Icicle climb | trek | ski | run

'inspirational mountain adventure holidays'

Main Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Availability
  • Shop

Category Archives: Windermere technical store

NEW – Tour du Mont Blanc

May 5, 2020by Sarah Hodgson Leave a comment

Re-inventing the wheel can’t be easy, but it’s been done with this new guidebook about the legendary Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB), recently released by Vertebrate Publishing. So why is […]

Read Article →
Chamonix news, Tour Mont Blanc, Windermere technical store

Psycho Vertical review

March 22, 2018by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Some films hit you hard. You know they are important. Deer Hunter. Philadelphia. Trainspotting. Already that’s three massive topics; war, AIDS and drug addiction. I went to see Psycho Vertical […]

Read Article →
Icicle news, Review, Windermere technical store

FREE Mont Blanc open evening

May 3, 2017by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Climbing to the summit of Mont Blanc is a case of stacking the odds in your favour; doing the training, selecting the right kit, acclimatising well, building mountain skills, and […]

Read Article →
Lake District, Mont Blanc, Windermere technical store

Brexit Mountain

June 21, 2016by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

One of the reasons we go to the mountains is to remind ourselves how insignificant we are, a small dot of coloured Goretex on the enormity of a mountain face. […]

Read Article →
Icicle news, Windermere technical store

Chamonix Trail book

April 27, 2016by Sarah Hodgson Leave a comment

It’s been five years since the photo above was taken of Kingsley [Icicle trail running guide] finishing the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc for the first time, and this year […]

Read Article →
Chamonix news, Trail Running, Windermere technical store

Grivel Mountain Runner

December 10, 2015by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Once a year or so we bleat about a new bit of kit, which we feel is significantly innovative or different. We don’t rant and rave about every new item […]

Read Article →
Equipment review, Windermere technical store

Pro Trailer poles

August 15, 2015by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Once in a while we come across some new innovative kit, that makes you really wonder why no one came up with the concept before. We’ve been extensively testing the […]

Read Article →
Equipment review, Windermere technical store

FREE guiding

January 30, 2015by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Free guiding? Yes, I thought that would get your attention. This winter we are offering 1 hour of completely free guiding for anyone buying an avalanche transceiver from our Windermere […]

Read Article →
Avalanche, Equipment review, Windermere technical store

What pack to pack?

January 9, 2015by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

You’re setting off the next day on a hut to hut trip in the mountains, and you have all your kit laid out ready, but what rucksack do you take? […]

Read Article →
Equipment review, Windermere technical store

Snowshoe review

December 18, 2014by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

With the recent snowfalls in the UK, snowshoes from our Windermere store have been selling like hotcakes! It’s got Emma, our resident blogger writing again, this time on how to […]

Read Article →
Equipment review, Snowshoeing, Uncategorized, Windermere technical store

Post navigation

1 2 … 4 Next →
Icicle Mountaineering, 11a Church Street, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1AQ, United Kingdom
01539 44 22 17

Recent Posts

  • Alpine Heat – stay safe!
  • Jones-Ross formula
  • Time to #BeAdventureSmart
  • NEW – Tour du Mont Blanc
  • Coronavirus COVID-19 updates
  • Beating blistAARRGGHs!
  • To B3, or not to B3!
  • UTMB i-spy Top 10

Category cloud

Alpine courses Alpine Photos Avalanche Chamonix news Conditions report Eiger Environment Equipment review Expeditions Fell Running Guides Ice climbing Icicle news Kilimanjaro Lake District Matterhorn Mont Blanc Paragliding Scottish Winter Ski courses Skyrunning Snowshoeing Toubkal Tour Mont Blanc Trail Running Training Trekking Uncategorized Weather Windermere technical store

Categories

  • Alpine courses
  • Alpine Photos
  • Avalanche
  • Chamonix news
  • Conditions report
  • Eiger
  • Elbrus
  • Environment
  • Equipment review
  • Expeditions
  • Fell Running
  • Gran Paradiso
  • Guides
  • Ice climbing
  • Icicle news
  • Kilimanjaro
  • Lake District
  • Matterhorn
  • Mont Blanc
  • Paragliding
  • Review
  • Scottish Winter
  • Ski courses
  • Skyrunning
  • Snowshoeing
  • Toubkal
  • Tour Mont Blanc
  • Trail Running
  • Training
  • Trekking
  • Uncategorized
  • Weather
  • Windermere technical store

Archives

Search blog

Instagram

No Instagram images were found.

Twitter Icicle Windermere

  • RT @IcicleUK: Summit Day Reflections πŸ”πŸŽ’β„οΈβ›πŸͺ’πŸ˜ŽπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­ Brilliant photo high on the HΓΆrnli ridge of the Matterhorn, the summit block reflected in th… 22 hours ago
  • A Friday feeling #FingerpostFriday πŸ’š #LakeDistrict with view to #Wansfell #landscape #PHOTOS #Gate πŸ‘ https://t.co/nOYtDy9AGO 1 day ago
  • RT @IcicleUK: Crampons - what type do you need? πŸ”πŸŽ’β„οΈβ›πŸ˜ŽπŸ₯Ύ Following our recent popular ice axes video, here’s crampons! Learn what to select… 1 day ago
  • @SaveRedlandLibr Love Inspector Morse! 1 day ago
  • Golden glows of a super sunset πŸŒ…πŸ§‘ #LakeDistrict should be a nice day! 😊 #landscape #PHOTOS #stormhour πŸ‘ https://t.co/ebHVBla57w 2 days ago
Follow @IcicleLakesHQ

Twitter @IcicleUK

  • Summit Day Reflections πŸ”πŸŽ’β„οΈβ›πŸͺ’πŸ˜ŽπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­ Brilliant photo high on the HΓΆrnli ridge of the Matterhorn, the summit block refle… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 22 hours ago
  • Crampons - what type do you need? πŸ”πŸŽ’β„οΈβ›πŸ˜ŽπŸ₯Ύ Following our recent popular ice axes video, here’s crampons! Learn what… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
  • Long Weekend Ski Tour πŸ”πŸŽ’β„οΈπŸ‡«πŸ‡·πŸŽΏπŸ˜Žβ›·οΈ Chamonix intro ski touring, 5 days guiding straddling a weekend, on Thur 2 - Wed… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 days ago
  • Scottish Winter Intro πŸ”πŸŽ’β„οΈβ›πŸͺ’🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Final space available on 10-15 February trip. Β£999 includes 5 days guiding and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 days ago
  • Ice Axes - what type to pick? πŸ”πŸŽ’β„οΈβ›πŸ˜Ž Excuse the β€˜pick’ pun. We’ve been busy adding kit advice videos and podcasts t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 5 days ago
Follow @IcicleUK

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

RSS Icicle latest news

  • πŸ”πŸŽΏ Winter News and Summer Top 5 ❄️⛏
  • Christmas - Icicle gift vouchers & deals β„οΈβ›πŸŽ…πŸŽ„
  • Summer epic-summitfest & last spaces πŸ”β„οΈβ›
  • Great early Alpine conditions πŸ”β„οΈβ›
Blog at WordPress.com.
Icicle climb | trek | ski | run
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Icicle climb | trek | ski | run
    • Join 61 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Icicle climb | trek | ski | run
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...