1st September 2024
Creator of the Month: Listen to the landscape with sound artist Dan Fox
Encounter the sounds of nature as you’ve never heard them before with Sound Interventions' outdoor installations.
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Walk Britain’s big mountain challenges with our August issue
Book review: The Hidden Fires – A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd by Merryn Glover
Creator of the Month: Appreciating the outdoors with City Girl in Nature
Can CampWild’s paid ‘wild camping’ help deliver the land justice revolution?
Mountain weather phenomena: fogbows, inversions, Aurora, Brocken spectres and more
Book Review – In Her Nature: How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors by Rachel Hewitt
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16th August 2024
International Mountain Leader Fiona Chappell outlines what she has come to understand about our ever-fickle summers in the mountains over two decades.
15th August 2024
Ian Kirk, Freelance Instructor at Glennmore Lodge, shares his eight top tips so your bivvying experience is memorable for all the right reasons.
15th August 2024
As a Deaf person who seeks the calm of adventure in her Highlands home, Morag Skelton shares and what a new navigation course may mean for accessibility outdoors for d/Deaf people in Britain.
18th July 2023
Find out which products and brands have impressed our experienced jury in The Great Outdoors Gear Awards 2023.
24th July 2024
Leading camping and backpacking expert Chris Townsend puts single-person tents to the test, featuring the latest from MSR, Hilleberg, Vaude, Robens and more.
24th July 2024
Our expert gear team take a look at the best men’s and women’s three-season walking boots.
24th July 2024
This season's best waterproof jackets for hiking and backpacking, as chosen by our team of outdoor experts.
22nd July 2024
Our team of experts have put 10 of the best sleeping bags in variable conditions. Find out which bag came out on top.
6th August 2024
The Great Outdoors team’s favorite hiking pants for this year. We’ve selected a bunch of different options to suit a variety of outdoor adventures – and budgets too.
6th August 2024
The best GPS watches can aid mountain navigation and help to keep you fit. Alex Roddie tests eight of them.
1st August 2024
John Manning takes a look at a mixed selection of family tents for group backpacking and holidays.
1st August 2024
31st July 2024
Outdoor experts David Lintern and Kirsty Pallas have been out testing a range of sleeping mats
29th July 2024
In ever-changeable hillwalking weather, pack a pair of hiking gloves you can count on, recommend Peter Macfarlane and Francesca Donovan.
16th February 2023
Planning an Alpine hiking holiday this year? Hanna Lindon picks out some of the best treks in the Alps, Europe’s greatest mountain chain.
6th July 2023
The Great Outdoors rounds up the best Peak District waterfall walks and how to go waterfall hunting to find your own secret spots.
9th June 2023
Our contributors go on the hunt for spicy scrambles up and down the UK. Here are some of the best.
7th August 2023
Searching for solitude in the Peak District? Come with us as we round up some of the remaining 'secret' walks in this popular national park.
12th March 2024
Francesca Donovan guides you on a fine Peak District day challenge taking in the highlights above the Edale Valley.
11th March 2024
Fiona Barltrop strides out along the ridges of the The Vale of Ewyas in the Black Mountains.
11th March 2024
Ian Battersby abandons burdens at the doorway to a deserted dale and Winash ridge.
11th March 2024
Often dismissed as boring and grassy, this secret route up the little-known Fisher’s Wife’s Rake path brings out the best of eastern Dodds, says James Forrest.
28th February 2024
Vivienne Crow joins the tops together for a western round which won't appear on the usual lists: The Gatesgarth Round.
28th February 2024
The best ridge walk in Ullswater? It doesn’t have iconic status, but the Fusedale Round is a brilliant high-level loop, says James Forrest.
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16th August 2024
Glenmore Lodge Chief Instructor Heather Morning guides us across the rivers and streams of our high places and explains how to stay safe.
16th August 2024
International Mountain Leader Fiona Chappell outlines what she has come to understand about our ever-fickle summers in the mountains over two decades.
15th August 2024
Ian Kirk, Freelance Instructor at Glennmore Lodge, shares his eight top tips so your bivvying experience is memorable for all the right reasons.
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