Wildtrace.
A lone hiker on a high mountain ridge at dawn, a vast valley far below in cold blue light

54.60°N 3.13°W · NY 266 235 · KESWICK, CUMBRIA

Walk where the signal dies.

Small-group trekking expeditions. Eight people, one guide, and some of the last quiet places in Europe and beyond.

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EST. 2014KESWICK HQMAX GROUP 8IML & MIC GUIDES96% RETURN RATE55 ROUTES · 7 CONTINENTSinReach ON EVERY TRIP

ROUTE CARDS · 55 ROUTES · 7 CONTINENTS

Every trip below runs with a maximum of eight walkers. Grades are honest: grade 4 means grade 4.

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THE METHOD

How we run trips

01 · GROUP SIZE

Eight, never more

Eight walkers is the most one guide can genuinely watch on a high pass. It is also the most a bothy, a mountain hut or a quiet campsite can absorb without wrecking the thing you came for. We have refused to raise it since 2014.

02 · GUIDES

Qualified, named, present

Every winter trip is led by a Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor (MIC). Every international trek is led by an International Mountain Leader (IML). You will know your guide's name before you book, and they will phone you before you fly.

03 · GROUND

Leave no trace

Wild camps are moved every season. Group waste comes out with us — all of it. We pay hut fees and homestay rates in full, book local mule teams and boats, and cap our own trips per valley per year. Quiet places stay quiet because visits stay small.

THE LEDGER · 2014–2026

55

ROUTES WITH 2026–27 DATES

7

CONTINENTS · YES, ALL OF THEM

8

MAX GROUP SIZE

96%

RETURN RATE SINCE 2014

NEW ON THE PLANNING TABLE

Plot it. Pack it.

55 ROUTES · 7 CONTINENTS · ONE CHART

Every route, one map

The whole catalogue plotted on a single chart — pan the planet, pick a season, and see what runs where. Route-card data on every marker.

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THE LIST OUR GUIDES ACTUALLY PACK

The kit room

Every item we recommend, honestly reviewed — what to spend on, what to save on, and what to hire from us for a few pounds a trip.

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Rhona MacAllister, a weathered outdoorswoman in a dark softshell, mountains behind her

Rhona MacAllister

MIC · FOUNDER · WINTER LEAD
Ben Okonkwo in a wool beanie and alpine shell, snowy peaks out of focus behind him

Ben Okonkwo

IML · ALPINE LEAD

THE PEOPLE

Guides, not reps

Wildtrace was founded by Rhona MacAllister after fourteen years with Keswick Mountain Rescue. The team is six guides and one office phone. Between them: one MIC, four IMLs, a Norwegian tindevegleder, more mountain seasons than the office whiteboard can hold — and a firm policy of turning back when the mountain says no.

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FROM THE JOURNAL

Field notes

BEN OKONKWO · 18 AUG 2025 · HARDANGERVIDDA

The day we didn't cross

Visibility fell to eight metres somewhere west of Rauhelleren. What happened next is the most useful thing you can read about how we make decisions.

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KIT, HONESTLY

You don't need £900 of new kit.

Most of what the shops will sell you stays in the drawer. We send a real list — the one our guides actually pack — and a WhatsApp number for questions. Boots that fit and a shell that works matter more than anything with a hashtag. Sleeping bags and axes can be hired from us for a few pounds a trip.

FULL KIT LIST SENT ON BOOKING · HIRE: SLEEPING BAG £30 · AXE & CRAMPONS £25

DEPARTURES · 2026–27

Pick your wild.

Fifty-five expeditions, seven continents, one rule: eight people, no more.

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