Aspiring mountaineers act now! Applications are still open for this summer’s Jonathan Conville Memorial Trust (JCMT) Alpine courses. But hurry, the closing date is 29 February. Read more »
It's back! Yes, once again it's time for the jamboree that is TremFest 2018. This festival is your chance to give something back to the crags you derive so much enjoyment from, when work and play combine to celebrate all that is good about Tremadog – 21-22 April, put it in your diary! Read more »
It’s all happening at Tremadog this year, Tremfest is back and the really big news is that after nearly 40 years of serving teas and chip butties to climbers at his Bwlch y Moch café, well known Welsh mountaineer Eric Jones has finally decided to take a well-earned retirement. But fear not, as the new owners Gareth Streatfield and his partner Jo, have exciting plans to continue to welcome climbers to Tremadog. Read more »
Two British mountaineering instructors and expedition leaders explain the best way to tackle Elbrus, the highest tick in Europe, and one of the coveted seven summits. Jon Gupta takes the standard South Route while Rebecca Coles talks us through the lesser-trodden North Route. Read more »
Pros from Steve McClure to Jim Pope and instructors including Jon Gupta and Rich Mayfield offer their top tips of what NOT to do on your first sport climbing holiday. Even sponsored heroes and mountain guides were beginners, once... Read more »
Arguably one of the best-known climbing cafes in Wales, Eric Jones's cafe and campsite at Bwlch y Moch, Tremadog, has recently been put on the market. After serving millions of mugs of tea and bacon butties to climbers since 1979, Wales's best known mountaineer and his wife Ann have decided it's time to retire. Read more »
Jon Griffith and Andy Houseman have recently returned from Pakistan, having made the first ascent of Link Sar West, a subsidiary top of Link Sar with an altitude of just under 7,000m. Read more »
While indulging his favourite pastime of scouring Google Earth for cool new routes, Will Sim stumbled upon some huge unclimbed faces in the eastern Hayes Range of Alaska. In particular the beautiful NW face of Mount Deborah caught his eye, and his climbing partner Jon Griffith took little convincing to try an epic line on it. They've now ticked it, and named the 2000m route Bad to the Bone. So how bad was it? Read more »
Highly active British alpinists Matt Helliker and Jon Bracey have climbed what is thought to be another new route on one of the 3 gendarmes (c4050m) on the East Face of Mont Maudit in the Mont Blanc Massif. Read more »
Several upcoming regional BMC meetings are going big on hill walking, including talks from ‘Scafell Pike’ filmmaker Terry Abraham, long-distance walker Chris Townsend, and BMC CEO Dave Turnbull. See what’s happening near you. Read more »
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