BMC Launches New Web Site

The British Mountaineering Council has completely overhauled its website to make it easier to use for climbers, hill walkers and mountaineers.

The new design - it says here - makes it easy to navigate to all aspects of the BMC's work and all content is crosslinked with latest news. On top of that, all the back issues of Summit Magazine are now available as PDFs online, making it - according to the BMC anyway - the 'first fully online climbing magazine in the UK'.

Also on the site are free downloads of good practice information and chapters from BMC guidebooks. Apparently you can also sign up for news feeds and watch video clips, though we couldn't find them.

BMC patron Sir Chris Bonington says: "Great looking website - easy to navigate, stacks of interesting news and useful information - just what the climbing community needs."

Do you agree? There's certainly a lot on there... The new site is at www.thebmc.co.uk and there's loads more to come as well including online membership management.