On Saturday April 14th 2007, Glenmore Lodge will be hosting a Mountain Bike Festival in conjunction with Alpine Bikes and Marmot which of course means, lots of great prizes!!!!!





WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING?
GLENMORE BIKE FEST 2007 - SATURDAY 14TH APRIL 10am - 5pm

Join experts and leading brands for workshops, lectures, demos and challenges. There is something for everyone and some great prizes up for grabs.

CIRCUIT CHALLENGE - £5 adult / £2 junior / ' Have a go' - free

HAVE A GO - Anybody can just come along and have a go and not be timed. They can use demo bikes or their own
Junior A ages 12 -14 for girls and boys
Junior B ages 15 - 17 for girls and boys
18 -35 year old women and men
36- 45 year old women and men
46 and over women and men


START TIMES
Junior A/B 10:00am to 11am
Have a Go 11 - noon
Women 12:00pm - 1pm
Have a Go 1pm - 2pm
Men 2:00pm - 3pm
Have a Go 3pm - 5pm

EASTER EGG HUNT - £2
Children under 12 can enter the Easter egg hunt on bikes. Easy trails with fun clues


WORKSHOPS
Local bike tutors and experts are giving their time to run workshops to include: bike handling skills, bicycle mechanics and bike navigation.


TREK DEMO BIKES
Extensive range of demo mountain bikes for you to have a go on over a mini skills/obstacle/trail.

FILMS & LECTURES
Glenmore Lodge has a lecture theatre that will have films and lectures going on during the day for biking enthusiasts.

FOOD & REFRESHMENTS
Food and drink will be available for you to buy all day.

ALL PROFITS WILL BE GOING TO MOUNTAIN RESCUE

posted by glenmore @ 3:14 pm  0 comments

The BMC / MCofS International Winter Meet will be taking place at Glenmore Lodge in the Cairngorms from Friday 23 February to Friday 2 March 2007.

Approximately 40 international guests will be attending from over 20 countries including Slovenia, China, South Africa, USA, Latvia and Norway. We rely on a similar number of hosts and are still looking for the last handful. Open to everyone, the meets are always a unique and fun experience. We are looking for enthusiastic and experienced climbers and mountaineers with a good knowledge of the Scottish mountains to show the overseas visitors around. Your technical lead grade is less important than the need to be an experienced and competent winter climber/mountaineer with sound navigation skills and the ability to cope safely with all that Scotland can throw at you (and that can sometimes be very demanding!). Some of the guests may have done little or no winter climbing so it is vital that you feel confident climbing with such partners.

All accommodation, food, and transport will be provided for the small charge of £65 per person for the week - all you have to do is get yourself to Glenmore Lodge.

If you are interested in being a host please contact Becky McGovern at the BMC on tel: 0161 438 3302 / email: becky@thebmc.co.uk

posted by glenmore @ 6:29 pm  1 comments

The Greenland podcast was so good we need to let you hear it.....
http://web.mac.com/simon.willis/iWeb/SeaKayakRoutes/New/New.html

posted by glenmore @ 2:56 pm  0 comments

SCARPA are offering the opportunity for 4 climbers aged between 16-25 to join our new youth academy.

Each academy member will receive kit, coaching and professional guidance from Andy Earl (British bouldering champion and professional coach), opportunities to climb with Pro stars and attend Scarpa team meetings plus a years free access to the Climbing works and last but not least be part of our dynamic brand development

To attain one of these places you must send a CV/Proposal to..

The Mountain Boot Company
New York Way
New York Industrial Estate
Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE27 0OF

CLOSING DATE 20th March 2007

WWW.SCARPA.CO.UK


YOUNG AND TALENTED CLIMBERS WITH PERSONALITIES THAT CAN BECOME BRAND AMBASSADORS

posted by glenmore @ 2:25 pm  0 comments

Look out for the WINTER SKILLS supplement with the December issue of CLIMBER MAGAZINE. It is the first of a three part series.

George, Shaun and Carl have written some great articles on, Avalanche Awareness, Winter Navigation and Mountain Techniques.

Tiso, Marmot and Grivel have bee the sponsors of the supplement and funny enough they sponsor the Lodge too.........spot the obvious link. I think they trust the team to give the best and most current information.

Happy reading and drooling over kit!

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