The Great Outdoors (UK) - 1 Jan 2025
THE STARS ARE FOR EVERYONE
Make the Most of Winter Nights
Kumano Kodo: Hike Japan’s Pilgrim Trail
Right to Roam: Dartmoor’s Fight is Ours Too
Essential Winter Gear – Crampons and Sleeping Bags Reviewed
Lewes and the South Downs
WELCOME Written under the stars
In the outdoors this month
Mountain portrait
On the cover
Astrophotography
“... it feels fitting to have arrived in the Far East, where the sun rises and new beginnings await.”
Hope Valley
South Downs weekender
Opinion – right to roam
Wildlife and nature
Mountain portrait
Readers’ pages
Book reviews
Coastscript
Canadian Rockies
Ben Lawers
“On a winter mountain at night, I feel more vulnerable, but if I’m lucky I might be rewarded by rare beauty.”
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The latest products & reviews
Taking on a tick list
Wild Walks
Winter sleeping bags
Worcestershire Beacon
Stob Coire Sgreamhach
Nine Standards Rigg
New reviews
Gear news
Coledale Round
Crampons
Ladhar Bheinn
Hopegill Head
Lonscale Fell
Golden Cap
Whernside
Tal y Fan
Andy Wasley
Francesca Donovan
Hanna Lindon
David Lintern
New project encourages us to ‘go forth and menstruate in the mountains’
Trash Free Trails launches new fund to help communities access outdoor education
Hope Valley, Peak District
Better together
Paper treasures (Part 2)
Social media
Your adventures this month
Wildlife and Nature
Our fight for wild camping rights isn’t just about Dartmoor
HOT TOPIC
HOT TOPIC
YSGYRYD FAWR
LEWES
STAR STRUCK
STAR STRUCK
STUART'S SET-UP
UNLOCKING THE WINTER MOUNTAINS
ALEX'S ROUTE
ALEX’S GEAR CHOICES
YOU SAY CAMINO, I SAY KUMANO
YOU SAY CAMINO, I SAY KUMANO
The song remains the same
HOW TO TAKE ON A TICK LIST
GEAR
Patagonia’s new waterproof shell has no ‘forever chemicals’
Trio of warm Berghaus jackets
Gregory partners with diverse outdoor US community
MSR launches Switch Stove System for use with any pots
Winter sleeping bags
New reviews
Crampons
NEW REVIEWS
PHD
Red Equipment
CRAMPONS
Features
TESTING CONDITIONS
Petzl
Grivel
Salewa
WINTER SLEEPING BAGS
Features
Sea to Summit
PHD
TESTING NOTES
Big Agnes
Mammut
Gruezi-Bag
Rab
TESTING CONDITIONS
Robens
Mountain Equipment
10 varied routes in Scotland, England and Wales
Our walks this month
Ladhar Bheinn via The Old Forge Knoydart SCOTLAND
Start/finish Inverie Pier GR: NG765002
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Stob Coire Sgreamhach via The Clachaig West Highlands SCOTLAND
Start/finish Clachaig Inn, Glen Coe GR: NN128567
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Nine Standards Rigg via The Black Bull Pennines ENGLAND
Start/finish The Black Bull, Nateby GR: NY774067
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Lonscale Fell via the Horse and Farrier Inn Lake District ENGLAND
Start/finish Blease Road car park on north-west edge of Threlkeld
GR: NY318256
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Coledale Round via The Coledale Inn Lake District ENGLAND
Start/finish small car park off the B5292 Whinlatter Pass GR: NY227237
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Hopegill Head via The Ruddings Lake District ENGLAND
Start/finish The Ruddings Hotel Restaurant and Bar, Braithwaite
GR: NY233239
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Whernside via the George and Dragon Yorkshire Dales ENGLAND
Start/finish pay-and-display car park in Dent, 9km south-east of Sedbergh
GR: SD704870
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Tal-y-Fan via the Ty^ Gwyn Hotel Carneddau WALES
Start/finish Tŷ Gwyn Hotel, Rowen* GR: SH759719
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Worcestershire Beacon via The Wyche Inn Malvern Hills ENGLAND
Start Chase End car park GR: SO757349 Finish Great Malvern GR: SO774460
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Golden Cap via the Anchor Inn Dorset ENGLAND
Start/finish beach car park, Seatown GR: SY420917
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Gnome discomforts
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