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.

IN SEARCH OF SOLITUDE

EDITOR’S PICKS

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BASECAMP • YOUR ADVENTURE STARTS HERE

WOMEN WHO WALKED ALONE • Kerri Andrews, author of the new book Wanderers: A History Of Women Walking, tells the story of five pioneers who blazed a trail for female walkers as far back as the 1700s.

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

“Helping people get outdoors is good for my own mental health”

“Being outside hiking helps keep me healthy and sane”

The magic of walking mountains by moonlight

Out there • YOUR MOUNTAIN SNAPS & TALES FROM THE TRAILS

ARE YOU WALKING THE HEIGHT OF EVEREST THIS YEAR? • With Trail’s 2020 challenge to bag 8848m of ascent in a single year of hillwalking reaching a crescendo, here’s our selection of this month’s star challengers from the Trail Everest Anywhere Facebook group. Plus details of where they’ve been to clock up their ascents…

BIG VIEWS NO CROWDS

YOUR FAVOURITE VIEWS • Where Trail readers go for mountain solitude.

HEIGHTS OF MADNESS • Many years ago, a few hardy souls made their homes - quite literally - on the hillsides we all love. Join us on the trail of two Lakeland legends.

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT • Skiddaw is one of Lakeland’s main draws, but hardly anyone notices the sharp-edged outlier on its craggy eastern flank. Introducing Lonscale Fell...

The Crossing • Crossing wild water in the mountains is no picnic. You’re over here, you want to get over there and there’s a river in the middle. What happens next? There’s only one way to find out...

MOUNTAIN BASE CAMPS PEN-Y-GWRYD SNOWDONIA • Located just east of the Llanberis Pass, the legendary Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel is a great base for hillwalkers that’s not only perfectly situated but also steeped in mountaineering history.

RESCUE ON THE BEN • To celebrate Trail’s 30th year, we’re dusting off our archives to resurface a selection of favourite mountain adventures from the past three decades. This month we turn back time to 2002, when a winter ascent of Britain’s highest mountain, guided by possibly Britain’s greatest mountaineer, turned into an unexpected rescue mission.

THE GRIPE ABOUT GROUSE • The distinctive mosaic heather of grouse moorlands defines many of our hillsides, but they’ve come under greater scrutiny recently as the Scottish government considers whether to introduce licensing for grouse shoots. We find out what the issues are.

GROUSE MOORS BY NUMBERS

DRIVEN GROUSE SHOOTING - WHAT IS IT?

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

NORSE NAMES

HOW TO BE MINDFUL IN THE MOUNTAINS • You know that feeling after you reach a summit? With a big sigh of satisfaction you let your eyes traverse the horizon. You might be aware of other people milling about, or notice the croak of a raven, but you’re not focused on any one thing, just taking it all in. That’s mindfulness - and it can change your life'…

GET SORTED FOR THE SNOW!

Great support at a bargain price • Lomo’s sturdy...