mountain Guides). The day’s activities will consist of transceiver […]
General - Trips & Events
The Original Mountain Marathon
In a couple of weeks time the renowned Original Mountain Marathon takes place around the Cheviot Hills in Northumberland. Over the weekend of the 25/26th October a mass of dedicated […]
General - Trips & Events
Rab Mountain Marathon 2014
The 2014 edition of the Rab Mountain Marathon is set to take place this weekend in the Lake District National Park. The event is a two-day fell running and navigation […]
Trips & Events
LAMM 2014 – Strathcarron
The LAMM this year was in Strathcarron. Blessed with good weather and light winds, it was a cracker. A new partnership this year with Richard Talbot of mountain equipment. We […]
Trips & Events
Ultra Running & The Fellsman
At the end of April I ran The Fellsman. Organised by Keighley Scouts, The Fellsman is a 61 mile tour of the Yorkshire Dales. I wouldn’t call myself an ‘ultra […]
Trips & Events
Pierra Menta Ski Tour Race
70km of skinning and 9700m of climbing spread over 4 days is the basic recipe for the Pierre menta ski alpinism race. As far as competitive ski touring goes the […]
Trips & Events
Climbing in the Moroccan Anti Atlas
Earlier in November I took a week off to go climbing in Morocco. We headed to the Anti Atlas mountains, flying to Agadir then driving a couple of hours to […]
Trips & Events
The First Ascent of the Djanhorn and other stories…
Former Facewest employee Tim Elson has been on an amazing trip which included some first ascents of mountains in Kyrgyzstan. Here is a trip report from Tim. The Djangart Region […]