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

“I NEVER REGRET GETTING OUTSIDE WITH MY LITTLE ONE” • Mountains for the Mind promotes the amazing mental and physical benefits of spending time outside. This month we meet the people behind Blaze Trails, whose goal is to encourage families to venture outdoors, enjoy nature, and connect with others going through the same journey of early parenthood.

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

75 YEARS OF NATIONAL PARKS • It's all too easy to take National Parks for granted, but it was only 75 years ago that the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act enshrined our rights to enjoy nature and provided protection for our most precious natural landscapes. Here are a few things you might not know about our precious National Parks.

Out there • YOUR MOUNTAIN SNAPS & TALES FROM THE TRAILS

The Flow Country: Why the world's biggest bog is so important

WINTER BOOTS

Rock & awe • The GR20 trail is said to be the toughest trek in Europe. Ben Weeks headed to Corsica with a KE Adventure group to discover if it deserves the title and if, behind this tough reputation, there's more to be discovered.

ESSENTIAL READING

MOUNTAIN OF MYSTERIES • GREAT GABLE is a peak that keeps its secrets close to its chest, so Trail goes looking for the pick of this famous fell's hidden secrets on the action-packed Climbers' Traverse.

GREAT GABLE'S HIDDEN HIGHLIGHTS

THE HIGH LIFE: CHRIS BONINGTON • As British mountaineering legend Sir Chris Bonington celebrates his 90th year, we take a look back at an extraordinary life and career in the mountains.

THE Thunderbolt moment • Trail gets a dose of winter ridge perfection on Scotland's SCHOOLHOUSE RIDGE, proving that you don't need too much of a good thing to create memorable mountain moments.

[HOW TO] PACK FOR WINTER • Ensure you're prepared for the most testing winter conditions.

SPOT AND PREVENT HYPOTHERMIA

HOW TO ROUTE FIND • Walking in the hills is just about one of the most complete experiences of freedom many of us have in our day-to-day lives. There is no-one to tell you where to go or when to get there. This does, however, put the onus of responsibility on us, as walkers, to get ourselves safely up and down the hill, much of which comes down to competent route-finding. Here are some key points to keep in mind before and during your journey to maximise adventure and minimise the chance of trouble.

Rocking the status quo • Can the new KEEN WK450 Dirt's quirky design cope with the tougher terrain found off-path in the UK hills?

SOUL DIFFERENCE

STAY DRY IN THE WET • Walking in the wet is an unavoidable part of hiking in the UK hills. But with the right equipment, know-how and care, it's possible to keep yourself dry. Well, mostly.

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

Yr Wyddfa • This rocky route lets you appreciate the full grandeur of the Eryri star's dramatic mountain architecture.

Glaramara • Combe Gill doesn't look the easiest way to reach this Lake District summit, but all is not what it...