Birdex Smartphone App Anyone who is revising for any of the Mountain Training leadership awards and especially for Lowland Leader, Hill and Moorland Leader or Mountain Leader knows that they have to learn a certain amount of fauna and flora. Consequently here at Beyond the Edge we try and recommend various helpful resources including books,…
Scottish Winter 2026 Photo Gallery Here is a selection of some of the photos taken on our 2026 Scottish Winter courses. It’s been a great winter season so far, with plenty of snow on the mountains. We still have some late season availability on our courses if you fancy a bit of Scottish winter ice…
Toubkal Winter Mountaineering Kerry reflects on her highlights from our Toubkal expedition last December. Our next available expeditions are Saturday 3 – Saturday 10 January 2026 and Sat 12 – Sat 19 December 2026. Find out more here. For me the riad (hotel) in Imlil was a highlight of the trip, as where you’re…
Yes, another ‘warming up for climbing’ article. No, we’re not going to give you a prescriptive list of all the things you must absolutely do to warm up for the best climbing session ever, but hopefully you will finish reading this with a few ideas on what a climbing warm up might look like for…
Sure, smartphones and GPS have altered the way we navigate the hill and mountains, but we reckon a physical map, a compass and your brain are still the most useful navigation tools there are. Hati discusses why… As my family will happily tell you, my hillwalking career didn’t get off to the best start… Early…
Back in the summer Alex ran a course on techniques and rigging for climbing photography, and participants were kind enough to share their photos with us to pop in a blog. The course teaches skills and techniques to safely get into the best position for taking climbing photos, as well as the photographic technicalities of…
Alex and I have been trying out a new newsletter with the vague title ‘cool stuff we’ve found around the internet’. We thought we’d share some highlights from the last few editions as a blog, but if you would like it delivered directly to your inbox you can sign up here. Field Recordings Podcast Hollow…
Many of us enjoy getting outdoors and leaving our screens behind, so it seems a bit strange to be writing a blog post about phone apps and how useful our phones are out in the hills. However, whilst I’m all for a break from instagram doom-scrolling, phones do have other handy functions that help us…
This is another walking route you can do by train or bus. Take the Hope Valley line to Hathersage then walk back to Grindleford over the tops. This route finishes at the Sir William Hotel (feel free to pop in for a pint), but a a shorter variation takes you to Grindleford train station instead…
Inspired by the likes of Al Humphrey and Brendan Leonard, we’ve been trialling a new mid-monthly newsletter to share interesting bits and bobs from around the web. Sometimes we’ll mention our courses in this newsletter, but mostly it’s about what other folk, organisations and our team are up to outside of Beyond the Edge. This…
Is there really space for another Peak District guidebook? A few friends asked this as we passed around a brand-new copy of Graham Hoey’s Peak District Gritstone (published by Vertebrate Publishing last April). The answer, we decided, depends on the guidebook… As it turns out, there’s definitely room for this one. Original route descriptions…
There’s nothing like a surprise blessing of a pregnancy to stop you in your tracks and make you look at the world around you. This was particularly strange during 2020 going into 2021! From changing seasons to changing hormones, the unfolding of my pregnancy alongside one of the oddest years ever has been a constant…