The Great Outdoors (UK) - 1 Jun 2025
BEYOND WILD CAMPING
Lightweight vs Luxury
Outdoor Photography
Get Close to K2
Time Travel
Fastpacking
Glow Up
A night to remember
Strange sleeps
Maol-bhuidhe bothy
On the cover
Peter Elia,
Low Fell, Lake District
In the outdoors this month
The view from here
Mountain portrait
Uphill struggles
On the lookout
Readers’ pages
Book review
Lake District
Fastpacking
K2 Base Camp
Hiking shoes
Daypacks
Kat Hill,
New reviews
Gear news
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Sheffield Pike & Glenridding Dodd
Swyre Head via Kimmeridge Bay
Robinson via Buttermere Moss
Skiddaw via Barkbethdale
Fan Nedd & Fan Gyhirych
Titterstone Clee Hill
Beinn Airigh Charr
Undies!
IN THIS ISSUE
Evesham Walking Festival
Moray Walking & Outdoor Festival
Wrexham Walking Festival
Low Fell, Lake District
Low Fell, Lake District
THE SONG THRUSH
A mountain rescue legend
Walks to remember
Your adventures this month
Wainwrights Without a Car: A Year on the Lake District Fells
KEVIN & FIN CAMPBELL
Welcome to a new regular feature,
SGURR NAN GILLEAN
FURTHER INFORMATION
David Lintern, commissioning editor
Nights of WONDER
Nights of WONDER
Drawn to Earth
Drawn to Earth
WILL’S PHOTO GEAR
TIME TRAVELLER
TIME TRAVELLER
WALK THROUGH TIME
IN THE SHADOW OF GIANTS
IN THE SHADOW OF GIANTS
TREK TO K2 BASE CAMP
FASTPACKING FOR BEGINNERS
FASTPACKING FOR BEGINNERS
JOE’S KIT LIST
Oboz launches its sturdiest boot ever
Rab revamps its pack range
Montane’s ‘active insulation’ jacket
Gear section
Alpkit unveils ultralight 4-season sleep mat
GEAR
Jetboil
OMM
HIKING SHOES
Features
Scarpa
TESTING CONDITIONS
Mammut
Meindl
Keen
Salomon
Altra
TESTING CONDITIONS
Salomon
Oboz
Salewa
La Sportiva
BUDGET DAYPACKS
Features
Berghaus
Lowe Alpine
TESTING CONDITIONS
Vango
Highlander
TESTING CONDITIONS
OUTDOOR UNDERWEAR
Features
Alpkit
Artilect
TESTING CONDITIONS
Runderwear
EDZ
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THROUGH THE YORKSHIRE DALES
7 varied routes in England, Scotland and Wales
Beinn Airigh Charr North-West Highlands SCOTLAND
James Roddie heads north, and finds hillwalking here is “as good as it gets”
ROUTE
Further information
Vivienne Crow takes paths less travelled on a popular peak
Ascent
Vivienne Crow watches the Lakes change colour from this fine fell
Robinson Lake District ENGLAND
Ascent
Ian Battersby finds opportunity knocks for a Helvellyn outlier
Ascent
Titterstone Clee Hill Shropshire ENGLAND
Roger Butler sits atop a Giant’s Chair to watch the sun go down
Ascent
Ian Battersby sees eras come and go on a walk to an abandoned village
Ascent
Fiona Barltrop recommends a sublime spot for a summer sunset
Ascent
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