5 Winter Hiking Myths Holding You Back ❄️

A lot of people assume winter hiking is this hardcore, specialist world. The kind reserved for mountaineers with ice axes strapped to their packs and years of experience under their belts (which if you want to scale the North Face of Ben Nevis then yes you will need a tad more experience). But if you’re anything like I was as a beginner, it’s easy to look at snow-covered hills and think, “yeah, that’s not for me… I’ll just wait until spring.”

In reality you absolutely can hike in winter as a beginner, safely, confidently, and without needing to be an expert. In fact winter is my favourite season for hiking (even though I hate being cold), it’s full on, exciting and beautiful all in the same breath.

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