It's about to get a whole lot colder, so here's a bunch of OM articles to help you enjoy the winter instead of just enduring it :-)

Trapped inside for Christmas? Dreaming of hills? Family asleep around the Christmas tree? What you need is some virtual inspiration, you could do a lot worse than start with this cracking clip of winter climbing on the Orion Face of Ben Nevis

It must be spring, the pale editorial legs are back in shorts, there are dead bunnies all over the roads and our test winter tyres are over at Kwik Fit to be swapped out for glamorous alloys and summer rubber.Why? Well, if you've been following

There's a distinct nip in the air, the calendar says it's Januaryand last night I was almost buried by sleet. It can mean only onething, it's winter...That can means anything from arctic blizzards through to sunnyalpine snowfields or simply wet

Remember last winter? A bit like this winter, but er, a few months back? Perfect winter conditions for weeks on end? Everything in nick? Snow everywhere? Well, the one thing that curbed my enthusiasm was the condition of the roads, particularly up

Strangely hypnotic winter footage of Jonathan Yates being blown around the Cairngorm plateau - the title says 'White Out' but it's actually more of a 'Wind Out' with added giggling and wailing. Anyway, happy viewing - all the fun of Scottish winter

The British Mountaineering Council has finalised the line-up for this year's series of 'winter essentials' talks, so look out for one coming to a venue near you this November.The talks touch on all aspects of winter hill walking and mountaineering

Looks like winter's on the way - forecasts are for frost tonightand the possibility of snow over high ground both in Scotland andnorthern England.According to Online Weather's mountain area forecast, temperatureson the tops are already hovering

Snow and ice look fantastic, but winter mountaineering needs awhole new set of skills and equipment if you want to stay safe. So anenterprising group of OMers led by the resourceful Dave Mycroft usedthe forum to set up not one but two self

test foot and it's great to find a winter boot thatdoesn't break the scales. We're planning to use them in Scotland this winter as analternative to traditional plastic or heavy leather four-season bootsand we have a feeling that they're going to kick