Skip to content
Alex Roddie

'A young and excellent outdoor writer' —Cameron McNeish

'Alex's role is to make the words come out good' —Jenny Tough

Stories and photographs from the mountains. I write books and magazine articles, and edit Sidetracked magazine.

Subscribe here to receive new blog posts direct to your inbox.

Recent Posts

Members Public

Postcards from Morocco

In late June, I began the long journey from Scotland to Morocco. The goal: to hike the Toubkal Circuit, climb Toubkal itself, and then have further adventures amongst the 4,000m peaks of the Toubkal National Park. This trip was planned and organised by my friend Emily Woodhouse, who is

Postcards from Morocco
Members Public

Building Alpenglow Journal: a new type of outdoor publication

Friends, it's time to talk about the future. In my last Substack update, I wrote that I was working on plans for a complete relaunch of The Pinnacle. I hinted at a pivot towards something different – something I hoped to launch in July. Although I’m not quite

Building Alpenglow Journal: a new type of outdoor publication
Members Public

Sidetracked Volume 30: the Art of the Journey, and a look back at a decade in print

30 issues. 10 years. Still here, still seeking out those special stories, still offering an antidote to the scrolling. I'm pleased to announce that Volume 30 of Sidetracked magazine is now available to order (or why not subscribe?) Every issue of Sidetracked is special, because we only publish

Sidetracked Volume 30: the Art of the Journey, and a look back at a decade in print

Mastodon