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.

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BASECAMP YOUR ADVENTURE STARTS HERE

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

KENDAL MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL RETURNS FOR 2025 • Every November, when the hills are wet and the nights are long, a small market town in Cumbria becomes the Mecca of global adventure. For four exhilarating days, thousands flock here to celebrate mountains, lakes, deserts and seas, all with the goal of being inspired by our planet's wildest places.

Out there • YOUR MOUNTAIN SNAPS & TALES FROM THE TRAILS

October: Rutting brings menace to the uplands

THE QUIRAING • It might look like it's been lifted from the darkest dreams of J R R Tolkien or George R R Martin, but even if you don't have alliterative middle names, this strange world at the northernmost tip of SKYE is a place to inspire fantasy.

BECAUSE WE CAN • Twenty-five years ago, large chunks of Eryri's Aran range were out of bounds. That all changed in 2000. To celebrate a quarter-century of the legislation that changed the game, Trail set out to walk the entire ridge… unobstructed.

AS THE CRoW FLIES • Three more hills that were hard to climb 25 years ago

Tracking the wild boar • Its name sounds romantically dangerous, but is WILD BOAR FELL a beast or a beauty?

CLIMBING TOWARDS THE LIGHT • Climber Kelvyn James experienced an abusive childhood and, later, the murder of his mother by her husband. In the years since, he found a way out of the darkness. Here is his story.

MORE TO THE POINT • Some mountains live up to their names better than others. BEN MORE is one that certainly does, but first we need some disambiguation: exactly which Ben More are we talking about?

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

BRITAIN'S BEST MAPS

HOW TO: PREP FOR A WINTER WILD CAMP • Tempted by the glittering snowy heights and longing for a night among them? A winter camp can be magical but it's of another order to camping in summer. Here are some of the main things you'll need to consider when making the transition from camping in summer to winter. (Spoiler alert – it's a lot less forgiving).

Live life light • Does a new surprisingly lightweight, compact and affordable tent from an unlikely source open up the world of wild camping to even more hikers? It just might…

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

FIRST-TIMER TENTS

Winter tents • Planning a cold-weather adventure? Here are six of the best rugged 4-SEASON TENTS, all designed to handle tougher mountain weather than their lightweight 3-season cousins – including full winter conditions.

Winter trousers • Warm, protective, durable and weather-resistant, a good pair of WINTER WALKING TROUSERS will keep your legs happy come rain, sleet or snow. Here are six of the best pairs for 2025.

Used & abused • TRAIL's GEAR, TESTED FOR YOU

Mid layers • Good mid layers all have one thing in common: they function as a protective outer layer in fine weather and provide warmth as an insulating layer on cooler days. Here are five of our current favourites.

Where to walk this month… • EXPERT GUIDES TO BRITAIN'S BEST...