Summiting snowdon

BACK in the days when a tankful of petrol cost as much as we pay for a coffee today, our sunny Sunday afternoon treat was a drive out. If we weren’t aiming for the beach, our route took us north to th

YR WYDDFA (SNOWDON), GWYNEDD, 1085M

In the second part of his Ultimate Climbing Guide, Simon Warren plots a feast of spicy ascents in north Wales

Clustered around YR WYDDFA (SNOWDON) are eight mountains that get a fraction of the attention lavished upon The Boss. Trail decided it was high time they got some recognition – and some love.

PEN Y FAN, POWYS, 886M

The Cuillin Ridge is often regarded as Britain’s most sustained and technical mountaineering excursion. Co-editor David Lintern attempted a ‘walker’s traverse’ of this infamous challenge, supporting a friend’s Munro round. In an environment now largely professionalised, theirs was an adventure by amateurs in the classic sense