Anger and fury: the noise from the black stuff on Snowdon

Let me, dear reader, take you to a place you may never have visited before. It is a dark place where the whole world seems out to get you; where th...

Every rescuer's nightmare: Mayday! Helicopter down

As mountain rescue teams raise the public's awareness in a series of May Day events, Ogwen Valley Mountain Organisation member Matt Sutton recalls a difficult rescue of a badly injured winter climber that almost ended in disaster.

Pass the baton and ditch the bobble hat: Ramblers reach 75

From the present Gore-tex world of GPS, Twitter, electronic maps and online route planning, the 1930s seem an eternity away.

Tragedy and triumph: the outdoor world in 2009

As the decade which seems to have become known as the noughties packed its bags and prepared for the trip into history, its final days had a familiar ring: winter catching out climbers and walkers, with tragic consequences.

The highs and lows of our country's top spots

Why? It's the hardest question. The who, what, where, when and even the how can usually be dispatched with a cursory examination of basic facts. But w...

Murmuring, muttering and mood music – a change to the munros is almost upon us

As I write, we’re only 48 hours or so from the first change to the list of munros for quite some time.

Friends together: walkers urged to put something back into Three Peaks

Standing proud in the south-western corner of the Yorkshire Dales national park are three fells that, for centuries, have been the centre of mankind’s curiosity.

Hello marilyn! One up, one down in trio's survey quest

They’re at it again! Not satisfied with promoting a Welsh hill to mountain status and elevating an Arran peak to the list of marilyns, three intrepi...

England's second-oldest national trail celebrates 40 years

Forty years ago, the great and the good gathered in the ruins of a north Yorkshire castle to celebrate the culmination of a successful campaign going back decades.