398 articles found
Article · 4 Jun 2022
Elizabeth Battrick, walker, writer and lover of the Lake District, wrote A Lakeland Summer, published by Cicerone Press, in 1979. Here, her son Peter Battrick gives a short introduction to her life, followed by an extract from the book.
Article · 23 Apr 2022
The GR34 is a long-distance hiking path (sentier de grande randonnée) that follows the coast of Brittany from Mont-Saint-Michel to Saint-Nazaire (more than 2000km). It’s called...
Article · 6 Apr 2022
The Isle of Skye holds a special place in many people’s hearts. Its majestic mountains, stunning coastline, and Gaelic language and culture draw people back time and time again...
Article · 2 Apr 2022
There may be many things that make walking the Camino Francés in winter a very different experience to more popular times of the year, but the fundamentals remain the same, found...
Article · 19 Mar 2022
When a small window of opportunity opened up to go on a cycle trip, Timmy Mallett and his friend Gary decided to explore the mysterious Camino de Santiago in Spain.
Article · 26 Feb 2022
Seeing the northern lights can be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Photographing this spectacular, natural phenomenon is difficult, but James Rushforth has this advice.
Article · 17 Dec 2021
Trekking in the Vanoise is the perfect way to experience some of the finest walking in the Alps. Nestled between Mont Blanc and the Massif des Écrins, the Vanoise National Park...
News · 13 Dec 2021
Kev Reynolds, one of the country’s leading outdoor writers, died on Friday 10 December 2021, three days after his 78th birthday.
Focus · 13 Dec 2021
Fond memories of Kev Reynolds – writer, photographer, journalist, lecturer. An inspiration to many, and a wonderful friend. So many stories, here we have pulled together a few...
Article · 4 Dec 2021
Somehow the Rota Vicentina, a collection of hiking routes through the south-west Alentejo and Vicentina Coast Natural Park of Portugal, entered the consciousness of Steve Barham...
Feature · 22 Nov 2021
La Palma boasts two long-distance walking routes: The GR130 (aka the Camino Real de la Costa) and the high-level GR131. Looking for a winter sun hiking trip, Tom Martens packed...
Article · 20 Nov 2021
Stephen Dunnett believes that an ‘impossible’ bikepacking trip of a lifetime may not be beyond the reach of the average fit and experienced cyclist. Here, drawing on his experience of completing the Tour Aotearoa in 2020, he suggests how you...
Article · 13 Nov 2021
Iain Davidson gives an account of his five-day tour around the Aiguilles Rouges mountains near Chamonix. Close to the end of the season, the trail was undertaken in a fast and light style, staying in mountain huts and camping in the Chamonix valley...
Article · 6 Nov 2021
The Peaks of the Balkans is a cross-border long-distance trail through Montenegro, Albania, and Kosovo's spectacularly wild and rugged borderlands. Whilst the popularity of the...
Feature · 23 Oct 2021
Jake Meyer, one of the youngest Britons to climb Everest, and the youngest man in the world to complete the Seven Summits, undertook his biggest challenge when he faced The Savage Mountain, K2.
Article · 16 Oct 2021
After ticking off Kilimanjaro and Elbrus, Peter Watson headed to the Andes to attempt his third Seven Summit. Aconcagua may not require mountaineering skills, but this hulk of...
Article · 9 Oct 2021
Warwick Sprawson's trip along part of the GR1 in northern Spain led him through abandoned villages, past crumbling castles and to local fiestas
Article · 4 Sept 2021
The Austrian Alpine Club (UK) is the British Section of the Österreichischer Alpenverein (ÖAV) which is the largest mountaineering club in Austria, with 599,000 members as of 2020. The closest translation of its name is the Austrian...
Feature · 7 Aug 2021
Part passion project, part conservation scheme, part showcase of community activism, British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast Trail was conceived in the early 1990s and has gradually grown in length and ambition to become Canada’s longest hut-to-hut...
News · 30 Jun 2021
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Brian Johnson – one of Cicerone's great authors.