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Mike Raine is a mountaineer, writer and outdoor educator based in Eryri (Snowdonia). After careers as a greengrocer and teacher, he spent 15 years at Plas y Brenin, the National Outdoor Centre, working at middle and senior management level and training and assessing the next generation of leaders and instructors. Mike now runs his own business delivering continuing professional development for Outdoor Leaders. He is the author of Nature of Snowdonia (Pesda Press, 2020) and The Mountain Leader: A Practical Manual (Pesda Press, 2023).
A lifelong walker, climber and mountaineer, Mike has recently turned his attention to long-distance bikepacking, travelling extensively across the UK by bike. These adventures form the basis of two new books: Just One More Hill: A Bikepacker’s Tales from the Trails (Gritstone Publishing, May 2026) and End to End: Lizard Point to Cape Wrath – An Off-Road Bikepacking Adventure (September 2026).