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.
LOVE YOUR LOCAL HILLS
EDITOR’S PICKS
TRAIL
CASTELL Y GWYNT
PLAN YOUR WEEKEND OF ADVENTURE
Do it this month
TRAIL’S HIGHLIGHTS
TRAIL GEAR LAB • SCARPA MONT BLANC PRO GTX £450
WEAR YOUR MOUNTAIN PASSION WITH PRIDE
THE FUTURE OF INSULATION?
ATHLETIC FLEECE FROM WOOD FIBRE
Mountain marathon... for walkers?
The need for woodland in our uplands
“The happiest man and dog alive”
Out there • YOUR MOUNTAIN SNAPS & TALES FROM THE TRAILS
Marmot Long Hauler worth £110
Walk to the top of the world • Are you taking on Trail’s Everest Anywhere challenge to climb the height of Everest in 2019? Here are some of this month’s star challengers, plus their total ascents so far this year.
Winter on THE BEN • Considering an ascent of Britain’s highest peak this winter? With the right gear and knowledge, it’s more manageable than you might think – even for a first-timer.
GETTING OFF THE BEN
GEARING UP FOR THE BEN
HIKING SCOTLAND’S VOLATILE ISLE • Walking in the mountains is proven to have a positive effect on mental health, but what happens when you push your body and mind to the extreme for a cause close to your heart? We head to the Isle of Arran to find out.
HIKE FOR MIND
LAKELAND IN YOUR POCKET • Trail meets the Lakeland author seen by many as the heir to Alfred Wainwright – whose new guidebook series could change the way we explore England’s highest mountains forever.
BEYOND BLENCATHRA • When you picture the Lake District’s wild Northern Fells, you probably see the iconic peaks of Skiddaw and Blencathra. But what your mind’s eye can’t spot is the secluded, and magnificent, collection of hills hiding behind them.
NORTHERN HIGHLIGHTS • Three icons of the Northern Fells you have to visit
THE DARK NIGHT • The universe is huge. If you want to get a really good look at it, you need to be in the right place, at the right time.
TIPS TO MAINTAIN NIGHT VISION
DARK SKY BRITAIN • The International Dark-Sky Association recognises three types of dark sky places in the UK. But what’s the difference between them?
ATTACK OF THE DRONES • Increasingly popular, lightweight and able to capture incredible images, drones can now be seen and heard in some of our wildest places. But is that always a good thing?
Nick Livesey • Mountain photographer and Director of Discover Secret Snowdonia
David Morris • RSPB Reserves Manager in Northern England
THE DRONE CODE
Tom Marshall • Acting Head of Communications, Peak District National Park
Tom Jacobs • UAV CAA Registered Pilot, Orbital Filming
SEA TO SUMMIT • As humans, doing things from scratch provides greater pleasure than being handed something on a plate. Think assembling a go-kart, building a treehouse or a baking a cake. But does the same work for climbing mountains? Trail starts at sea-level to find out…
OTHER MOUNTAINS YOU CAN CLIMB FROM SEA TO SUMMIT…
LAND OF FIRE & ICE • In a world of volcanoes, glaciers and constantly changing landscape, hiking in Iceland is an alien and intriguing experience.
HOW TO HIKE...