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Outdoor Retailers
We all know who the big nationals are in the outdoors retail sector and there is no need to list them all here. Instead, this is a list of the the smaller independents who offer great products & service and who have specialised knowledge in their areas of expertise.

Alpkit : equipment for camping & mountain activities
AsTucas : ultralight and custom made outdoor clothing & gear
Backpackinglight.co.uk : the premier UK online retailer for lightweight outdoors gear
Basecamp Food : The widest range of backpacking meals in the UK
Clamcleats : Home of the best tent pegs (including their famous 'tornado's)
Flat Cat Gear : Innovative ultralight alcohol cook systems (US)
Gossamer Gear : ultralight backpacking, hiking and camping equipment (US)
Mountain Laurel Designs : ultralight shelters & backpacks (US) 
PHD Mountain Software : designers and manufacturers of moutaineering clothing
Sawyer Europe : lightweight water filtration, sunscreen & insect repellents
Stormin Stoves : An innovative ultralight alcohol stove system made in the UK
Tarptent : cottage manufacturer of ultralight shelters (US)
Treadlite Gear : An ebay store - Makers of a small collection of great value ultra light gear
Ultralight Outdoors Gear : ultralight gear for the great outdoors
Uneaq Outdoor : Uneaq Outdoor Limited have put together a range of only the very best, tried and tested outdoor products
Vargo : manufacturer of innovative titanium outdoor products for backpacking, hiking, camping, survival, etc (US)
ZPacks : ultralight custom backpacking gear (US)

Mountain Weather Forecasts
Mountain Weather Information Service
Met Office Mountain Weather Forecast

Social Media
The Outdoors Station : podcasts to inform, inspire, entertain and encourage people to enjoy a healthy outdoors lifestyle
Trek-lite.com : A lightweight hiking and backpacking forum 

Blog List
Located in the right side margin on the home page

Mountain  Safety
http://www.mountain.rescue.org.uk/
http://www.mountainsafety.co.uk/

Winter 
If you want to venture out into the mountains in winter then you really need to be competent using crampons and an ice axe and recognise when to use them. The best way to gain these skills is to enrol on a winter skills course. Even a 1 day course will provide you with the basic knowledge and skills to use an ice axe and crampons for safe winter hiking in the mountains.

In the Lake District, Graham Uney (one of the winter fell top assessors) offers a one day course which comes highly recommended. The course details can be found here :-

  http://www.lakedistrictweatherline.co.uk/blog/thingstodo/winter-skills-day-courses

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