More than Mountains

09/09/2024

2025 dates available now for our popular Beginners Navigation courses in the Lake District. Learn how to read a map and use a compass to safely find your way around the mountains.

12th October 2024 (Keswick) - fully booked

19th April 2025 (Keswick)

10th May 2025 (Bowness)

14th June 2025 (Keswick)

26th July 2025 (Bowness)

16th August 2025 (Keswick)

6th September 2025 (Bowness)

11th October 2025 (Keswick)

07/09/2024

We're very keen to support more sustainable travel. If you are planning to visit the Lake District by public transport, please let us know and we can rearrange our start times to coincide with the bus!

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25/08/2024

Bright jackets always make for better photos. And one of our favourites too, the Rab Vapour-Rise. Perfect for the changeable conditions at the moment. Two enjoyable days on an introduction to 'trad' leading rock climbing course in the Lake District.

19/08/2024

Last minute availability for Rock climbing in the Lake District next week. Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th August.

09/08/2024

Gold medals all round for effort and enjoyment rock climbing for the first time in the Lake District today.

06/08/2024

A really informative article on the ins and outs of wild camping in the Lake District.

Wild camping has a long history in the Lake District.

26/07/2024

The mighty Gimmer Crag today. How many climbers can you spot?!

23/06/2024

People often ask if they can drink from the streams in the Lake District. Whilst we don't really recommend it, carrying a bottle with a built in filter can be a good option. We only really use them high up in the fells in clear running streams with not too many sheep around.

26/05/2024

Bumped into some friendly locals this morning. Also saw a cuckoo and a fox! What nature do you spot out and about?

01/04/2024

Out of the wind and in the sunshine it was a perfect spring day for a Sport Climbing refresher in the Lake District. We looked at different anchors, use of assisted belay devices and tactics for leading routes safely.

20/03/2024

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09/03/2024

Are you looking to discover scrambling or improve your skills to safely ascend grade 2 or 3 routes using a rope? Our introduction to scrambling courses in the Lake District are a great place to start. We will help you choose routes, move efficiently and stay safe in ascent and descent. We have courses running in April on 6/7th and 27/28th.

01/03/2024

Over half way through my Scottish winter season now and today marks the first day of spring! A mixed bag of weather but today was amazing. The carb loading and recovery sessions are going well too!

30/01/2024

New course date added; Introduction to Scrambling in the Lake District, 27/28th April. Learn how to safely take your adventures off the beaten track and explore some of the great scrambles on offer in the Langdales.

28/01/2024

A brief Scottish weekend trip to run an Association of Mountaineering Instructors WMCI trainee workshop. Lots of useful chat and honest conversations about the conditions. We did get up into the snowline on Saturday but were beaten by the wind on Ben Nevis.

11/12/2023

Happy international mountain day!

08/11/2023

Did you know we do gift vouchers?! A popular Christmas or birthday present, we can send you a voucher for a particular course or amount.

07/09/2023

Late availability! We have one place left on our beginners navigation course starting in Bowness this Saturday, 9th September.

Our 2024 dates for beginners and intermediate navigation courses are now up on the website. Book now at 2023 prices.

31/08/2023

"We're going to go up there?!" A brilliant morning on the classic rock route of Troutdale Pinnacle.

30/08/2023

A sunny and warm day at Wallowbarrow crag with a great couple of keen trainee mountaineering instructors looking at how we take people climbing and the various progressions we can use to help them become independent climbers.

15/08/2023

It felt like we experienced all 4 seasons at some point this weekend! Amazing what you can achieve with the right kit, planning and plenty of open discussion within the group.

10/08/2023

We have some last minute availability for climbing and scrambling in the Lake District this month.

15th, 16th, 17th, 23rd, 24th and 31st August.

Email us [email protected] for more details.

05/08/2023

Sport climbing or Trad climbing? The Lake District has a huge variety to explore.

24/07/2023

After a weekend of heavy rain everything was looking very green today.

18/07/2023

Another busy month making the most of the good weather but also fitting in a quick visit to the Gower!