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Snowdonia Eyes Dark Sky Status

The Snowdonia National Park Authority (SNPA) is pushing for the park to become the seventh UK location to win recognition as an International Dark Sky Reserve. If successful in its bid Snowdonia would join a small but growing list of British locations...
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Climber Dies in Liathach Avalanche

A man died on Friday 30th January when a party of two were avalanched on Liathach. The accident took place in Coireag Dubh Mor on a day of heavy snowfall -...
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Friday Films: Protecting and Restoring Wild Land

Mountain eye candy with a worthy message: three charity campaign videos from organisations taking a leading role in conserving wild landscapes and restoring...
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Free Avalanche Tutorial with ClimbBigMountains

What do you know about staying out of avalanches? Are you equipped with the right technical and psychological skills? How would your group behave in an emergency? Do you have the mindset of an avalanche professional? 

These things can't be talked about enough, and that's why the folks at ClimbBigMountains created this free, four part video tutorial that goes way beyond how to use a beacon and talks about the mind-game involved as well as route planning, snow profiles etc.  

You can sign up and get the videos here or watch the first one straight away, titled "Mind-Traps in Avalanche Safety" (6 minutes).

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Photo of the Week
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The Isle of Lliwedd in a sea of cloud
Migsy
Berghaus

Congratulations to johnhenderson for being voted Gallery of the Week by UKH users.

There were 212 new photos added added to the Photo Galleries this week

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