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Archive for category: Winter Skills
If you want the ultimate winter challenge then get out and build a snow hole this winter… You’ll need.....
Five Things You Might Find Surprising on Your First Winter Walk
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You may well be ready for your first winter walk, but there are some things that you may or...
What You Need To Know Before Heading to the Hills This Winter
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It’s December already, and while there’a nary a flake fallen on the Welsh hills it doesn’t hurt to prepare...
A Typical Snowdonia Winter Hill Walk
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You often read that you’ll need this, that or the other on a winter walk in Snowdonia. We even...
Winter’s upon us and walking the hills at this time of year is a totally different proposition to the...
The Essential Winter Hillwalking Kit Checklist
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With winter upon us, if you’re lucky, you may have to set out in the snow. Here’s a run-down...
The Beast’s Tip of the Week – Improvised Crampon Bag
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Thanks to Tryf – Tryf’s Blog – for this idea. Finding himself needing to carry a spanking new pair...
Winter Skills Putting On Crampons
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Another of those little things that can easily cause a bit of head scratching. Ideally, if you’ve never done...
Winter Skills – Walking in Crampons
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One of the more difficult things for winter walking is getting used to walking in crampons again. Unless you’re...
Winter Skills – Attaching your Axe to your Pack
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To some of you, this may well be stating the obvious but if you’re ready for your first trip...
Winter Skills Ice Axe Arrest
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Taking an ice axe on your winter trip is all well and good but you need to know how...
Diogelwch ar y Mynydd Amodau Gaeafaol- Mountain Safety – Winter Conditions
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With Winter officially here and the clocks turned back to perpetual darkness for another five months, the only good...
It’s not officially winter, but it’s definately start of the winter season as far as the mountains are concerned,...
Setting out for a winter walk you’ll need to make sure you’re properly dressed, but if you’re not then...
You may think we’ve finally lost it but now’s the time to buy all the stuff you need for winter!...
Winter Wild Camping 2
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This is the second part of our article on wild camping in winter snow. Rest of the stuff. I...
Winter Wild Camping 1
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Some have emailed asking what gear you can use for a winter wildcamp. Here’s my selection of gear. I’ve...
Hill Walking Winter Skills 2 – The Equipment You’ll Need
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Of course, it should go without saying that you’ll need to know how to use the gear properly! Walking...
Hill Walking Winter Skills 1 – Clothing for Hill Walking in Snow
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Well, I’d like to think it was. I’ve been looking at the freezing levels since the end of August...
