The organisers behind some of the UK’s most iconic ultrarunning events have released a statement to announce that they have ceased trading, raising questions about the future of races including the ...

I’ve put this shoe through its paces over everything from soggy 5Ks on chalky Wiltshire trails to 20km+ recces in Eryri, and what I’ve found is a genuinely versatile trail running shoe. The Norvan LD ...

This is my fourth High Coast Winter Hike, organised by FriluftsByn, the “outdoors village”. I first came on the 35km trek in 2019 after a Facebook ad had me correctly pegged as someone who liked ...

That’s another year of the now crazily popular UTMB series of races wrapped up, a year that saw the first British men’s winner since 2010 and an enthralling contest between first and second place in ...

The L.I.M range from Hagöfs has become a real favourite amongst the team here at Outdoors Magic with piece after piece impressing our testers. The concept of L.I.M, which stands for Less Is More, is ...

The Patagonia Super Alpine Jacket goes way back over a decade. Now we have the Super Free Alpine. This carries on the core essence of that original jacket while also bringing a very modern new fabric ...

A group of campaigning runners have published an open letter to German sports brand Adidas in reaction to the brand’s release of a new shoe designed specifically for one race day. Adidas announced the ...

The Techy Bits The Torlesse is more a pulling together of established pack technologies than anything insanely radical. There are some neat touches though, like the back panel which incorporates two ...

In full winter conditions, on steep ground, in the mountains, there isn’t really a substitute for crampons, but what about those odd intermediate days on lower hills, days when your route crosses ...

At first glance the Alpkit’s new(ish) Elan bivy bag might look completely identical to Snugpak’s Stratosphere, a bivy that’s been around for a number of years now. Look a bit closer and there are a ...

L.I.M in case you were wondering, stands for less is more. It’s a collection from the Swedish brand that focuses on providing high functioning kit but in a minimalist, unfussy way. I’ve used a bunch ...

Cheap sunglasses are basically a disposable product. With lenses and frames made from brittle plastic, they are not designed to last. And like any disposable product, that’s a problem, because sooner ...