Shape shifters

MOUNTAIN, RIVER & MOORLAND LOOP

If you want to experience some of the airiness associated with YR WYDDFA ’s (Snowdon’s) edgiest routes, but with a focus more on walking rather than scrambling, the South Ridge is hard to beat.

Jim Perrin conjures more Eryri magic, folding time on a lesser-known scramble to Wales’ highest peak

MOUNTAIN GULLY SCRAMBLE

YOUR MOUNTAIN SNAPS & TALES FROM THE TRAIL

The Victorians confused these Shropshire hills with the Alps. How? Why? Trail dons its lederhosen, downs a glühwein and reaches for the Stretton Skyline to find out.