When tackling the high peaks of the European Alps - where altitudes often soar between 3,000 and 4,000 metres - having the right gear isn’t just helpful, it’s essential. Whether you're summitting your ...

While a bite is generally harmless, it is possible that ticks carry and transmit diseases to humans. Stack the odds in your favour by knowing how to reduce the likelihood of a bite, and how to safely ...

Horseshoe Quarry, also known as Furness Quarry, was purchased by the BMC in 2005. Almost three decades on, rewilding there has already been fantastically successful, with hundreds of newts and toad ...

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You are invited to join a peer-led walk, hosted and led by BMC Lake District Area volunteers, Ken Taylor and Liz Jolley. We will return by the same route. Tea and cakes will be available at The Gather ...

Regarding membership fee adjustments for 2025, the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) are asking for feedback ahead of the Board meeting on the 18th September 2024. Over the past two years, the BMC ...

The objective of the Competition Climbing Performance Group (CCPG) Review was to report on the performance of the CCPG since its inception on 9th April 2020 through to 29th September 2022. The review ...

Today, on the first ever World Day for Glaciers, 21 March 2025, we celebrate what the BMC is already doing and how you can support us in preserving these vast, frozen rivers that we mountaineers and ...

A pleasant location a shortish walk from the car park.Both slabs are up to around 10m in height and feature some nice crack lines, ideal for beginners or busting out some quick solos. The west slab is ...

Park at Jubilee Bridge at the bottom of the Hardknott Pass, cross the stream and follow the footpath in a south-westerly direction for about 1.5km. After the second of two gates, follow the track ...

A west facing crag with a sunny aspect located at the high point of Tongue House High Close. Parking and Approach Park at the bottom of the Walna Scar road. Follow the track towards Seathwaite Tarn.

Short clean climbs with a great outlook, sparkling stream and flat grassy picnic site. The triangular skyline profile of the crag is prominent from the road; this lies further up the hillside and ...