Pro Reviewer: The Patagonia Untracked Jacket and Pants are a dedicated full weather protection combo aimed at skiers (and snowboarders) heading into the backcountry/offpiste terrain where freedom of movement and […]
BMG Guide Review - Pro Reviews
Pro Review – Vapour Rise Lite Alpine Jacket
British Mountain Guide Al Powell reviews the Rab Vapour Rise Lite Alpine Jacket. I’ve been using the Vapour Rise Lite Alpine Jacket all summer for guiding in the Alps and […]
Sales & Offers
Dakine Winter 2015 20% OFF
The title says it all really. Get a Heli Pro or a Heli Pack at 20% off RRP. Or maybe that piece of ski / board luggage that you need […]
BMG Guide Review - Pro Reviews
Pro Review – Grivel Haute Route and Camp Race 290 Crampons
Pro Reviewer The camp race 290 crampons really are ridiculously light. The Dynafit rear buckle attachment is a genius design, and makes getting the crampons on and off very, very […]
Articles - How To
Getting into Ski Touring
Last season I did my first ski tours. As someone who has done a lot of resort skiing, both on and off the piste I was been keen to explore […]
Sales & Offers
Advent Fridays
This year we are going to have 3 ‘Advent Friday’ offers rather than one everyday of advent. This will be emailed to all those signed up for the Facewest Newsletter. […]
General
Winter is here!
FINALLY the A9 gets closed due to snow and everyone in the UK has had to scrape ice off their cars on at least one morning. As the clearing up […]
New Products
New Ice Axes
We’ve not really said much about it, but there’s a lot of new stuff in our ice axe range this winter. So, now that it’s about to get a bit […]