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NEWS: Weather Station Installed on Ben Lawers Range

A new weather station has been set up in the Ben Lawers range. Though intended to aid conservation, access to its real time data should also be useful for...

SKILLS: The Dos and Don'ts of Roadside Camping

Camping by the road is contentious, but it's the hooligans that give the rest of us a bad name. So here are some basic 'rules' for minimising the impact next time...

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Featured Route Card: Snowdon's Quiet Side - Cwm Clogwyn Round

Snowdon isn’t short of great walking routes to its crowded summit, but if you think they are all infested with other folk you can think again. A round of lonely...

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FRI NIGHT VID: Liv Sansoz - Along the Way

18 May 2018

Liv Sansoz has a breathtaking CV. She's a two time World Champion in sport climbing, has climbed 8c+ and has a number of hard...

Weather Station Installed on Ben Lawers Range

16 May 2018

A new weather station has been set up in the Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve. Though intended to aid conservation research,...

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Hypothermia - Essential Advice For Walkers & Mountaineers

Feb 2016

The risk of hypothermia in icy weather is not necessarily greater than from milder temperatures combined with wind and rain -...

Digital Features

Marmot Photography Awards 2017

UKClimbing and UKHillwalking are proud to announce the winners of the 2017 Marmot Photography Awards. An automatic selection of five photos from each of the categories on site was made based on the votes from the previous 12 months. Users were then asked to vote for the overall winners of each category from this selection. In addition to the category awards, we also have three overall winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd), which were selected by professional photographer Tim Glasby.

Marmot Photography Awards 2016

An automatic selection of five photos from each of the catagories on site was made based on the votes from the previous 12 months. Users were then asked to vote for the overall winners of each catagory from this selection. In addition to the category awards we also have three overall winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd), which were selected by professional photographer Tim Glasby.

Helen Mort - No Map Could Show Them

No Map Could Show Them. The pioneering Victorian women in mountaineering of the early twentieth Century. The women whose narratives and achievements became lost in the mountains, where they forged paths and ascended; their stories brought back down to earth, only to be silenced by the patriarchy.

Starlight and Storm

In this full screen Digital Feature, Jack Geldard and Nick Brown explore the life and tragic death of Alison Hargreaves and how her achievements have influenced her son, Tom Ballard.

With stunning historical images and exclusive video, this feature captures the experiences of Alison and Tom in an absorbing and aesthetic style and delves in to the extraordinary lives of both mother and son.