Our Team

Hannah is a keen mountain runner, rock climber and cold water dipper, and also has a passion for baking cakes. She works for both Girls on Hills and Three Wise Monkeys Climbing Wall. Hannah recently joined the committee as the Explore Events Coordinator. She loves the buzz and atmosphere in the local community during the festival weekend.

Jack moved to the Lochaber with his partner almost four years ago, wanting to build a stronger sense of community and live amongst his favourite landscape, and is mostly found climbing and running in the hills, mountains and sea cliffs of the Highlands. When not busy with that, he works sharing his passion for the outdoors with young people at the Outward Bound Trust. This is Jack’s first year on the FWMF committee, where he has taken on the role of organising the exhibition. A long-time festival attendee, he values the atmosphere and the well-curated content that both inspires and educates him.

By day, Anna is a Mountain Leader running Wild Roots Guiding. She’s a rock climber at heart but loves exploring mountains and all wild places – it’s where she feels most at home and always feels more energised after a day’s adventuring. Anna is responsible for the complete Festival programme, working with a range of people to put on a wide variety of inspiring shows.

Rob shares his time between his young family, working at the Scottish Mountaineering Press, climbing and mountain biking. He recently joined the committee and has been working on the new website and marketing, alongside the regular work of bringing the Press to the Festival. Formerly driven by numbers and rate of product, he now relishes the complete experience provided by the outdoors and the people he enjoys it with.

Owen enjoys climbing, trail running, skiing, biking, and even catching the odd fish at Cuil Bay. When he’s not heading for the hills, he works as a freelance musician, performing and teaching across a variety of projects. New to the team in 2025, Owen is looking forward to helping organise the festival and sharing his love of the mountains with the local community and beyond.

Hannah is a keen rock climber, runner and adventure enthusiast. She has been involved with the festival for 9 years and loves to share her love for the outdoors by getting people together to celebrate the outdoors in all its shapes and forms. She is the festival coordinator and has a particular love for the buzz of the festival weekend and ceilidh.

Abby feels most at home outdoors – whether hiking, paddling, swimming or something new. Whatever the form, she treasures the adventure and connection that wild places inspire. She studies Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning at UHI in Fort William, where her interests lie primarily in nature connection and sustainability. Abby loves being part of the Mountain Festival community, which shares those values and celebrates the places we live with.

She coordinates the volunteers and the festival and loves the energy you feel during the festival weekend. Rachel is a primary school teacher and when she isn’t doing her day job you will find her in the mountains, swimming in a river, or touring around on her bike.

Savannah enjoys spending her time between the mountains and sea. By day she is a A&E nurse, and is a keen swimmer, mountain biker and skier. She does the social media and marketing for the festival and is the coordinator for the Golden Axe Award. She loves celebrating the shared love for the outdoors over the festival weekend.

Benjamin is a freelance photographer and filmmaker, spending most of his time hiking and photographing the beautiful mountains. Camping and watching the sunrise up a mountain top is my favourite thing to do, immersing myself within the fascinating geology.

Simon coordinates the sponsorship for the festival. His day job is working in Ellis Brigham, but when you can’t find him here, you will find him skiing and adventuring. He loves the festival buzz and celebrating the rad place we all get to call home.

Siobhan has been involved with the festival for a few years now. She is a climbing wall instructor, Mountain Leader and student. She is a keen climber and mountaineer. She coordinates the Explore Events and Bothy Sessions and loves to share her passion for the outdoors at the festival.

Rich is often found in the woods or, if it’s very early or dark, in a quiet part of the river or hill. I really feel the mountain festival brings the community together to celebrate our place and culture. I am grateful to be a part of this.

Graham is a keen hillwalker, rock climber and mountaineer, rarely happier than when he’s out exploring the Highlands. When he’s not on the hill, he works as an engineer at the Lochaber Smelter. Graham primarily looks after the festival finances, ensuring everything runs smoothly behind the scenes and that the event remains on a secure footing for the future.

Holly is a keen trail and mountain runner and passionate advocate for the positive effect the outdoors, especially mountains, can have on mental wellbeing as well as physical. She writes our news articles for us, in addition to the fortnightly festival newsletter.