Links to Web Sites

Below are over 100 links to useful sites which are not part of the CHAmois web-site (they will be opened in a new window).

A55 Traffic Control Centre
This site is funded by the National Assembly for Wales and contains information about travel in North Wales. It has the latest information on the A55 as well as 18 different webcams from Holyhead to Deeside. There are also plenty of links for other forms of transport such as rail and the National Cycleway. A really useful website to plan your journey with.

Adventure Centre Ltd.
A specialist outdoor camping/climbing shop based in Warrington. Their website offers a "huge range of stock at very cheap prices". They also give group discounts for outdoor groups.

Association of British Climbing Centres
The website of the trade association for the climbing wall industry.

Aviemore
Everything you need to know about Aviemore - from accommodation to shopping and there is even a virtual tour of the area.

The Beacon Climbing Wall
This is the official site of the Wall just up the track from the CMC. Why not have a look at a 360^o picture of the inside of The Beacon. To be able to see them you will need to have the Quicktime 3 plugin.

Brathay Exploration Group
For over 50 years the Brathay Exploration Group has sent over 10,000 people on expeditions around the world.

The British Antartic Survey
This is the home page for the British Antartic Survey. It contains loads of information about what the Survey do and there is even a jobs section!

The British Mountaineering Council
BMC Climbing Wall Index
BMC Links Page

Bus Timetables North Wales
Get timetables for the Gwynedd Bus Service here.

Camping and Caravanning Sites
Campingcar.co.uk provides a comprehensive directory of camping and caravaning sites throughout the UK. A contact number is given for each site and there are links to those that have websites. NOTE: As of 4/1/2002 it seems that their website has been 'temporarily suspended'.

Chris Bonnington's Site
This site is the best place to find out about Chris' expeditions.

Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team
The website of the team responsible for rescuing people and animals from the Buttermere, Ennerdale, Lorton and Loweswater valley areas. See pictures of their rescues, statistics of their call-outs and more.

Countryside Council for Wales
Snowdon/Yr Wyddfa - in Welsh and English!
Featuring "Ask the Warden", Snowdon in 3D and the Making of Snowdon ("Holwch y warden", Yr Wyddfa mewn 3D, Y Tirlun)

Countrywide Holidays Web-Site
Countrywide Holidays is a specialist UK walking holiday company with over 100 years of experience in looking after guests.

Crag of the Month
A new crag featured every month. Hosted by the Jacobite MC.

Everest On-line
BBC Everest Online recently charted the attempts of Graham Ratcliffe, a mountaineer from the North East, as he attempted to become the first Briton to conquer Mount Everest from both the North and South routes.

Gritstone Bouldering
Everything you want to know about the Peak District's gritstone crags and outcrops.

Guidepost
Guidepost is an on-line shop and mail order business, selling maps (Ordnance Survey and Harvey) and walking books at discounted prices.

High Mountain Sports Magazine
High Magazine Online - the NEW website for the magazine...

High Trek Snowdonia
Guided & self guided trekking holidays in North Wales (week-long luggage transported). Long weekend Courses & breaks in climbing, scrambling, navigation, Welsh 3000's, hill walking, mountain adventure, winter skills etc..
They also show you How To Set a Compass and have a Virtual Tour of their centre.

Ireland, The Mountaineering Council of
This Site features a list of all known hillwalking and mountaineering websites in Ireland, current MCI information and discussions on issues such as Bridges and Mobile Phones.

Irish Climbing On-Line
"The definitive website for Rock Climbing in Ireland"
Ireland's Climbing Walls
Climbing Grading Systems

Lake District Long Walks & Runs
This is run by the Fell and Rock Climbing Club and gives descriptions of 'long walks to challenge individuals'.

Lake District National Park
The official site of the Lake District National Park Authority. This site has all the facts and figures/history as well as tourist information, and a current weather forecast. There are also some great pictures of The Lakes.

Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association
This is the web-site of the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association

Lake District Top 200
This is a list of the "Top two hundred" fells in The Lakes. It is arranged in order of altitude with the highest (Scafell Pike 3210ft/978m) ranking as no1.

Liverpool University Mountain Database
This stores information about more than 2600 hills and mountains in Great Britain and Ireland.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
The Longest Place name in Europe. This page tells you how to say it!

Lochaber Images
This site contains some pictures of Lochaber

Manchester University Hiking Club
The CHAmois website doesn't have any links to University mountaineering clubs as Lancaster University Hiking Club provide a comprehensive list. However, this website has masses of photographs from all over the country.

