Latest Blog Posts:

• Transceiver Review 2010 Finished - 05th Feb
  2010 Facewest Avalanche Transceiver Review It's finished at last. It was 10 days ago when I said it would be ready the following day but as I got in to I realised that to do it properly with all the videos included was a much larger task that I…
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• Ortovox S1 Multiple Burial Video - 03rd Feb
  Another demo search with the Ortovox S1, this time with 3 target transceivers …
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• First Winter Climb - 02nd Feb
  This weekend I finally managed to do my first winter climb, Central Gully on Great End in the Lake District. There's still plenty of snow and ice on high ground in the Lakes and the conditions were excellent. The climb itself was mainly well consolidated snow…
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• Ortovox S1 Single Victim Search Demo - 22nd Jan
  Ortovox S1 Single Victim Search Demo. The next in our series of search demo vids. Multiple brials will be coming next week. …
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• Mammut Barryvox Pulse Search Video - 20th Jan
  Demo search for a single victim using the Mammut Barryvox Pulse in advanced mode. …
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• BCA Tracker 2 Search Demo - 19th Jan
  Basic single victim search with the new Tracker 2. Plenty more search demos with all our transceivers on the way. …
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• BCA Tracker 2 Page Finished. - 19th Jan
  Been running about in a cold muddy field for most of today testing transceivers. The good news is that the New BCA Tracker 2 is pretty good. I have written the page description and the 2010 Transceiver review should be finished tomorrow but the very brief version is…
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• Tracker 2 & Transceiver Test - 19th Jan
  We received our first stocks of the BCA Tracker 2 yesterday. Since this and the Mammut Barryvox are new to Facewest this season and the last transceiver review we did was in 2007, we have deciced to do another transceiver review. Not only that but we are going…
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• Silva 6 Nor Thumb Compass - 18th Jan
  It was pointed out to us that we were being a bit elitest by only selling the top of the range Silva 6 Jet Spectra thumb Compass. So we have added the Silva 6 Nor Thumb Compass. This is the classic orienteering model from the Silva range, does…
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• Dynafit Bindings now in stock - 13th Jan
  Facewest now stocks Dynafit bindings. We have the TLT Speed in stock now and the Vertical ST's will be in stock at the beginning of Feb. Not the binding for everyone but for the dedicated tourer or those luckily enough to have 2 pairs of skis then they…
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