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Amid the stunning peaks of the Austrian Tirol, Joe Mackie finds Mayrhofen Ultraks Zillertal offers a truly epic trail adventure

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The 125K race starts in Inverie, a remote village on the Knoydart peninsula, accessible only by a boat or two-day hike. There is an extremely lively community-owned pub plus an impressively stocked co

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

What’s the hardest race you’ve ever done? What about the hardest race I’ve half done? I managed to complete five days of the eight-day Cape Wrath Ultra in 2018. I wasn’t fit enough to complete the dai

Switzerland is rich, especially in clichés. Many are largely true. There are some I’m not so interested in – banking, precision watches, nuclear shelters and referendums. But others, I certainly am –