Mountain Bothies Association
The Mountain Bothies Association is a charity which looks after about 100 unlocked shelters in some of the remoter parts of the UK.

Mountain Goat Online
This site contains a list of climbing shops in the UK, the USA and Australia.

MTN
Well it would appear that MtN have currently (4/1/2003) disappeared from the face of the Internet. It appears that their various domain names are now up for sale.

The National Trust
For places of historic interest, or natural beauty in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Net-weather.co.uk
This is very good for free general 1-7 day forecasts for Wales N England etc, quite detailed outlooks for month/Christmas/winter period etc.

The New Zealand Handbook
This is an on-line version of a guidebook by Jane King. It has quite a lot of information about the countryside, 'tramping', mountaineering and some good photos too.

North Wales Internet
From this site you can find out about businesses in North Wales. If you are visiting the area you can find out where to go and where to stay during your visit. Also discover the hidden myths, legends and folk tales of North Wales

North York Moors National Park
This site introduces you to the North York Moors and the work the National Park Authority carries out to care for the area.

Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation
The site of Ogwen Mountain Rescue has some pictures of the Ogwen Valley and a picture which includes Idwal Slabs viewed from across Llyn Idwal.

Ordnance Survey Web-Site
This is the official Ordnance Survey Web-Site. From this page you can find information on Ordnance Survey Maps eg Landranger and the Outdoor Leisure Series. You can even download an OS Screensaver. Unfortunately this page can be a bit slow in loading as there are a lot of graphics.

Peak District National Park
Situated in the heart of England, the Peak District National Park lies at the southern end of the Pennines between Sheffield and Manchester. It was the first Park to be set up in Britain in 1951 and covers parts of six counties.

Pennine Way
The Pennine Way is Britain's first and best known National Trail. The Trail runs from Edale in Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm just over the Scottish Border. This site has information on the Pennine Way for walkers and hikers as well as soil erosion and conservation.

Pete's Eats
Following the improvements to Pete's Eats, the website is now back and is bigger and better than before. As well as the most important things such as opening times/menu/price list there is now a section for the new Information Centre upstairs. You can even search through their list of new climbing routes in North Wales.

Phil Endecott's Hiking Guide
This WAS the Manchester University Hiking Club's guide to Hiking Destinations in Northern England and North Wales, but has moved with it's author...

PlanetFear
This is an online magazine with up to date news, events diary, reviews, and a strong UK bias. There are regular feature articles and competitions on the site. (PlanetFear was formerly ClimbingMedia.com)

Plas y Brenin
Situated in the heart of Snowdonia, the Plas y Brenin National Mountain Centre is managed by the Mountain Training Trust (MTT) - a registered charity set up by the British Mountaineering Council, Mountain Leader Training Board and United Kingdom Mountain Training Board

Ramblers' Association
The Ramblers' Association is a registered charity (no 306089) which promotes rambling, protects rights of way, campaigns for access to open country and defends the beauty of the countryside.

RNLI - fundraising events
An online resource detailing fundraising events in the UK organised by the RNLI.

Saas-Fee
Saas-Fee is located at the foot of the Dom, Switerland's highest mountain. Nicknamed "Pearl of the Alps", because it is surrounded by 13 fourthousand-meter mountains.

Scottish Avalanche Information Service
Daily forecasts of the avalanche and climbing conditions at 5 climbing areas of Scotland. There is a daily forecast over the winter.

Simon's Mountain Lists
This website created by Simon Stevens lists Munros, Corbetts, Welsh 3000's and many more for those peak baggers out there.

Snow Reports
This website, provided by the Ski Club and the Daily Telegraph, provides comprehensive reports on 250 resorts in Europe and North America. The site loads very quickly as well.

Snowdon Mountain Railway
Here you will find information about the train services and facilities provided by the railway. Also included is information about the railway and the locomotives in service.

Streetmap.co.uk
Search for a map of virtually any place in Britain by postcode, street name, grid ref etc. The map data is taken from OS maps and is shown in blocks of 1000m square. You can enlarge the view as well as pan in any direction. Highly recommended by Roy Turner (a CHAmois Member).

Tide Tables for Climbing Areas in the UK
The Climbers-Club provides tables detailing the tide times for seven areas of the United Kingdom (Holyhead, Stackpole Quay, Ramsey, Lundy Island, Lizard Point, Penzance, St Ives). The tables cover about three months so are very large files (~100Kb)

The Great Little Trains of Wales
The Great Little Trains of Wales are narrow gauge railways built through the beautiful scenery of north and west Wales. They originally served to carry Welsh slate from hill to harbour.

