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.

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GRANT MACLEOD ‘Munro bagpiper’ • Playing the pipes atop every single Munro, Grant is bringing music and heritage to the mountains

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Thousands sleep under the stars on International Bivvybag Day • Bivvy enthusiasts banded together to celebrate a record-breaking International Bivvybag Day by sleeping out in solidarity with good causes

The Coast to Coast • Is this England’s best long-distance walk? James Forrest hikes Wainwright’s Coast to Coast route, an iconic 293km (292-mile) trail across northern England through the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors

EVENTS CALENDAR

Why we can do better than ‘Leave No Trace’ • To really tackle the problem of litter, we all need to actively care for our wild places, argues Mary-Ann Ochota

ON THE LOOKOUT • Natural highlights in the hills this month

Trash Free Trails collected almost 100,000 pieces of litter in 2022 • In its Annual Impact Report, the campaigning group Trash Free Trails revealed its volunteers collected 98,427 pieces of litter – including single-use plastics – from our trails here in the UK in 2022. The report details the hours and passion that goes into protecting our outdoors and educating future generations to ensure our high places are free from harmful litter. Here’s a summary of what they got up to in 2022…

The Cairngorms Scene & Unseen • Published by Scottish Mountaineering Press, £12, paperback

The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front Way • Atlantic Books, £20, hardback

LOCHNAGAR • With its spectacular northern corrie drawing climbers and walkers alike, this storied mountain is the best of the Cairngorms, argues Jim Perrin

FARAWAY SO CLOSE… • How much Scotland can you squeeze into one weekend? We asked the experts, and they responded with ideas for A-list mountain classics, backpacking adventures on spectacular peninsulas, and wildlife-rich island escapes

The Beinn Eighe traverse • James Roddie gets his head in the clouds in Torridon

The Treshnish Isles • Rachel Keenan enjoys a wild weekend on this archipelago

The Applecross Hills • Stefan Durkacz explores Torridon’s quieter cousins

Suilven • Alex Nail plots an unusual visit to an icon of Scotland’s north

Ben Macdui & Beinn Mheadhoin • David Lintern joins Chris Townsend in their home mountains

HEIGHTENED SENSES • Sarah Jane Douglas and friend go far from the madding crowd and enjoy a summit camp to remember in the heart of Fisherfield

AN EYE FOR THE WYE • Ben Lerwill takes inspiration from one of Britain’s earliest guidebooks and follows in the footsteps of Nelson and Wordsworth with a summery walk along the course of the River Wye, through the lush borderland between England and Wales

MOUNTAINS on the move • The GR10 is one of the epic long-distance routes spanning the length of the Pyrenees, from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. Kat Young spent the long, hot summer of 2022 walking it solo – and getting...