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Two rescue teams in search after Glencoe avalanche

Mountain rescuers are searching an area near the Glencoe ski centre on Meall a’ Bhùiridh after an avalanche.

The great outdoors in 2011: the year in view

Our customary look-back at the past year provides a mix of triumph and controversy; tragedy and humour, with a few heroic acts.

Avalanche victim's memorial fund offers climbing expedition cash

Trustees of a fund set up in memory of a climber who died in an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands are offering financial help for mountaineering expeditions.

2010 in retrospect: join us in a look back at the outdoors year

As the year draws to a close, we take a look back at the events that have shaped the events in 2010. From tragedy to triumph, heartbreak to ecstasy, t...

Avalanche service starts early, as risk rises in Cairngorms

Parts of the Highlands are at high risk of avalanche, experts have warned. With much of Britain in the grip of early winter conditions, the sportsc...

Explosives used to blast Cairngorm avalanche snow

Cairn Gorm’s ski resort operators today used dynamite to clear snow threatening to avalanche on to its slopes.

Warnings to winter mountaineers as avalanche risk stays high

The risk of avalanches remains high in three of the five areas covered by the sportscotland Avalanche Information Service.

Avalanche service appoints new chief

International mountain guide Mark Diggins has been appointed the co-ordinator of the sportscotland Avalanche Information Service.

Mountain accident blackspots: what's to be done?

Are there places we should avoid in the mountains?...

The outdoors world in 2012: our backward glance at the year past

Our rearward glance at a news-packed 2012 includes, as always, tragedy as well as uplifting stories of the great outdoors, and a few oddities.

Mountain council to stage avalanche awareness days

With frequent heavy snow showers forecast for the Highlands over the next few days, with up to a metre of snow expected on Scottish hills, comes a timely reminder of upcoming avalanche awareness courses.

Mountain safety legend will open avalanche training centre

A mountaineering legend will open a pioneering avalanche training site this weekend. Hamish Macinnes, who climbed with fellow luminaries Sir Chris ...

Bumper snowfall leads to early Highland ski opening

A Scottish ski resort is opening earlier than in any season in the last 13 years. The Nevis Range facility on Aonach Mòr will operate this weekend...

Views sought on updated avalanche service

The head of Scotland’s avalanche service is seeking views on its provision over last winter. Co-ordinator Mark Diggins, who took over in charge o...

Two 'lucky to survive' after 2,000ft Glencoe avalanche

Two men have survived after digging themselves out of an avalanche after they were swept 610m (2,000ft) down a mountainside in Glencoe.

Tragedy and triumph: the outdoor world in 2009 (continued)

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..

It's snowing, so wise up to winter

It’s snowing! Or, at least, it has been. Reports from the Mountaineering Council of Scotland say the first snow of the season has been spotted on th...