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Winter Scrambling on Striding Edge

Ten Tips for Winter Hillwalkers & Mountaineers

Ten tips for winter hillwalkers and mountaineers based on questions that we get asked when delivering winter skills courses

Dow Crag from the Old Man of Coniston

Best Rock Climbs in the South Lakes

Best Rock Climbs in the South Lakes is the last in a series of five articles celebrating the great diversity of climbing in the Lake District.

Climbing Needless Eliminate on Buckbarrow

Wild West Rock Climbs

The fourth in our ‘lockdown’ series of articles is a compilation of twelve of the best routes in the Western Fells and includes brief route summaries and suggestions.

Rock Climbs in the Lake District

Eastern Promise

The third in a series of five articles celebrating the brilliant and diverse nature of rock climbing in the Lakes covering the fells to the east of Borrowdale and Langdale.

The Best of Langdale Rock Climbing

The second in a series of five articles celebrating the great variety of climbing in different areas of the Lake District including an interactive map.

Climbing Inferno on Bowderstone Crag

The Best of Borrowdale Rock Climbing

This is the first of five articles in which I intend to share a summary of twelve of the best rock climbs I’ve done from different areas of the Lake District.

Climbing grades explained

What’s in a grade: How do grades work and do they matter?

Climbing has a bewildering array of grading systems. Understanding how they work and relate to each other can be very confusing.

Sastrugi

Snow Metamorphism: The Dynamics of Change

This article is intended as a summary of some of the natural processes that affect snow as well as other environmental factors that influence its character and distribution.

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