Trail

If you love to sling on a backpack, head for the hills and do some wild camping, Trail Magazine is for you. Each issue is packed with: - Routes with full OS mapping - Reviews of the latest outdoor kit - The UK’s best outdoor writing - Exclusive picture and video content As the UK’s biggest and best-selling hillwalking magazine, we specialize in the most beautiful, most spectacular and most challenging regions of Britain and Europe – and inform you about all the tools you need to explore them. If you want adventure you’ll love Trail, and Trail will love you.

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EDITOR’S PICKS

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MEET THE JUDGES

PICK YOUR WINNER! • Our Outdoor Photo of the Year competition has now closed for entries and the mountain category was so loaded with quality that we couldn’t resist shortlisting 15 images. Flick through the finalists over the next 8 pages, pick your winner, then get online and vote at livefortheoutdoors.com/opoty

TRAIL Picks • Places we’ve been, things we’ve seen, and mountain-related stuff we like

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Sound experience

“A Tolkien-esque landscape, uninhabited by people” • RUSS MOORHOUSE is on a mission to camp out on every Trail 100 peak - a challenge that spans four countries, 100 of the UK’s finest hills and mountains, and a punishing 88,339m of ascent. This month he joins the elves and trolls in a world of sunsets and dreams that come true.

Out there • YOUR MOUNTAIN SNAPS & TALES FROM THE TRAILS

Aurora Borealis: Nature’s ultimate display

MOUNTAINS FOR THE MIND • Our mental health awareness campaign shines a spotlight on the life-changing benefits of spending time in the great outdoors. This month we meet Stephen Passmore, a passionate walker and artist, whose collection of watercolours tell a fascinating story of life on Scotland’s Cape Wrath Trail.

JACK AND HYDE • The infamous scramble up PAVEY ARK in the Lake District has two sides. One is darkly dangerous, the other is an utter joy… which will Jack’s Rake have in store for us?

YOUR VIEW: HOW HARD IS IT?

THE LONGEST NIGHTS • Think every Trail magazine wild camp or bothy experience is a blessed one? Think again. Long-term sufferer Ben Weeks looks back on some of his more unpleasant overnight experiences which, after reflection, he believes he’s had more than his fair share of.

YOUR WORST NIGHT EVER?

WAY OUT WEST • The western half of Eryri’s NANTLLE RIDGE is often unjustly ignored. But for magnificently untrodden summits and majestic views, it’s well worth heading to Wales’ most westerly mountains.

The Ascent of Roseberry Topping • Trail’s most experienced in-house mountaineer settles his nerves in the pub before packing KitKat and Paracord for an epic first ascent of the finest peak in the North York Moors, ROSEBERRY TOPPING.

DARING TO DREAM • Hari Budha Magar, the first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Everest, talks to Trail about his record-setting climb and extraordinary life.

HILL HACKS • SKILLS, TIPS & TRICKS TO GET YOU HIKING LIKE A PRO

KNOWLEDGE

COMPLETE THE SNOWDON HORSESHOE

FROM HILLWALKER TO FELLRUNNER • Want to stay fit over the cooler months? Fell running is a brilliant way to do so and, as a hillwalker - with navigational ability, conditioned legs and that all-important mountain savvy - you’re already perfectly prepared for it. Here’s how to add some speed to your expeditions.

A solution to pollution? • Reducing polluting emissions is essential if we want to avoid catastrophic climate change, so what if potential pollutants could be harvested and used, rather than released?

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

More innovative fabrics from sustainable sources

SIX OF THE BEST Shoes for scrambling • From technical ridge walks...