Spotlight Articles

The Shortest Night

Use up your quota of daylight before you lose it.

20 May, 2013 | Category:

The Perfect Getaway Guide

17 May, 2013 | Category:

Seeing adventure with a new light

30 April, 2013 | Category:

6 Fat Tyres… and Lee’s 2 feet.

31 January, 2013 | Category: Unplugged

Packing your frame bag

31 July, 2012 | Category:

Back a pack

31 July, 2012 | Category:

Choosing a 4 season tent

24 November, 2011 | Category:

Tents for 4 seasons

Jim turns the spotlight on the development process of our 4 season geodesic tents

03 October, 2011 | Category:

Inspiring Adventures

Leaving your comfort zone, trying something new and bringing a smile to your face as you discover the beauty in breaking the routine.

01 August, 2011 | Category:

Bagging That First Summit

Jim has put together a guide to help you keep your kids enthusiastic about bagging their first summit.

29 June, 2011 | Category:

The Longest Day

Grab your rucksack, bike, kayak or whatever gives you your thrills and do something adventurous on the longest day of the year.

01 June, 2011 | Category:

World Record breaking ride

In February 2010 Vin Cox set off in search of adventure, in aid of charity, and in pursuit of a world record.

29 March, 2011 | Category:

The Winter Chef

Alpkit chef NIck takes a look at outdoor cooking in winter.

22 December, 2010 | Category: Product Support

Winter Camping

Camping in winter and enjoying it.

20 December, 2010 | Category: Product Support

Light Starters

Little adventures lead to big adventures

01 October, 2010 | Category:

OMM - lightening the load

Johnny P makes some suggestions on lightweight kit suitable for the OMM

27 September, 2010 | Category:

Kilimanjaro Kit List

James climbed Kilimanjaro earlier this year by the Lemosho route.

16 August, 2010 | Category:

Annapurna Circuit Kit List

Alpkit Col works through his choice of sleeping bag for the Annapurna Circuit.

12 August, 2010 | Category: Unplugged

Mountain Mayhem

7 Alpkit athletes ride in the UK's toughest 24hr mountain bike endurance race.

30 June, 2010 | Category: Unplugged

Yak Attack

Col follows the Yak Attack mountain bike race in Nepal with his camera.

01 April, 2010 | Category:

The Bradley Interview

When we first met Dan he was cranking on the British Bouldering Team, running coaching courses and climbing at a level that we could only dream of! Nick and Ken joined Dan's team in Fontainbleau for a few days bouldering.

03 March, 2010 | Category: Alpkit

Fontaholics

Bouldering in Fontainebleau with Dan Bradley.

01 March, 2010 | Category: Unplugged

Arrowhead Ultra

Paul Errington trains for the Arrowhead race, one of the coldest races on the planet.

01 February, 2010 | Category:

Product Guys

A small companies approach to product design and innovation for the outdoors.

01 January, 2010 | Category: Alpkit

Expose

Behind the scenes at Alpkit HQ.

01 November, 2009 | Category:

Way Back When Machine

Celebrating our first 5 years.

01 October, 2009 | Category:

Roaming

A compilation of three European summer climbing festivals.

01 September, 2009 | Category:

Moshing at Outdoor

The Alpkit team visit European Outdoor in Friedrichshafen.

01 August, 2009 | Category:

Self Inflating Camping Mats

A good airbed is comfortable and packs down real small, but unless you have a baloon bed is heavy and allows a high degree of thermal convection. A foam mat is light, durable and highly insulative but is bulky to carry and not that comfortable to lay on. Self-inflating mats aim to combine the best properties of without the need to carry a foot pump in our packs.

22 February, 2008 | Category: Product Support

An AlpBase for French Sport Ice Climbing

Jerry Gore living the dream in the French alpine village of Vallouise.

03 January, 2008 | Category:

Choosing a down sleeping bag

Choosing down or synthetic fill is probably the most important decision when buying a performance sleeping bag. Down has many advantages over synthetic insulation, but it is also more expensive and needs looking after. Saying that, if looked after properly down will outlast a synthetic bag by many years. So how do you compare all the features and decide which sleeping bag is right for you? This small guide aims to help you through the process of buying a down sleeping bag.

17 July, 2006 | Category: Product Support

Tout a Blocs

Bouldering festival in the French Alps.

06 July, 2006 | Category:

Buachaille Gear Reviews

Buachaille leading the revolution in online gear reviews.

06 June, 2006 | Category:

SummitPost Mountain Community

If mountains are your bag then this site should feature highly in your list of favourites.

23 February, 2006 | Category:

Freakclimbing

Climbing attracts a lot of nutcases, it is one of the things that makes the world of climbing so interesting.

20 January, 2006 | Category: