The BMC are urging people heading for Wales’ highest mountain in winter to be prepared.

Hill walking in the UK presents unique challenges due to the country’s varied and often unpredictable weather. Hill walkers should be aware of all the elements you may come across.

In recent years, the concern of the demands on Mountain Rescue volunteers across England and Wales has been increasing, in 2023 there was a total of 3,462 calls resulting in 2,775 deployments of team members, and over the whole year there was only nine days where no mountain rescue teams were called to respond to an incident.

Smart phones are not just becoming popular for navigating in the mountains, they can be very reliable and used correctly are more efficient than using the traditional map and compass. However, there is still a requirement to understand a map and how the terrain is interpreted around you.

Know what to do if you have an emergency in the British hills.

Whilst emergencies are a rare occurrence in the hills, there are a few pieces of equipment that can make a massive difference if they do happen. 

Scrambling is sometimes described as the middle ground between walking and climbing - and for the higher grades in particular, you’ll need some basic climbing skills. Here's our guide to staying safe on the rock.

In this guide, we share tips to help you navigate your way back to safety in the event of a whiteout.

The BMC Incident and Near Miss reporting system helps to promote reflection and effect behavioural change to reduce the potential for future incidents.

Here’s your heads-up to some of the most common winter walking mistakes and how to steer clear of them.

In the winter hills you need to constantly make informed decisions, some of these relating to avalanche conditions. In this article from Summit magazine, Andy Nelson takes a look at avalanches in the Scottish hills.

It isn’t just winter that brings threatening weather to the British hills. Summer storms can be fatal – so what should you do to stay safe?

In this guide, we share tips to help you navigate your way back to safety in the event of a whiteout.

Being able to read a map and find your way around the hills is an essential skill for all hill walkers, and practice is the real key.

This article outlines a few navigation techniques you can practise to stack the odds in your favour in poor visibility and severe weather. 

Pinpointing your exact location is one of the most basic and important skills when hill walking. This article outlines a number of ways to do just that: