Visitors to a winter-activity centre in the Highlands will be able to reach new heights this summer.

The Nevis Range resort on Aonach Mòr is a major draw for winter mountaineers, its gondola system allowing climbers and walkers quick access to the mountain’s many routes. Now, the ski resort’s managers are to build a high ropes course in the forest at the foot of the lower slopes

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A 73-year-old man walker was found by rescuers after getting lost at night on a Cumbrian fell.

The man, from the Liverpool area, rang 999 after losing his way in darkness late on Monday. Fifteen members of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team and two dog handlers from the Search and Rescue Dogs Association (Lakes) mounted a search for the walker in the High Street area

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Tomorrow is the final date for submissions to the Government’s consultation on freeing Ordnance Survey data.

The process, which began just before last Christmas, could see OS mapping being provided free to walkers, mountaineers, cyclists, mountain bikers and other outdoor enthusiasts. The Government has given strong hints that it would like to offer free mapping

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Visitors to the annual meeting of the British Mountaineering Council will be able to indulge their favourite pastimes: climbing, walking, drinking, eating – and surfing.

The venue for the council’s annual general meeting is Rhossili on the Gower peninsula –famed for its surfing. The meeting, open to all members, will combine the business of the organisation with outdoor activities

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The axe is to fall on a scheme that has managed Britain’s highest mountain for the last seven years.

The Nevis Partnership will wind up its activities next year because of cuts in funding. The charity has pumped £3m-worth of work into path improvements and other projects since it was founded in 2003

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