A winter ascent of: scafell pike

Jim Perrin raises our anticipation for the coming season, recalling the gleaming, glittering challenges of winter climbing in the Cairngorms

On a sunny summer’s day, a walk up Pendle Hill is a pleasant stomp of about an hour, with the reward of unrestricted views over Lancashire’s Ribble Valley. However, on a cold winter’s day, Pendle Hill

The coldest place in Britain is also one of the most beautiful, as this winter walk in the sub-arctic hills of the Cairngorms proves.

Twenty-five years ago, large chunks of Eryri’s Aran range were out of bounds. That all changed in 2000. To celebrate a quarter-century of the legislation that changed the game, Trail set out to walk the entire ridge… unobstructed.

Moments enjoyed, lessons learned, the strange thoughts that only happen on a walk: welcome to the bits and pieces that don’t make big stories, but do make a difference.

Bleaklow is hiding something under that humped silhouette and desolate title – it’s some of the finest scrambling in the Peak District .