Trail (UK) - 1 Jun 2025
Call of the fells
Proof
12
SACRIFICE & SURVIVAL
8
SCOTTISH SOUL
Sarah Ryan weaves a swashbuckling tail of adventure with a retelling of the epic first ascent of Annapurna – 75 years ago this summer!
Tom Bailey follows a historic climbers’ trail that serves up special views of a Lakeland icon. Pillar Rock, anyone?
Nick Hallissey climbs Suilven to find out if the experience matches the aesthetics. Spoiler alert, it does.
‘A traverse is like cupping a mountain in your hands’
Lower than Whernside, yet more captivating than most Munros: Suilven,
The beauty of Suilven
The path to Pillar Rock
Trail Picks
Hill Hacks
The first 8000-er
Bite the Berwyn
Peak of the Month
Out There
Nature Diary
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Masterclass
The miracle of the compact daypack
Helvellyn is one of the Lake District’s four 3000ft peaks
Don’t rush headlong for Skye! Stop off in Glen Shiel and discover the extraordinary Forcan Ridge
Get your head in the game
Used and Abused
Coniston Wainwrights,
Insider
Mosedale horseshoe,
The Forcan Ridge,
Favourite Five
Six of the Best
Our Favourite
Dovedale Round,
Wild Ennerdale,
The Dartmoor Way,
Blencathra,
Great End,
Lake District 3000-ers
Grasmere triple
Elidir Fawr
Elidir Fawr
DAVID ‘HEAVY’ WHALLEY MBE (1954–2025)
KESWICK AND KENDAL UNITE FOR
PORT NAN GAEL INN
READ IT!
FLEXTAIL MAX PUMP 3
LAKELAND’S MOST FOLLOWED FELLS
Mera Peak, Nepal
Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), Eryri
Yr Wyddfa, Eryri (Snowdonia)
Brecon Beacons, Wales
The Cairngorms, Scotland
Cadair Idris, Eryri
Scafell Pike, Lake District
Ben Vrackie, Perthshire
May: Nature’s endless circle of life unfolds
THE BEAUTY OF IT
CONQUER THE DRAGON
WHERE ADVENTURE BEGINS!
WHERE ADVENTURE BEGINS!
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF LEGENDS
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF LEGENDS
GO FURTHER, FASTER WITH THE NORTH FACE SUMMIT VECTIV PRO 3
“NO SACRIFICE WAS TOO GREAT”
“NO SACRIFICE WAS TOO GREAT”
THE 1950 ANNAPURNA TEAM
THE FORGOTTEN PEAK
THE FORGOTTEN PEAK
A NEW NATIONAL PARK?
THE ROUTE
WELSH MOUNTAIN EPICS… BY RAIL
1 MAINLINE TO THE MOELWYNION
2 BY RAIL TO THE RHINOGYDD
3 A CARRIAGE TO THE CARNEDDAU
[HOW TO] GET THE PERFECT FIT FOR YOUR FEET
MAKE A GREAT CAMP COFFEE
AVOID A BLACK SPOT
[KNOW YOUR WAY] CONTOURING
UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF SWEAT
Rob Johnson MIC
Sarah Ryan
Ben Weeks
GET TO KNOW BIRDS OF THE HILLS
NAME THAT TUNE
HERE COMES THE SUN! (MAKE THE MOST OF IT)
Stay out all night with our pick of the best ONE-PERSON TENTS
PROTECT OUR WINTERS (EVEN IN SUMMER)
SIX OF THE BEST ONE-PERSON TENTS
SIX OF THE BEST HIKING DAYPACKS
SUMMER HEADWEAR
LONG-TERM TESTS
Wear and care
ANTI-MELT MERCHANDISE
TRAIL VERDICT
One-person tents
James Forrest
Alpkit Soloist XL £170
Vango Helium F10 UL 1 £215
Wild Country Halny Elite 1 £270
Gossamer Gear The One £300
Big Agnes Copper Spur UL1 £450
MSR Freelite 1 £450
Summer daypacks
Matt Jones & Ellie Clewlow
Berghaus Remote Hike 23 £110
Osprey Tempest 22 £125
Rab Protium 27L £130
Gregory Zulu LT 25 £135
Exped Skyline 30 £155
Mystery Ranch Coulee 30 £180
The perfect pair
A liner you can wear!
Ideal onthe-move jacket
Life of the party
Buff £35
Sunday Afternoons £35
Summer sun hats
Thrudark £50
Outdoor Research £37
The North Face £32
LOSE YOURSELF IN THE LAKES
In this LAKE DISTRICT special you’ll find 12 walks celebrating some of our favourite fells
ULTIMATE LAKELAND WALKING WEEKENDS
LONG-DISTANCE ROUTE: THE DARTMOOR WAY
RIDGE GUIDE: THE FORCAN RIDGE
6 LAKE DISTRICT DAY-HIKES
Coniston Wainwrights
GET THERE
IS IT FOR ME?
Lake District
Blencathra
GET THERE
IS IT FOR ME?
Great End via The Band
IS IT FOR ME?
Dovedale Round
IS IT FOR ME?
Above Wild Ennerdale
IS IT FOR ME?
Mosedale horseshoe
IS IT FOR ME?
Lake District 3000-ers
Seatoller to Angle Tarn via Scafell & Scafell Pike
IS IT FOR ME?
Angle Tarn to High Rigg via Helvellyn
IS IT FOR ME?
High Rigg to Keswick via Skiddaw
IS IT FOR ME?
Grasmere triple
IS IT FOR ME?
Alcock Tarn & Loughrigg Fell
IS IT FOR ME?
Easedale Tarn & High Raise
IS IT FOR ME?
Fairfield Horseshoe
The Dartmoor Way
The Forcan Ridge, West Highlands
The Forcan Ridge, West Highlands
Pillar Rock, from Robinson’s Cairn
WALK IT (BETTER THAN WE DID)
THE FACTS
CLIMB A STAR OF THIS ISSUE
DETAILED ROUTE GUIDES
PRINT MAPS AS BACK-UP
BRING ROUTES TO LIFE IN 3D
EVERY MAP YOU’LL EVER NEED
MOUNTAIN RESCUE ENDORSEMENT
NO SIGNAL? NO PROBLEM
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