In the shadow of giants

12,000KM TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD Trail ...

MOUNTAINS DO STRANGE THINGS to us. You see ...

YOUR MOUNTAIN SNAPS & TALES FROM THE TRAILS

Runners-up rarely get the attention they deserve, but two days on Britain’s second-highest peak BEN MACDUI will show you why this is the king of the Scottish hills.

Secret passages, sheer walls and the maddest descent of a mountain in literary history: SCA FELL might be England’s Number 2 in height – but in kudos, it might just beat all of them.

It’s hard to imagine a better place to start a ride. At 1,326m Briançon is the highest city in France. And with 300 clear days a year on average, it’s also one of the sunniest. To describe the morning