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17 Dec 2025

Mountaineering Articles

BMC Winter Lecture Series: London

Do you want to stride out into the winter hills and mountains with confidence? Take your winter adventure skills to the next level with our Winter Lecture Series.

16 Dec 2025

Mountaineering Articles

BMC Winter Lecture Series: Birmingham

Do you want to stride out into the winter hills and mountains with confidence? Take your winter adventure skills to the next level with our Winter Lecture Series.

09 Dec 2025

Mountaineering Articles

BMC Winter Lecture Series: Manchester

Do you want to stride out into the winter hills and mountains with confidence? Take your winter adventure skills to the next level with our Winter Lecture Series.

08 Dec 2025

Mountaineering Articles

BMC Winter Lecture Series: Leeds

Do you want to stride out into the winter hills and mountains with confidence? Take your winter adventure skills to the next level with our Winter Lecture Series.

11 Dec 2025

Mountaineering Articles

BMC Winter Lecture Series: Cardiff

Do you want to stride out into the winter hills and mountains with confidence? Take your winter adventure skills to the next level with our Winter Lecture Series.

30 Nov 2025

North Cymru Walks

Ogwen Hike: 25 year celebration of CRoW Act | 30th November

This social walk celebrates 25 years of the Countryside and Rights of Way (CRoW) Act, which opened up access to land like never before. We’ll explore iconic landscapes in Eryri National Park, starting at Ogwen Cottage and passing through Cwm Idwal, known for its rich natural history, world renowned arctic plants and access rights provided under CRoW.

30 Nov 2025

Lakes Area Walks

Langdale Hike: 25 year celebration of CRoW act | 30th November

Come and join us to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the passing into law of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act, 2000. The act that gave us the legal right to walk on open access land across England and Wales.

Mountaineering Articles

Mountain Rescue Awareness Day: in conversation with Tom Carrick

Mountain Rescue teams are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year - whatever the weather. Across England and Wales, 47 volunteer teams stand ready to respond when people need help most, often in challenging and unpredictable conditions. 

26 Oct
5 min read

Latest news

Access News

BMC volunteers protect struggling native oak trees in the Peak District

This October, BMC and Mountain Training Association volunteers joined forces with the National Trust to cut down faster-growing, competitor trees to protect native oak trees in the Upper Derwent Valley of the Peak District.

21 Oct
2 min read

Access News

BMC collaborates with Scottish mountain organisations to repair paths on Skye

Storms and heavy rain couldn't dampen the spirits of the eleven volunteers who tackled the clogged drainage ditches below the famous Cuillin Ridge in a collaborative project with Mountaineering Scotland and the Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland (OATS).

17 Oct
2 min read

Access News

BMC donates 10 pairs of safety boots to Fix the Fells

At the end of this summer, the BMC's Access & Conservation Trust donated 10 pairs of safety boots to Fix the Fells which will be free to borrow by volunteer path workers.

15 Oct
2 min read

Access News

Athletic Brewing Company supports path repair in Eryri (Snowdonia)

The BMC's Access & Conservation Trust is thrilled to confirm a hugely generous £30,000 donation to our Eryri Apprentice Ranger fund from Athletic Brewing Company's Two for the Trails grant programme.

13 Oct
2 min read

Access News

Lancashire Group staff volunteer with BMC Get Stuck In

At the end of September, twelve members of staff from the Lancashire Group volunteered on a Get Stuck In event in Eryri (Snowdonia) arranged by the BMC's Access & Conservation Trust as part of the Mend Our Mountains campaign, hosted and instructed by rangers from National Trust Cymru.

09 Oct
2 min read

Access News

BMC volunteers lay 31m of stepping stones and more in Eryri

This September, a team of 12 BMC volunteers laid stepping stones through boggy ground, planted acorns and collected hawthorn berries in Eryri (Snowdonia) as part of the BMC Access & Conservation Trust's Get Stuck In programme.

22 Sep
2 min read

Access News

Cotswold Outdoor donates over £21,000 to BMC Access & Conservation Trust

As part of our collective mission to protect the places we love to climb, walk and explore, Cotswold Outdoor – the BMC’s Official Outdoor Retailer – has donated £21,040.91 to The Climate Project, supporting vital conservation work through the BMC’s Access & Conservation Trust. 

19 Sep
2 min read

Access News

BMC volunteers clear invasive species in the Peak District

This August, eight Get Stuck In volunteers, funded by the BMC's Access & Conservation Trust, cleared invasive rhododendrons on the edge of Kinder Scout with the National Trust.

16 Sep
2 min read

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