Facewest together with Mountain Equipment are bringing you free gloves! Buy any ME jacket costing £90 or more from their new Winter 06 range from Facewest and you will receive a Free pair of ME Mountain Gloves. Available in Men’s and Women’s versions, normally costing £30, while stocks last.
Spend over £180 and you will receive […]
A new emergency headlamp from Petzl. Weighing only 27g or 46g with the case it really is super light. The E+Lite features 3 white LED’s and 1 red one, 2 power settings and a flashing mode. It uses 2 watch batteries as it’s power source and is waterproof to 1m. The batteries have a shelf […]
Two snowboarders that triggered an avalanche which resulted in the death of a girl have been given suspended sentences in a French court. The avalanche was in La Clusaz February 2003. Read the full story on Pistehors.
2 New Boeri helmets for this winter, the Vibe and the Roller.
The Vibe is a top of the line helmet with 6 vents, anti allergic wicking lining, removable ear flaps & soft chin strap. We have this helmet in 3 colours Matt Black, Matt White & Graphite and an incredible 7 sizes from 52 - […]
Natives reports that The premiere of the latest Matchstick ski movie PUSH will be in London on December the 6th and then do the rounds of X-scapes on the 7,8 & 9th. It’s a fantastic movie and set to be one of the hottest this year. We know becuase it’s already in stock and available […]
The last few helmets from Winter 05/06 drastically reduced to make some room for this seasons helmets arriving next week. Over 50% Off .
Boeri Steez ON SALE
Was £79 Now £40
The Best Seller. Great custom fit system
Boeri Kameleon ON SALE
Was £64 Now £30
Superlight […]
At last I have finished adding all the products from Mountain Equipment for this coming winter. We have massively increased our range from Mountain Equipment this season by adding more products, the full size range and the Women’s specific garment if it was available. Hopefully you can find what you need.
Shell Jackets
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Those dedicated people at Pistehors, an english website devoted to French skiing, are working hard to make the French avalanche bulletins available to non-french speakers. Research has shown that most people don’t read the info before setting off for the day and Pistehors want to change that.
Read this post about their efforts and support them […]
Check out this footage on You Tube. Some good stuff from some dedicated boarders who don’t need lifts, pistes or even reasonable weather to get their turns. Makes you realise what can be done if you really want to. The film was first shown at the Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival.
Following on from our recent posts about preserving your summer fitness for skiing, the Facewest team (well 60% of it) lined up for the Haworth Mudman last Sunday. It was a off road duathlon, which is a run, bike, than another run. The first 5km run started with a brutal climb up Haworth main street […]
