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Out there Winter adventures


What’s the future for the BMC?


How you can help shape our work


Renaissance


Inside the rise of the new Scottish skiing scene


Mend Our Mountains 2 Revealed: how we’re aiming to raise one million for the British mountains


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Breaking point


Pete Whittaker takes himself to the limit in Yosemite


Inaccessible


When it comes to mountain writing, Robert Macfarlane is above them all


Alpine classics: Strahlhorn Could this be your first 4,000m peak on skis?


Secret Snowdonia We bet you haven’t ticked these scrambles


8 News


14 Stuff: £1,600 of gear must be won


16 In gear: winter mountaineering 18 Off the shelf: readers’ offers 72 Walk skills: winter hills 74 Climb skills: get sharp 76 Your BMC: essential BMC info 82 Self portrait


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DON’T MISS


DON’T MISS


REGULARS


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FEATURES


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