Trail Routes

Following a popular route onto the Kinder plateau, a detour from the main path reveals a Peak District scrambling classic.

Here you’ll find all the routes featured in the most recent issue of Trail magazine. You can view the routes on the OS Maps website and, if you’re an OS Maps Premium subscriber, overlay them on 1:25,000 Explorer or 1:50,000 Landranger leisure mapping.

It’s time for a classic – this is Snowdonian royalty and one of the best Grade 1 scrambles in the UK. The mountain is Tryfan and its magnificent north ridge.

Tucked out of the way from the busier Lake District fells, this small yet mighty scramble packs a hell of a punch for its size.

Here you’ll find all the routes featured in the most recent issue of Trail magazine. You can view the routes on the OS Maps website and, if you’re an OS Maps Premium subscriber, overlay them on 1:25,000 Explorer or 1:50,000 Landranger leisure mapping.

Find the perfect peak to climb with your kids in this collection of the UK's best mini mountains.

Follow Trail magazine's step-by-step scrambling guide up the iconic Eastern Summit of Suilven in the North West Highlands.

Here you’ll find all the routes featured in the most recent issue of Trail magazine. You can view the routes on the OS Maps website and, if you’re an OS Maps Premium subscriber, overlay them on 1:25,000 Explorer or 1:50,000 Landranger leisure mapping.

On Tryfan, a mountain awash with fab Grade 1 scrambles, this gully combo often goes unnoticed. Well, notice it now – it’s a corker.

Sgurr Dearg’s ‘In Pinn’ is arguably more of a proper climb than a scramble. That it is the most spectacularly exposed mountain summit ascent in the UK is a matter of fact.

Trail magazine describes the 10 best routes up Snowdon, from simple family walks to knife-edged ridge scrambles.

Here you’ll find all the routes featured in the most recent issue of Trail magazine. You can view the routes on the OS Maps website and, if you’re an OS Maps Premium subscriber, overlay them on 1:25,000 Explorer or 1:50,000 Landranger leisure mapping.

Perhaps the most fun a grown-up can have with clothes on, this Lake District ghyll scramble is best saved for a sunny day because – spoiler alert – you’re going to get wet.

One of the most distinctive mountain ranges in Britain is also home to one of our greatest hillwalks. Join us for a Brecon Beacons masterpiece.

This achievable but exciting introduction to Torridon scrambling on Beinn Alligin provides some incredible scenery to enjoy along the way.

Time to leave behind the more celebrated peaks of the northern Highlands and tackle some shapely, silent summits to the south.

Here you’ll find all the routes featured in the most recent issue of Trail magazine. You can view the routes on the OS Maps website and, if you’re an OS Maps Premium subscriber, overlay them on 1:25,000 Explorer or 1:50,000 Landranger leisure mapping.

An easy-going route that ascends over 400m onto the shoulder of the highest ground in England. Everything about Cockly Pike Ridge makes the epic walk-in worth it.

A rocky scramble and the most expansive view in Snowdonia await you atop this classic and often underrated North Wales mountain.

This jagged Lakeland ridge is full of Alpine character. It should be high on the bucket list of anyone who loves airy scrambles and Lake District scenery in equal measure.

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Often overlooked in favour of its Black Cuillin neighbours, Blabheinn is undoubtedly Skye’s finest standalone mountain.

Here you’ll find all the routes featured in the most recent issue of Trail magazine. You can view the routes on the OS Maps website and, if you’re an OS Maps Premium subscriber, overlay them on 1:25,000 Explorer or 1:50,000 Landranger leisure mapping.

Tucked away around the side of the Carneddau, the Llech Ddu Spur is a classic and spectacularly situated summer scramble. And in winter, it’s even better...