Outdoor
Outdoor Clothing and Equipment
You rely on your outdoor equipment and outdoor clothing to keep you alive and comfortable when you are pushing yourself in the outdoors, so you should arm yourself with the best knowledge and the most appropriate equipment.
We select our staff carefully for their knowledge and experience and they in turn select our product range which is what they would choose to use on the hills, underground or out in the backcountry. So you can be sure that our range is the best for you as well.
Come in store for more advice, for the best walking boot fitting service, or to have a rucksack, rockshoe, trail running shoe, race vest or walking shoe personally fitted by our experts.
If you can't find exactly what you are looking for or if its something a bit more unique or niche then please get in touch and we will make sure you get what you need.
Delve deeper and you can choose from the following collections of top brands plus many more:
Bushcraft: Kelly Kettle, Light My Fire, Opinel, Robens, Snugpak, Solo Stove, Ticket to the Moon and Wolf and Grizzly.
Camping: Crux, Exped, Expedition Foods, Jetboil, Lightwave, MSR, Nordisk, Primus, Sea to Summit, Trangia, Vango, VauDe, Victorinox, Wayfayrer, Wild Country Tents and Western Mountaineering.
Caving: Alp Design, Beal, Climbing Technology, Fenix, Kong, Lyon, Petzl, Raumer and Warmbac.
Climbing: 8b+, Beastmaker, Betastick, Black Diamond, Boreal, ClimbOn!, DMM (made in Wales), Edelrid, Five Ten, Grivel, La Sportiva, Moon, Ocun, Pongoose, Scarpa, Tenaya, Totem and Wild Country.
Running: CEP, Clif Bar, High 5, Injinji, Inov8, Montane, Mountain King, Raidlight, Salt Stick, Scott, Tailwind, Ultimate Direction and VJ-Sport.
Travel: Aquapac, Beaton's, Julbo, Life Systems, Life Venture, Oakley, Ortlieb and Peli Cases.
Walking: Bestard, Camelbak, Compeed, Deuter, Exped, Granger's, Kahtoola, Keen, Klean Kanteen, Leki, Lowa, Lowe Alpine, Meindl, Nalgene, Nikwax, Oboz, Salewa, Salomon, Sidas, Silva, Source, Teva and Zamberlan.
and Clothing for each activity from: Bridgedale, Buff, Buffalo, Darn Tough, Icebreaker, Mammut, Marmot, Odlo, Outdoor Research, Patagonia, Rab, Sealskinz and Tilley.
Beal
Pure Grip
Beal Pure Grip is a liquid chalk that provides a consistant and long lasting layer that can be topped up with normal powdered chalk. Liquid chalk has the benefit of lowering the amount of dust generated, and reducing the amount of times you need to chalk up while climbing.
Friction Labs
Secret Stuff
Friction Labs Secret Stuff is a liquid chalk cream that helps with grip when you get in a sweat! It is best applied just before a climbing session, so you get the most out of your exercise and can also be used for gymnastics and general gym uses. Using Secret Stuff means you don't need as much chalk when you need to chalk up, and chalking up is less frequent too. It works with your skin to achieve the best grip possible when you need it the most.
DMM
Protection Pack 3
The DMM Protection Pack 3 is a great starter pack for anyone looking to get into trad climbing or just to top up their Up and Under Trad Pack! This set from DMM makes the perfect starting point for building a comprehensive climbing rack.
DMM
Protection Pack 1
The DMM Protection Pack 1 is a great starter pack for anyone who wants to get into trad climbing or just as a top up to the Up and Under Trad Pack, see below on page.
DMM
Protection Pack 2
The DMM Protection Pack 2 comprises of the Wallnut Set (1-11) and the Torque Nut Set (1-4), combined with free UK postage for awesome savings! These passive protection sets make for the perfect starting point for building a comprehensive climbing rack.
Silva
Expedition
The Silva Expedition compass comes with all of the usual useful features such as rubber feet to enable precision map work and luminous markings to aid night navigation. But it doesn’t end there, there's also a magnifying lens to better see small details on you map and a clinometer for measuring slope angle.
Thule
SquareBar
The Thule SquareBar is a basic roof rack cross bar that features a tough and durable steel construction. It is then incorporates a thick plastic coating for enhanced durability and performance. The under side of these roof rack cross bars feature a grove for easy securing to a roof rack foot pack. The Thule SquareBar is available in 5 different sizes, this helps to give the best fit on the car you are choosing it for.
Aquapac
Waterproof Phone Case Mini
A completely waterproof, submersible bag, big enough to protect valuables, phones at the beach, on the boat, or on the trail. Sold as 100% waterproof and submergible to depths of 5m for 30 minutes. Perfect to keep your mobile devices safe whilst anywhere with a risk of water damaging them. With removable lanyard to help keep it secure in hand.
British Mountaineering Council
Stanage: The Definitive Guide - All The Routes All The Bouldering
The perfect guidebook for bouldering and trad climbing in the Peak District. Features the classic climbs in the area such as Brad Pitt and Crescent Arete. These will lead even the most jaded Stanage devotee to areas and problems they have never seen before, giving unique and tiring days out.
Rab
Superlite Shelter 4
The Rab Superlite Shelter 4 has been designed for fast and light mountain adventures. Whether out on a family hike or small group trips, an emergency shelter is an absolute essential for your kitbag. When in use a microclimate is created, keeping you warm and sheltered from the elements in an emergency situation or when the weather takes a turn. Comes with its own stuff sack for easy transportation and is bright orange in colour so you'll be easy to find should you need rescuing.
Rab
Superlite Shelter 2
The Rab Superlite Shelter 2 has been designed for fast and light mountain adventures and is an absolute essential for your kitbag. When in use a microclimate is created, keeping you warm and sheltered from the elements in an emergency situation or when the weather takes a turn. Comes with its own stuff sack for easy transportation and is bright orange in colour so you'll be easy to find should you need rescuing.
Lightwave
Dyneema Guylines Pack of 4
The Lightwave Dyneema Guylines are the ultimate choice for mountaineering and 5-season use, these consist of a pre-stretched and treated Dyneema core, wrapped in a polyester sheath, and have a total diameter of 2mm. These guylines offer an incredible strength-to-weight ratio with a breaking strain of 280kg. Each line comes with a mini-Linelok cleat for easy adjustment.
Scottish Mountaineering Trust
Highland Scrambles - South
This guide describes some of the best scrambles and easy rock climbs to be found in Scotland (out with Skye and the Northern Highlands).
Warmbac
Round Base Bag
The Warmbac Round Base bag is a small, compact and simple caving tackle bag. Its great to stuff things into, but it also works really well for the transportation and protection of a Daren Jar. Warmbac has designed the round base bag to feature a tough and durable heavy duty PVC construction. This is a cylinder style bag and therefore it fits the Daren jar perfectly.
Beal
Dynaloop
The Beal Dynaloop is a dynamic rope sling that measures 8.3mm in diameter. Reaching the EN 566 standard, it can be used for equalising a belay, clipping in, or extending an anchor point. The benefit of using rope slings over webbing is that the core is protected from UV and abrasion damage by the outer sheath.