This winter could be your springboard to a brilliant mountaineering future, and Trail, LFTO and Cotswold are here to help you seize it NOW. There's a special section in the November issue of Trail, extra features and video here (check back for more videos in the coming days), and a series of six email tutorials to enjoy. So get geared up for a brilliant UK winter - your passport to the mountains of the world!

What it's like: Aonach Eagach

 How to ice-axe arrest

Gear advice at its best

Gear - Ice Axes Video

Gear - Boots Video

Gear - Rucksacks Video

Britain's Best Alpine Ridge
Ben Nevis is home to an epic all wannabe mountaineers should aspire to

Download free first winter routes
Start safe and simple this winter to lay solid winter skills foundations

My alps hell!
One Trail reader looks back on his first alpine trip… and shudders

My alps heaven!
Trail Tech Ed Graham Thompson prescribes his alpine dos and don’ts

Mont Blanc: beauty or beast?
The secret of making Mont Blanc a great memory not a dreary slog

Can you really do ‘alpine’ in Britain?
Trail editor Matt Swaine says yes while reliving a ‘Highlander’ moment

Winter gear reviews

Mountaineer gear heaven

Mountaineers’ best friends

 Win gear & get advice