We only briefly met Roger Payne - ex BMC general secretary and National Officer - who died in last week's Mont Maudit avalanche tragedy, but it's a measure of the respect and affection in which he was was held that his death has hit British

, the Black Diamond Carbon Probe Pole has been redesigned and functions both as a ski pole and as a fully-functional avalanche probe for high versatility and rapid response in an avalanche situation. When needed, the two lower sections of the poles can

Following the recent tragic death of Roger Payne in an avalanche in the Alps, the BMC is holding an informal memorial event for Roger in Manchester next month. Here are the full details from the BMC.Roger Payne Manchester Memorial Event

in the evening and by day free on site activities including everything from bike maintenance, dry tooling and avalanche rescue techniques to camp cooking, circus skills and bushcrafting'.And if you want to take things a bit further, maybe experience a new

of Ines Papert - actually the images are great, the voiceover and the music aren't quite so brilliant, so maybe just turn the volume down or off and look at the climbing instead... Then have a scan of the latest SAIS avalanche forecast.And last

repellent.Scottish Avalanche Information ServiceAvalanches are more common that you might think on Scottish hills and the SAIS provides excellent daily forecasts of avalanche conditions across five main Scottish mountain areas. Alongside those are blogs from

basis, but if you're keen to avoid or at least get an idea of how bad things are likely to be, this is the site to visit. They're also behind the excellent Smidge repellent.Scottish Avalanche Information ServiceAvalanches are more common that you might

are likely to be, this is the site to visit. They're also behind the excellent Smidge repellent.Scottish Avalanche Information ServiceAvalanches are more common that you might think on Scottish hills and the SAIS provides excellent daily forecasts

to visit. They're also behind the excellent Smidge repellent.Scottish Avalanche Information ServiceAvalanches are more common that you might think on Scottish hills and the SAIS provides excellent daily forecasts of avalanche conditions across five main

are likely to be, this is the site to visit. They're also behind the excellent Smidge repellent.Scottish Avalanche Information ServiceAvalanches are more common that you might think on Scottish hills and the SAIS provides excellent daily forecasts