The Great Outdoors

TGO Magazine is your essential guide to hillwalking and backpacking in the UK and overseas. Get out more! We provide all the inspiration you need to plan your next trip, plus expert reviews and tips. The Great Outdoors is for anyone who loves walking in the hills, mountains and wild places. With information on the latest gear, in-depth features and stunning photography, The Great Outdoors will help you access the high peaks and long trails of Britain and beyond. Our enhanced digital addition includes even more great photos and interactive content.

The Wild West

IN THIS ISSUE • Meet some of the folk who made this mag…

The Great Outdoors

ELEVATION GAINS • In the mountains, every day is a learning experience. The Great Outdoors is full of expert advice to help you continue the journey – onwards and upwards

Y Lliwedd from Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon

EMMA CROME Filmmaker and storyteller • Emma, the Creative Director at Coldhouse Collective, reveals the true meaning of ‘hiraeth’ through her adventure films

Readers’ page • Share your views, your experiences and your favourite photos tgo.ed@kelsey.co.uk

ON THE LOOKOUT • Natural highlights in the hills this month

Anna Wells becomes first woman to ‘compleat’ a winter Munro round

Wild Swimming Walks: Eryri/Snowdonia

Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness

Could a love of landscape soothe historic tensions as old as the hills? • Sara Huws consults history books full of caustic language and uneasy encounters between visitors to Wales and those who call it home. Here, she uncovers how far we’ve travelled since tourism to these majestic mountains began

PEN PUMLUMON ARWYSTLI • Jim Perrin unlocks hidden meanings on a lesser-known Cambrian hill up which unsuspecting ascensionists are often misdirected

CRICKHOWELL • Ridgetop adventure and wild swims with a view are two of the reasons why this pretty town makes the perfect location to explore the east of Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park. Phillipa Cherryson is your local guide

CYMRU AM BYTH WALES FOREVER • Six photographers who live and work in the mountains of Wales recall their cherished moments of homespun magic – and explain why these places always draw them adraf (homewards)

BEHIND THE CURTAIN • Carey Davies returns to the magazine for a gauzy, heat-struck celebration of the Langdale Horseshoe, a circuit that combines the genteel majesty of Lakeland with just a little volcanic grit

A twist of fate in the land of fire • Peter Elia explores the North Trails of the Caucasus Mountains fire and discovers a land of white-capped mountains, verdant valleys and traditional homestays – before the unexpected happens and leads him into a more psychedelic landscape

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SKILLS: How to avoid midgies • Alex Roddie has had his fair share of midge-infested camps. Here he shares his top tips on alleviating the agonies of the next midgie apocalypse

GEAR • News from the world of outdoor kit, and product reviews from the UK’s most experienced gear-testing team

NEW REVIEWS • Chris Townsend puts exciting new gear to the test

LIGHTWEIGHT WATERPROOF JACKETS • Alex Roddie and Lara Dunn test eight options for ‘three-season’ hillwalking

Features

OUTDOOR APPS • Equipment Editor Chris Townsend considers a selection of digital tools for navigation, weather forecasting and photography

Features

TRAIL SHOES • Fiona Russell and Pete Macfarlane put the latest footwear for walking and running through its paces in time for warmer weather

Features

WILD WALKS

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