I recently spent an unusual day down in Glasgow at the Snow Factor indoor snow slope to see if it was possible to build an igloo indoors...

Sunset from Ben Macdui Spring in the Cairngorms can bring alpine-like conditions with bright intense light as the sunshine reflects off...

An igloo on the Moine Mhor in the Cairngorms, mid-April, 2014 The May issue of The Great Outdoors has just appeared. My gear piece is a...

I spent the afternoon pitching, looking at and thinking about some new backpacking tents in preparation for a review that'll appear i...

It’s two and a half years ago since I last wrote about using smartphones in the hills in one of my most popular posts. Then my aim w...

There's a nice new peaceful short film on BMC TV called Go Wild with some lovely drone shots of the NW Highlands in perfect winter weath...

Cairn Gorm from the shoulder of Cairn Lochan Spring storms bringing rain and warmer winds had been eating away at the snowpack for ...