The Great Outdoors (UK) - 1 Jan 2026
Your New Year Guide to Endorphin-Fuelled Exploration
Peaks & Pubs
RUN COLD?
214 WAINWRIGHTS IN A SINGLE WINTER
Wolf Treks
Changing states
Embrace winter
Lone wolf
On the cover
En route to Winnebachjoch in the Austrian Tyrol
Winter Wainwrights
Hill skills
Snowshoeing
“A sprinkling of snow covered the high fells again. The views from Red Screes were tremendous, its summit tarn fringed by ice, rippled and disturbed by the wind.”
IN THIS ISSUE
Banff Mountain Film Festival
The Loony Dook
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2026
Am Basteir, Skye
WINTER FLOCKS
Nature companions:
TAKE ACTION:
WHERE TO SEE:
From Schwarzwald to Scotland
What lies above
Cat Bells minus the crowds
Your adventures this month
ROGER SMITH 1938-2025
Every Vote Counts
Every Vote Counts
Origin: Finding the Source of Windermere
MARISA WRAY cold water swimmer & cancer survivor
HOLYHEAD MOUNTAIN
FURTHER INFORMATION
Hello
THE POWER OF COLD
THE POWER OF COLD
Embrace cold water:
Embrace snowy walking:
COPING WITH THE COLD
Embrace winter camping:
WILD WINTER WAINWRIGHTS
WILD WINTER WAINWRIGHTS
DAVID AND NICKY’S WINTER WAINWRIGHTS IN NUMBERS
WOLF LONE
WOLF LONE
YONDER THE GREAT WHITE
YONDER THE GREAT WHITE
ALEX’S ROUTE
LEARN HOW TO SNOWSHOE
ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT
GEAR
Winter hiking gloves
Camp chairs
Head torches
The Long ReView
The Long ReView
WINTER GLOVES
Features
Trekmates
Outdoor Research
WOMEN’S WINTER GLOVES
Hestra
Keela
MEN’S WINTER GLOVES
HEAD TORCHES
Features
Petzl
Silva
HEAD TORCHES
BioLite
Black Diamond
Ledlenser
NEBO
CAMPING CHAIRS
Features
Crazy Creek
Robens
7 varied routes in England, Scotland and Wales
Our walks ëis monë
Bruach na Frithe from Sligachan Hotel Isle of Skye SCOTLAND
Bruach na Frithe from Sligachan Hotel Isle of Skye SCOTLAND
James Roddie takes a winter route into the Cuillin on Skye
Start/finish
Further information
Fiend’s Fell from the Shepherds Inn North Pennines ENGLAND
Start/finish Melmerby village GR: NY615374
Further information
Helm Crag from Tweedies Bar Lake District ENGLAND
Start/finish Heaton Cooper Studio, Grasmere village
GR: NY336076
Further information
Norman Hadley walks three modest gradients to finely sugared summits
Start/finish Mortal Man, Troutbeck (unless you’ve arrived by bus or are staying at the hotel, you may need to negotiate parking as space is limited) GR: NY411035
Further information
Scargill High Moor from The Ancient Unicorn North Pennines ENGLAND
Start/finish
Further information
Middleton Fell from Barbon Inn Yorkshire Dales ENGLAND
Start/finish
Further information
Yr Wyddfa from the Cwellyn Arms Eryri/Snowdonia WALES
Start/finish
Further information
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