Expert tips for winter climbing. Climbing snow and frozen turf to a safe belay…
Buried axe belay
Glenmore Lodge instructor Mark Chaddwick runs through the winter mountaineering skill of digging and constructing a buried axe back up for a bucket seat belay, further increasing your safety when ascending steeper slopes.
T&M Winter Weekender 2014 – last few places!
Tickets are selling fast for the first Trek & Mountain Winter Weekender, in association with DMM and Sprayway, taking place on March 1-3 2014 at the epicentre of British winter mountaineering – Ben Nevis and Glen Coe. So, what’s it all about then? Well the weekend (Sat/Sun/Mon) is a chance to improve your winter mountaineering skills, whatever level you’re at, …
Trek & Mountain Winter Skills courses – sign up now
With a cold snap seeing temperatures plunging to as low as minus 8C (18F), it seems a mere sprinkling of snow has been sending parts of the UK into meltdown – but for mountaineers and those wanting to enjoy the hills in winter-time, the prospect of a cold winter is positively mouthwatering. This winter, for the first time, we are …