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25/12/2024

Merry Christmas from the Press ✨

We hope you're all having a wonderful wintery break this festive season, whether you're enjoying relaxing at home or taking the chance to get out into the wilds. Take it easy.

📸 Rev A E Robertson on Skye (circa 1904). SMC Archives, featured in Harold Raeburn: The Steps of a Giant

23/12/2024

A big thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered Northern Horizons already, the response has been fantastic so far! This upcoming selection of routes and essays exploring some of the finest running among the mountains of Cumbria and Scotland will be launching in February, but is available for pre-order now.

A little reminder that if you're looking for a very last minute gift, pre-order will include a downloadable PDF with the cover, content and intro, perfect for slipping into a card for Christmas.

📸 Above Wasdale

18/12/2024

Big thanks to UKClimbing.com for not one but two inclusions in their Top Picks of 2024 list for Christmas books! They had great things to say about...

Northern Horizons: "Without doubt the best book that I have read throughout 2024 - and potentially ranks alongside my all-time favourites." (Rob Greewood)

And The Cairngorms & North-East Scotland: "Much more than just another book of walks and atmospheric photos - though yes, you do get those too." (Dan Bailey)

Head over to UKC to read the full reviews, as well as browse the rest of the list, which is a fantastic mountain reading list for 2025!

Don't forget as well that there's still time to grab either of these books in time for Christmas - just choose priority at checkout.

15/12/2024

Enter the Creatives December Flash Contest!

A huge thank you to everyone who has already entered our flash contests so far for 2024/25. Our FINAL contest is running throughout November and ends on 14 January. The theme is SYMBIOSIS and the genre is FICTION.

This competition is supported by Fort William Mountain Festival and the The Highland Bookshop. The winner of each contest will receive a £50 cash prize and a weekend pass to Fort William Mountain Festival 2025, as well as have their work featured in our Creatives publication and festival events. The runners-up in each contest will be published on our website as part of a feature article. Winners will be announced in the new year.

Theme: SYMBIOSIS
Genre: FICTION
Word count: 150 words
Visual artists are also invited to submit ONE image on the theme
Submission deadline: 14 January.

10/12/2024

Last postage dates for Christmas 🗻

A little reminder that you can still order from us to get your presents to arrive in time for Christmas! 16 December is the last day for standard shipping and 18 December is the last day for priority. And if you'd like a little inspiration, don't forget to check out our Christmas gift guide!

Find out more here: https://scottishmountaineeringpress.com/news/christmas-gift-guide-2024/

📸 Climbers approaching Creag Meagaidh - John Cleare (One Man's Legacy: Tom Patey)

09/12/2024

Scottish Hill Tracks is back in stock! 🥾

We've been thrilled to see everyone enjoying the sixth edition of this recently released ScotWays guide - and that the response was so positive we sold out of our first print run already! It's now back in stock and available to buy direct from our website.

Scottish Hill Tracks is the ultimate companion guide to Scotland's tracks and trails, describing 350 routes which criss-cross wild and varied landscapes, many of which are heritage paths. It's perfect for the walkers, runners and cyclists in your life this Christmas, to help them plan their 2025 adventures.

Find out more here: https://scottishmountaineeringpress.com/product/scottish-hill-tracks-sixth-edition/

01/12/2024

Hamish MacInnes: The Fox of Glencoe 🗻

Each time winter comes around and we pick up the axes once again, it feels fitting to be reminded of one of the forefathers of modern winter mountaineering as we know it, Hamish MacInnes.

Our award-winning 2021 publication, The Fox of Glencoe, chronicles his many adventures, offering a glimpse into the mind of a wonderfully unorthodox character. Amongst his own immersive writing, photos such as these from the man himself and his many illustrious peers remind us just how much can be achieved even with the barest gear! (Though we'd recommend taking advantage of modern technological advancements as much as you can for your own exploits...)

A fantastic gift for the mountaineers, or explorers, in your life, The Fox of Glencoe is available direct from from https://scottishmountaineeringpress.com/product/the-fox-of-glencoe

17/11/2024

Our Christmas Gift Guide for 2024 is here! ✨

With colder weather on the way and limited daylight, you’ll need to make the most of every opportunity to get outside on those rare, calm winter days. If, like us, you’d prefer to get your Christmas shopping sorted as quickly as possible so you can spend your free time enjoying the great outdoors, we hope this Christmas gift guide featuring our books helps to make your life a little easier.

