Helen Skelton has agreed to come early on Friday 18th May to present a talk tailored especially for children. Helen is certainly no stranger to adventure! She will be discussing her sport relief challenge to the south pole, the gruelling marathon des sables, kayaking along the Amazon, walking 15 metres across a tightrope and many more of her wonderful adventures! 

Helen’s talk is an exciting opportunity for the children and not to be missed.

 Click here to buy your tickets now or call 01539 729048.

 We have also released 60 more tickets to see Monty Halls on Friday evening, tickets are selling faster then ever so get yours bought today! Monty Halls, writer, explorer, former royal marine and acclaimed by the scientific exploration society. Monty is perhaps best known for his ‘great escapes’ BBC television series. We are delighted to have him at the festival and his talk is not one to be missed!

Don’t wait around and book your tickets now, click here to book.

Are you ready for a Tirol holiday? You can enjoy some of the loveliest scenery that a holiday has to offer. Relax in the Alps and fill up with energy and power.  Do you enjoy skiing or do you prefer to go walking with your family? Just decide on the spot, the Tirolprovides a suitable programme for every taste.

Visit us at the Tirol/Active Traveller Magazine stand in the bike arena and find out more about the Austrian Tirol region, which offers over 15.000 marked hiking and walking trails, 4.500 km of signed mountain bike routes, several downhill trails and over 600 km of prepared cycle routes. There’s also the opportunity to win a week’s active holiday at the 3* Hotel Rubin in Söll for two people, including flights and transfers. We look forward to seeing you at the Tirol stand and pick up your free copy of Active Traveller magazine.

Don’t miss the fabulous competiton Tirol are offering; a weeks holiday for two, including flights, transfers and halfboard accomodation !! Click here to find out more and Enter Now.

Competition closes 20/05/2012 More information View PDF

Enter Competition

We are pleased to announce that we have two new activities you could be in with a chance of winning, courtesy of Dallam Outdoors.

Sea Kayaking or canoeing  - Come and try canoeing or sea kayaking with Dallam Outdoors. We are offering a fantastic opportunity to try a new activity and challenge yourself whilst having fun at the Keswick Mountain Festival. Our highly qualified and friendly staff will look after you as you ‘have a go’ for an hour in one of our brand new sea kayaks or canoes. No experience or specialist equipment is required, just a sense of adventure and some waterproofs (a change of clothes is ideal ‘just in case’).  

Enter the Access To Water Competition now for the chance to receive your taster session for free! If you are not lucky enough to get a free session then the cost is a measly £5 so you can still afford to enjoy yourself. Don’t miss out and click here to enter the competition and be in with a chance of winning!! Alternativly if you definitely want to secure a place you can click here to pay and book now.

We are pleased to announce that at this year’s festival we will be joined by Nordic Outdooor. A brand new shop in Keswick that has some amazing products to offer. They will be joining us in The Festival village on Friday afternoon to have an exclusive interview with Lakeland Radio about the opening of the shop . So don’t miss out, come down to the festival village, have a chat with the guys and take a look around the shop!  

What Nordic Outdoor are all about.  

We at Nordic Outdoor are the U.K. importers and stockists of many Scandinavian brands including Gränsfors Bruks Axes, Tentipi Tents, Mora Frosts Knives, Aclima Merino wool clothing, Klattermusen, Lundhags & Haglofs clothing, Nanok Sleeping Bags and tents and of course, Light My Fire.

 The reason we specialise in Scandinavian products is they are the best possible quality – after all, if it works in Scandinavia it has to be very well designed and tough as old boots to withstand the conditions of a hard winter in Lapland or a hot summer in Southern Sweden!

 We are a small company with boat loads of outdoor and travel experience (for example, Caspar took part in the 2012 Siberian Black Ice Race wearing the gear we sell) – we are passionate about the outdoors and work tirelessly to help people have the very best equipment available to both increase their enjoyment of the great outdoors and to keep them safe when they are out in it.

 Visit the website here : http://www.nordicoutdoor.co.uk/

Silva Ltd, sponsors of the Latrigg Fell Race on Wednesday 16th,  is offering you the chance to win one of 2 x Silva X-TRAIL Running headlamps RRP £100.00 each.

If you are looking for a technical running headlamp, the Silva X-TRAIL is the perfect ultralight choice for high speed adventure sport runners! The X-TRAIL has an extra wide, anti-slip headband and features Silva’s Intelligent Light technology, combining a strong, focused distance light together with a wide angle floodlight for close peripheral vision – perfect for all high speed applications.

 To be in with a chance of winning  all you have to do is fill in your details below:

Enter Competition

 You can either book onto the Free 6k trail run or the Free 12k trail run.

For runners who want a minimalistic sock. The short, light weight RX S-LAB combines freedom of movement and terrain feel with precise fit.

• Motion Fit                                                                           
• Shock Protection                                                                                                  
•  Grip
• Breathability
• Stay Up
• Flat Toe Seam                                                 
• Soft Cushioning
• Reinforced Toe Area

So don’t miss out on your chance to get your hands on this incredible offer, book here before its too late !

 The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is working with representatives of relevant landowners, water user groups and conservation organisations to launch a campaign to raise awareness of the problems caused by aquatic invasive species in our waters.

The campaign calls on water users to help stop the spread of these species by following some simple bio-security practices:to check, clean and dry their equipment when leaving the water.

For more information you can view the following PDF documents:

Check, Clean & Dry    &    Stop the Spread

Or you can visit the official campaign website at www.direct.gov.uk/checkcleandry 

Not only are they hosting a night of Adventure in the Mountain Festival Theatre,

they are also putting on two FREE trail runs 6k and 12k.

Salomon Night of Adventure brings to you trail running and mountaineering in bucket loads.  Mark Hines and Nigel Shepherd will be taking you through their amazing  achievements and challenges.  A truly inspiring session that will make you want to grab your gear and head to the nearest mountain range.

For all you professional, amateur and wannabe trail runners the Salomon Trail Running Session will bring you all you need.  Ricky Lightfoot, Tom Owens and Matt Ward will be talking about how they have overcome challenges, prepare for races, training regimes and why they love what they do.

Each session is just £8 book your Mountaineering and Trail Running tickets here.

For a limited time only we are offer tickets to both sessions for just £10 – book now!

If you fancy joining the Salomon team for a run then get yourself down to George Fisher at 4pm on Thursday 17th May.  They will be taking a group on 6k and 12k run, its free but you do need to reserve your space.

6k run – reserve space

12k run – reserve space

We look forward to seeing you there.

The only way to book these tickets is to call 01539 729 048 Monday to Friday between 9.30 and 5pm.  There are limited spaces so be quick!