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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BASE CAMP YOUR ADVENTURE STARTS HERE

IN MEMORY OF JOSS NAYLOR THE KING OF THE FELLS • Trail pays tribute to perhaps the greatest fell-runner of all time, who has died at the age of 88.

LAST CHANCE TO ENTER YOUR MOUNTAIN PHOTO!

MEET THE JUDGES

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

“I have a feeling the adventure will find me” • RUSS MOORHOUSE has been 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, Russ finally completes his mad but brilliant challenge!

Out there • YOUR MOUNTAIN SNAPS & TALES FROM THE TRAILS

Nature's clues: How to identify animals, without seeing them

WHAT IS A QUINAG? • In Scotland's quietest quarter lurks a creature of queer quality. No quintessential quaquaversal, this quiescent quirk of quartzite is of quizzical quantity. Our quest, then, is to qualify this query:

A QUINTET OF QS OF THE UK HILLS

A MOUNTAIN MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT • With a mixture of pootling and bumslides, fuelled by a good supply of Jelly Babies, hillwalker Mary-Ann Ochota becomes a mountain marathon completer, and reckons you could do it too.

TOO HOT TO RAMBLE? • If a summer heatwave hits, how do you stay safe in the mountains when the temperatures soar? We headed to an unusually warm ENNERDALE VALLEY for a wild camping mission to put some tips and tricks to the test.

WOMAN OF STEEL • Who was Ethel Haythornthwaite, and how did she help shape Peak District hillwalking as we now know it? Biographer Helen Mort tells us about this little-known reformist whose tireless work helped found the UK's first National Park.

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

PREDICT THE RAIN BY LOOKING AT THE SKY

THE PERFECT PITCH • It's not just about the view. Sure, those intimate night-time hours with a spectacular landscape are special but you also want to wake up the next morning rested and chomping at the bit for more. Where and how you pitch your tent can make all the difference to a sound night's sleep. Here, Jen & Sim Benson, authors of The Camping Bible: The Complete Guide to Life Under Canvas, offer their best tips for a perfect pitch.

Fashion meets function • Can a waterproof jacket from a high street fast-fashion retailer really perform as well as kit from the big outdoor brands? We check out one from H&M's Move range.

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

HIKING KIT ON THE HIGH STREET

Bivvy bags • Simple, lightweight and waterproof, BIVVY BAGS are a popular alternative to tents for a night of wild camping under the stars. Here are our top picks…

Used& abused • TRAIL’S GEAR, TESTED FOR YOU

Inflatable sleeping mats • Inflatable sleepmats have always offered the best combo of weight and comfort, and with modern advances they can offer warmth too. Here's five of our favourites.

Backpacking rucksacks • Looking for a rucksack that will swallow all your backpacking gear with ease, while remaining comfortable over multiple miles? Here's our...