There’s something here for every type of outdoor enthusiast, from weekend adventurers to aspiring high-altitude mountaineers and everyone in between, sure to inspire them towards many more adventures.

Have a read here: https://scottishmountaineeringpress.com/news/christmas-gift-guide-2024/

📸 Deer in the Cairngorms © Andy Howard

15/11/2024

Enter the Creatives November Flash Competition!

A huge thank you to everyone who has already entered our October flash competition. We’ve been looking through responses and can’t wait to share your voices, as well as reveal the winners. Our next competition is running throughout November and ends on 14 December. The theme is TEXTURE and the genre is NONFICTION.

This competition is supported by Fort William Mountain Festival and the Highland Bookshop. The winner of each contest will receive a £50 cash prize and a weekend pass to Fort William Mountain Festival 2024, as well as have their work featured in our Creatives publication and festival events. The runners-up in each contest will be published on our website as part of a feature article. Winners will be announced in the new year.

Theme: TEXTURE
Genre: NONFICTION
Word count: 150 words
Visual artists are also invited to submit ONE image on the theme
Submission deadline: 14 December.

View our submissions guidelines here: https://scottishmountaineeringpress.com/news/creatives-november-flash-contest-nonfiction-2/

10/11/2024

Five more days to enter our October Flash Poetry Competition!

A little reminder that our Flash Competition series has returned for 2024. We're running one contest each month in the run up to Fort William Mountain Festival 2025. This month the genre is POETRY and the theme is SOUNDSCAPES. Enter before midnight on 14 Nov - our next competition will be announced on 15 Nov.

For full details of how to enter head here: https://scottishmountaineeringpress.com/news/creatives-october-flash-contest-poetry/

04/11/2024

01/11/2024

Five historic walking routes to explore Scotland this autumn 🍂

Over at the BMC, we've published a wee article with ScotWays which highlights some brilliant routes from the recently released sixth edition of Scottish Hill Tracks - including a thieves' through the Cairngorms and an old postal route near Ullapool.

Go have a read for a bit of inspiration about some brilliant low-level routes this wintery season: https://www.thebmc.co.uk/en/five-historic-walking-routes-to-explore-scotland-in-autumn-and-winter

📸 Descending from Bealach an Fhiona. © Neil Birch

30/10/2024

Creatives Workshops at Fort William Mountain Festival 🏔

We’re very excited to say we're heading back to Fort William Mountain Festival for 2025! We’ve lined up another exciting programme of events, with talks on the mountains, creativity and more, and more outdoor workshops with Creatives.

Watch this space for more info on our line up of talks soon, but for now, our workshops are now available online to book. Each of these workshops will be led by one of our published Creatives; this year we're thrilled to be working with artists Jack Spowart and Phoebe Sleath, and writer Merryn Glover.

You’ll be heading into the mountains to explore the artistic process and interpretations of nature through drawing, writing or painting. All our workshops sold out last year, so we’d recommend booking early to secure your place.

Find out more about what’s in store here:
https://scottishmountaineeringpress.com/news/creatives-workshops-at-fort-william-mountain-festival-2025/

25/10/2024

Scottish Hill Tracks on BBC Out of Doors 🏔

Tim Simons from ScotWays recently appeared on BBC Radio Scotland, interviewed for Out of Doors, to tell us more about what Scottish Hill Tracks is all about and how it came to be. He was joined for a walk on one of the guide's historic routes by the presenters.

In case you missed it, it's available for another couple of days on BBC Sounds - an ideal soundtrack for your drive to the hills this weekend: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0023fg

📸 Camping near Culra Bothy. © Dave MacWilliam

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Drawing the Mountains

Drawing the Mountains ⛰ Before all the snow leaves, here's a little snippet from one of our fantastic wintery Creatives workshops at Fort William Mountain Festival , run by Jack Spowart Illustration beneath the snowy shadow of Ben Nevis. These workshops were such a success - we can't wait for to come in the future. Participants had the opportunity to sit in nature and draw in detail - art and medititation combined. We hope it inspires you to pack a sketchbook or writing pad this weekend on your adventures too. Have a good one!

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