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.

SAVOUR THE SUMMER

EDITOR’S PICKS

Trail UK

BASECAMP • YOUR ADVENTURE STARTS HERE

CAPTURE YOUR MOUNTAIN MOMENT

MEET THE JUDGES

MEET THE SPONSORS

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

3 BOOKS TO READ

BAG THE PEAK, WEAR THE PATCH • As well as collecting Trail 100 summits, you can now celebrate your climbs by collecting our new mountain patches.

Get the Gear • The best new summer kit from our Trail 100 partners.

Out there • YOUR MOUNTAIN SNAPS & TALES FROM THE TRAILS

Bats: The fabled night-dwellers of the British uplands

3 CHANCES TO WIN! • This month our Everest Anywhere partners have gone prize-mad with some great giveaways!

MOUNTAINS FOR THE MIND • Mountains for the Mind is Trail’s campaign to promote the benefits of being outside for better mental health. We believe in the power of mountains to change lives – and here’s just a small selection of the amazing things going on in our community this month.

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YOUR STORIES • The Mountains for the Mind Facebook group is a supportive, inspirational community of 17,000 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.

THE BLUE LAGOON • Hoping to escape the crowds, we venture to a quiet corner of SNOWDONIA in search of a little-known mini summit and a majestic wild swim in a seldom used quarry. Just don’t forget your trunks.

SLICE OF HEAVEN • After a hard day in the hills, what could be better than a white sandy beach to sooth the soul?

THE WAY OF THE WATER • Trail takes a trip down memory lane with fell-running legend JOSS NAYLOR, who picks out the best bits from his epic 1983 route around the most spectacular lakes, meres and waters in the Lake District.

RED ALERT • Meet the resident superstars of the mountains, and find out what us hillwalkers can do to lighten our impact as they face unprecedented threats to their future survival.

THE TROUBLE WITH CAIRNS • Why is piling up rocks so appealing to some and appalling to others? We get our hands dirty with the topic of cairn building…

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

GET MOUNTAIN FIT

HOW TO TAKE EPIC MOUNTAIN PHOTOS • What makes a great mountain photo? As our 2022 competition kicks off, we take a closer look at the three past winners of the Trail Mountain Photograph of the Year Award, and their very different approaches, to find out what makes an awe-inspiring mountain image.

GEAR • NEW RELEASES | TRUSTED REVIEWS | EXPERT ADVICE

The Mescalito gets muscle • Tinkering with a success story can be a gamble – will you improve on the original or spoil its reputation? We take a look at Scarpa’s latest Mescalito model to find out.

6 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

MORE BOOTS FOR BIG MILES

Hiking shoes • Whether you want a cushioned, trainer-style hiker for long, loping hill days or a more technical approach shoe for tackling tougher terrain, we’ve got the right HIKING SHOE for you.

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