25th January
The area around Dovestone Reservoir has become increasingly popular in recent years and can become quite crowded, especially in the summer months. Fortunately there are plenty of paths away from the main tourist tracks which provide a more secluded walk with ample opportunity for adventure and gr...
Base Jumper Tom Erik Heimen and trail runner Kilian Jornet "race" up & down the iconic Romsdalshorn (1550m) in Norway.
Kevin Woods is now one month in to his attempt to climb all 282 Munros in a single winter season... So how's he been coping with the near constant storms?
An exciting few days of dot watching culminated in a gripping finale to this year's Montane Spine Race, seeing two of the main contenders - Jayson Cavill and Eugenie Rosello Sole - drop out due to injury. In the end it was one man's race to...
Kevin Woods is 2 weeks into a winter round of the Munros, a challenge expected to last several months. If successful he will be, to our knowledge, only the third person to complete a full round of all 282 Munros in one winter. We've caught up with him to...
"I set off early on a cold winters morning for the 150 mile round trip to Patterdale in the Lake District..."
Looks like a nice day out - and there have been precious few of those this season!
Everyone, no matter how experienced, will get lost once in a while. Here are a few ways to make that less frequent, from Mountain...
With that classic toothy profile, the Langdale Pikes have kept painters and postcard shops busy for centuries. This cluster of rocky peaks has to be one of the most attention-grabbing small mountains in Britain.
She's climbed the Seven Summits and twice led expeditions up Everest. But one of her favourite places is closer to home, in the much-maligned Drumochter Hills. Fiona Russell talks walking with mountain instructor, skier and all-round high achiever Di Gilbert.
This classic book is an exciting account of early Alpine ascents - and in that genre it's possibly supreme, says Ronald Turnbull. But there's more to it than that...
Staged in the dark days of early December, the Montane Cheviot Goat is a testing 55-mile race around the wild hills of the English-Scottish border. What's it like to compete in a big event like this, and why would anyone want to? This account by Ben Wood captures the...
If you're after a lighter shell for less-rigorous mountain use, but keen not to sacrifice too many useful features, then the Masao Light could be it, says Pegs Bailey.
"The Fast Alpine 40 is Montane's very decent stab at making an all-round pack for the British mountaineer", reckons Toby Archer
They're no lightweights, but the Vultur Vertical GTX are superb solid B3 boots, which combine warmth, comfort and technical performance, says Dan Bailey.
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