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.

FIND YOUR MOUNTAIN

EDITOR’S PICKS

Trail UK

SLIOCH

HOW MANY HAVE YOU CLIMBED?

Trail readers • Here’s how you lot have been getting on...

Trail team • One of us has nailed if, one still has A LOT of work to do.

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

■ DO YOU KNOW THE CODE?

Out there • YOUR MOUNTAIN SNAPS & TALES FROM THE TRAILS

Fall in love with loons: Divers in our uplands

MOUNTAINS FOR THE MIND • Mountains for the Mind is our campaign to promote the benefits of being outside for better mental health. We believe in the power of mountains to change lives – and by joining our community, you’ll help us start conversations about mental health, encourage others to get outdoors, and end the stigma. Here’s just a small selection of the amazing things our supporters have been getting involved with this past month.

GET THE GEAR

WALK WITH US! • MAY 21 Y GARN, SNOWDONIA & BEN LOMOND, SOUTH HIGHLANDS

YOUR STORIES • The Mountains for the Mind Facebook group is a supportive, inspirational community of 16,000 people just like you. We hear so many stories of social media being bad for your mental health, which is why we’re proud to have created such a positive online environment.

SNOWDON 10 ROUTES TO THE TOP • The highest mountain in Wales is also one of Britain’s most complex, so choose your ascent wisely. Here are 10 options to suit every type of walker.

GENERATION GAME • Ask just about anyone in England about the best first mini mountain for kids, and nine times out of 10 you’ll get the words CAT BELLS fired back at you. To put that to the test, we sent three generations of the same family up there to climb it.

3 MORE FAMILY PEAKS

MOUNTAINS OF THE MOOR • While lacking the sharpness of their northern brethren, there’s no denying that the summits of DARTMOOR are high, wild places. And now it’s never been easier to get there.

JOIN THE COBBLER CLUB • If you’re looking for scrambly tops, The COBBLER’s can be seen from miles around. Its silhouette is unlike that of any other mountain, near or far: two gigantic pincers of rock, clasping the sky in their claws.

3 MORE SCRAMBLY SUMMITS

OVER THE SEA TO THE SUMMIT • While Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Scafell Pike get all the attention, there’s another UK country high point that gets all but forgotten. It’s time to pay SLIEVE DONARD a visit.

THE SPEAR • Nowhere is a mountain more impressive than when it rises from the sea. ASKIVAL, on the roadless and remote Isle of Rum, is the highest peak of the Rum Cuillin and a rugged adventure, sprinkled with wildlife and huge views.

BAG 3 MORE ISLAND SUMMITS

THE CANINE COUNTRYSIDE CODE • Man’s best friend can also be a hillwalker’s biggest liability. Seemingly innocent chasing of sheep and birds can kill the animal, and result in you losing your dog for good. We look at the risks and how to keep your mutt safe in the mountains.

YOUR TIPS

Ingrid’s Dos and Don’ts

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

GET MOUNTAIN FIT

BIKEPACKING FOR BEGINNERS • If you love adventure, wild camping and...