Alpine treks

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 –

Not for the first time in my life, I found myself utterly overwhelmed by nature. Standing high up in the French Alps, surrounded by jagged peaks, the silence broken only by the occasional whistling of

You don’t have to thru-hike a whole Triple Crown Trail to get a taste of wild America. James Roddie experiences summits, camps and canyons on a two-week tour of the Golden State

Andy Wasley needed a dose of adventure to lift a lagging spirit. He found it in Merano, an Italian resort where mountains, castles and cuisine compete for attention on an Inghams walking holiday

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

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.