Scotland

Skills

• Mini-guide: Lightweight backpacking in the Scottish Highlands

Long-distance walking

• The Cape Wrath Trail – the heavyweight classic
• The TGO Challenge – an organised non-competitive backpacking event
• The West Highland Way – the old favourite
• The Alder Trail – a challenging journey from Fort William to Aviemore
• The Skye Trail – the best way to explore one of Scotland’s finest islands
• The Ardgour-Mull Trail  – a varied route away from well-trodden paths

Winter backpacking

• A Cairngorms Learning Curve — landscape photography and Munro-bagging in the Cairngorms
• The Lochaber Traverse – in pursuit of perfection
• Snowshoes on Bynack More – sometimes colour is superfluous
• A night in Ben Alder Cottage – the haunted bothy
• Three winter glens in the Cairngorms – a low-level route of quality in the Cairngorms

Winter climbing and mountaineering

• When Glen Coe resembled the Himalaya — a collection of images from a day in the Winter of Legends
• Aonach Beag and Ben Nevis, Alpine-style – an unforgettable day in the mountains, fast and light
• Windslab Wall – the story of my first winter climb
• A Blizzard on Ben Nevis – a winter bivvying adventure on the big bad Ben
• The Ascent of the Pinnacle Face – anatomy of a near-disaster

Nature and conservation

• 21 Years on Ben Nevis — a feature I wrote for the John Muir Trust on their stewardship of the UK’s highest mountain.