BMG Launches New Web Site

The British Mountain Guides - BMG - has a new logo and a new web site to go with it, which, they say, 'is crisp, clear and contains all the information that anyone considering hiring a guide needs to know'.


All British Mountain Guides are IFMGA qualified guides, which means they are trained and qualified to lead parties in the most challenging mountain environments. And if you're wondering exactly what that means, you can find out on the new web site as well as checking out how to become a guide yourself. Hint, you need to be an outstanding climber, skiier and mountaineer to begin with.

That means you need to be able to consistently lead E1-graded multi-pitch rock, climb consistently at Grade V Scottish and above, have major alpine mountaineering ticks and be an experienced off-piste skier and ski mountaineer.

Why Hire A Guide?

Hiring a mountain guide is a fantastic way of both pushing your limits and learning technical skills in the mountains, plus widening your horizons generally. It could be a way of tackling that Scottish winter route that's right at the limits of your abilities and experience or making the most of an alpine mountaineering holiday secure in the knowledge that you're in the hands of one of the best qualified mountaineers around.

There are around 200 BMG members out there and the  new site contains full contact details along with a search mechanism you can use to locate a suitable guide. Members include top climbers like Andy Cave, Kenton Cool, Twid Turner and Andy Perkins, but who-ever you choose, you know that they're massively experienced and qualified.

You can find the new BMG site at www.bmg.org.uk