Train Timetable - UK
Find out when the trains are with this interactive on-line timetable from UK Railways on the Net^TM.

University Mountaineering Clubs
This is a fully comprehensive list of all the university mountaineering clubs (with websites) in the UK, hosted by the Lancaster University Hiking Club.

Walking Forum
A forum for discussing all aspects of country walking & hiking in the UK with boards for general chat, gear, photography, and all the popular UK walking destinations.

Youth Hostel Association
The Youth Hostel Association's Web-Site which features information on Youth hostels around the country as well as other useful links and info. North Wales Youth Hostels page.

Zermatt
Official information from the Tourist Office of Zermatt

Accommodation

Apartments in Chamonix

Aughavannagh Cottage
Situated in the Wicklow Mountains (40 miles south of Dublin) it sleeps up to nine adults.

Capel Curig Accommodation Guide
Accommodation and Tourist Guide for Snowdonia National Park

Devon Farms

International Climbing Huts

Glencoe Hostel

Mourne Cottage
A cottage in the Mourne Mountains of County Down which sleeps up to 32 persons. It is run by Queen's University in Belfast.

Climbing Walls

Ambleside - (Lake District)
Arethusa Climbing Wall - (Rochester, Kent)
Barrow - (Lake District)
Beacon Climbing Centre - (near Llanberis)
Bristol Climbing Centre - (Bristol)
Carlisle - (Lake District)
Castle Climbing Centre - (Stoke Newington, London)
Cockermouth - (Lake District)
The Edge - (Sheffield, South Yorks.)
Egremont - (Lake District)
The Foundry - (Sheffield, South Yorks.)
Kendal - (Lake District)
Keswick - (Lake District)
The Leeds Wall - (Leeds, West Yorks.)
Mile End Climbing Wall - (London)
Penrith - (Lake District)
Peterborough Climbing Wall - (Peterborough)
Rockface - (Birmingham)
Whitehaven - (Lake District)

Courses/Guides/Instructors - with their own comments!

Bremex Trust
Weekend Training Courses in Mountaineering related activities

Nature Bound Australia
"Specialises in small group guided ecotours offering classic walks and experiences in the National Parks and World Heritage wilderness areas of Australia. Keen to welcome international day-walkers to our great country"

Scott Muir
"A Kickin new generation of Performance Rock Ice and Mixed Climbing Courses in Scotland and Abroad"

Stuart Johnston
"A top quality mountain course set in the most scenic areas of Scotland"

Vive la Montagne Adventure Consultants
"Provide adventure sport activities and services for individuals, youth groups, independent and state schools, company groups and special needs groups."

Weather

Cairngorm Weather Station
The Automatic Weather Station is run by Heriot-Watt University. Situated on the summit of Cairn Gorm, it provides temperature and wind data every half hour. The are also pictures which are provided by a camera looking up the hill.

Met Office Web-Site
This is the official Met Office Web-Site. You can find out the weather in your area (of the UK) over the next 24 hours as well as a UK Cities 3-day forecast. You can also get satellite pictures.

Mountain Weather Information Service
Provides three day forecast for mountain areas within the UK. Recommended by Roger and Jacky.

Net-Weather
This is very good for free general 1-7 day forecasts for Wales N England etc, quite detailed outlooks for month/Christmas/winter period etc. Recommended by Grahame W.

Snowdon Weather Station
This site is hosted by First Hydro and has 4 webcams of Snowdon and the surrounding area. It also gives the current weather and pictures conditions on the summit.

Weather - British Isles
Originally hosted by Birmingham University, Ant Veal has moved this resource to it's own domain. It provides a link to all the forecasts currently available on the World Wide Web for individual locations throughout the British Isles as well as links to satellite images and webcams.

Webcams
Cuillins, Skye
Snowdonia, North Wales

Commercial

Note that none of these sites are endorsed by the CHAmois Mountaineering Club. Use them at your own risk!
Adventure Centre Ltd
Black Diamond
Bluedome
Camp
Cotswold Outdoor
Crag Hoppers
DMM
Glencoe Sport
Guidepost
HB Climbing Equipment
High Trek Snowdonia
Lowe Alpine
MightyGPS
Mountain Spirit
Needle Sports
Outdoor Goods
Outdoor World Ltd.
Outside
Petzl
Scarpa
Spike Outdoor Equipment
Sub Zero
Vango
Wild Country
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