This is the 4th review in the Midweight Softshell Review Series. The Rab Baltoro Alpine is another jacket using the Polartec Powershield Fabric, this time the Lite version. However that’s […]
Piste Hors Avalanche Article
Very interesting article about avalanches, risk assessments and inflating safety back packs on Piste Hors. Well worth a read. Avalanche airbags, training and risk homeostasis
Lakes Winter Climbing – 05/12/10
A couple of weeks ago, myself and Graham from Facewest west took advantage of the ‘big freeze’ and made our way over to the Lakes for some winter climbing. I’m […]
Facewest get CAMP
We have added Italian hardware brand CAMP to the website. Much of what they produce is very similar to Petzl or BD so we already have that covered but what […]
The Facewest Midweight Softshell Test – Arcteryx Gamma MX Hoody
This is the third review in the Midweight softshell series. The Arcteryx Gamma MX Hoody is the most protective jacket in this test. Made entirely from Polartec Powershield (rather than […]
TSL Snowshoes Added
We have broadened our range of snowshoes by adding French snowshoe brand TSL. From TSL we have chosen the Escape Easy snowshoes which are aimed more at the recreational snowshoer […]
Ski Tour up Mt Kirkup, Rossland, BC
Sunny weather and the Ski Lifts not opened yet. Time to go touring! We skied the North side of Mount Kirkup in the Rossland Range in BC. This is a […]
New to Facewest: Garmin Training Watches
We’ve stocked Suunto’s training watches for years now and have had a lot of enquiries in that time concerning the similar offerings produced by Garmin. We’ve finally managed to get […]