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Pack your torch – experts' advice as clocks go back

As the clocks go back and daylight shortens, walkers and outdoor enthusiasts need to plan their days out more carefully to avoid becoming a mountain rescue statistic.

Don't overlook climbers and walkers, council tells sports body

Climbing and hillwalking should be at the heart of Scotland’s sporting efforts. That’s the view of the Mountaineering Council of Scotland in it...

Hinkes will tackle tops to help his avalanche rescuers

One of Britain’s best known climbers faces a new challenge this week to raise funds for mountain rescuers.

Rescuers head to four corners in push for new base cash

Mountain rescuers in need of a new headquarters will be heading north, and south, east and west, in a quest to raise cash for the new building.

Experts warn walkers: it's still winter on the hills

The calendar may say it’s spring, but in the mountains, it’s still firmly winter. Authorities in Snowdonia warned that full winter gear – inc...

Man dies after 650ft Lakeland fall

A man has died after falling from a crag in the Lake District. The walker was with two work colleagues when he fell 200m (650ft) from Great End in ...

End to Met's seasonal forecasts after 'mild winter' criticism

Britain’s national weather forecasting body today announced it would no longer issue public seasonal predictions and would instead compile monthly forecasts.

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.

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.

Your chance to win the fact-packed little book that every hillwalker should have

No-one knows the mountains better than the rescue teams who turn out to help those in trouble, and those nice people at Mountain Rescue England & Wales are offering five lucky grough readers the chance to win a copy of Call Out Mountain Rescue?.

Hinkes tops Helvellyn to complete county tops record

Mountaineer Alan Hinkes has completed his record-breaking round of the shire-county tops of England. He topped out on Helvellyn, the highest point ...

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...

Avalanche service winds up as winter loses its grip

Scotland’s avalanche forecasting service has been scaled back as the winter season draws towards a close.

Lakeland death-fall walker named

The walker who fell to his death on a Lake District fell at the weekend has been named. Paul Robert Newing, 35, of Dukinfield, Tameside, Greater Ma...