Mountain Journal

Grab a brew, kick back and relax with in-depth features, Alpkit news and tales of derring-do

The latest at Alpkit

13.10.2021

Solo in Winter

Winter is exciting, challenging, beautiful. The mountains feel bigger, remoter, wilder. And they are. Winter means cold, short daylight hours, snow...

06.10.2021

West Highland Way by Mountain Bike

This is a series of texts sent at 5am: Me: Guess what? I feel awful. I don’t think I’m going to come. You guys get going and...

15.10.2021

How to Navigate in Low Visibility

We've all been there: confidently rambling about the mountains, at ease in the knowledge that we know exactly where we are. It's all too easy to be...

14.10.2021

Trek & Mountain Review the Balance

The Balance is a comfortable and well-featured jacket offering decent performance and some clever features - all at a great pricepoint

02.09.2021

Vera Ngosi

We're so excited to welcome Vera onboard the Sonder team. We caught up with her to find out a little more about how she got into cycling, and her f...

Daring Deeds

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13.10.2021

Solo in Winter

Winter is exciting, challenging, beautiful. The mountains feel bigger, remoter, wilder. And they are. Winter means cold, short daylight hours, snow...

06.10.2021

Mountain Rescue, Mountain Brew

“Go Nice Places, Do Good Things” could have been written for Mountain Rescue; we certainly go to places that are amongst the nicest in existence. W...

06.10.2021

West Highland Way by Mountain Bike

This is a series of texts sent at 5am: Me: Guess what? I feel awful. I don’t think I’m going to come. You guys get going and have a good time. Fri...

Events

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06.10.2021

West Highland Way by Mountain Bike

This is a series of texts sent at 5am: Me: Guess what? I feel awful. I don’t think I’m going to come. You guys get going and...

17.08.2021

Wednesday Yoga for Adventure Sports

Location: Alpkit Hathersage, The Square, Main Road, S33 1BB Hathersage Sessions: 6.30-7.30pm Yoga for Adventure (stretch and strengthen) and 8-9pm ...

17.08.2021

Friday Sports Massage Therapy

Location: Alpkit Hathersage We’ve teamed up with Edge Sports Massage to bring you a soft tissue therapy service aimed particularly at the needs of ...

Spotlight

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15.10.2021

How to Navigate in Low Visibility

We've all been there: confidently rambling about the mountains, at ease in the knowledge that we know exactly where we are. It's all too easy to be...

15.10.2021

How to Wash Your Down Jacket or Sleeping Bag

For most of us, the thought of washing our expensive down jackets and sleeping bags is enough to send a shiver down our spine. Which is ironic beca...

14.10.2021

How To Choose The Best Tent

Tents are the key to going nice places. You can go further, longer. Explore new, wilder places. And take your portable home with you. When you’re b...