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Adventurers sought for second mountain rescue team challenge

A mountain rescue team has thrown down the gauntlet to adventurous outdoors fans who fancy finding their way round a forest on foot and on a bike.

Hurricane and whiteout warnings for Highlands as storm approaches

Hurricane-force winds are set to hit the Highlands tomorrow, with snow to follow. The Met Office is forecasting gusts of up to 130mph (210kph) on m...

GPS jamming will affect Pennine forests

The Ministry of Defence will jam sat-nav signals in the remote north Pennines during exercises later this year.

Expert offers biking course – for walkers

A mountain expert is offering a biking course – for hillwalkers. The one-day session is aimed at walkers who also use mountain bikes, for example...

Ramblers: turbines destroying Scotland's wildernesses

Britain’s biggest walking charity is warning outdoor enthusiasts to enjoy Scotland’s wildernesses while they can, before they disappear.

Jamming exercises will affect GPS signals

Walkers using GPS devices are being warned of a military radio jamming exercise that is likely to affect their signals.

Pen-y-ghent from Horton in Ribblesdale via the Pennine Way

Jon the crowds on the most popular route up Pen-y-ghent, one of Yorkshire's Three Peaks. Easy navigation makes this route easy to follow...

A hard day's night: dogged determination helps rescuers find their man

A walker is missing high on a Peak District mountain. It's a hard day's night for the men and women of the Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team as they searc...

'Regret' at further Holyrood delays on Hill Tracks campaign

Holyrood politicians have expressed their disappointment at the news a campaign to curtail the proliferation of tracks on Scotland’s hills and mountains will not now be discussed before the May elections.

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.

Rescued Nevis trio 'lucky to be alive'

A trio of badly equipped students rescued from Britain’s highest mountain are lucky to be alive, according to the team that went to their aid.

New Scots mountaineering head pledges to tackle threat to landscape

The new president of Scotland’s representative mountaineering body said he shares his predecessor’s fears for the country’s upland landscape in the face of increased development.

Mountain body upbeat on safety as incidents drop to 30-year low

The number of mountain rescue incidents in Scotland has fallen to a 30-year-low, according to the representative body for climbers, hillwalkers and mountaineers.

Outdoors bodies say politicians must act to control hill-track spread

Outdoors campaigners say the Scottish Government must act now to control the spread of controversial vehicle tracks across the country’s wild lands.

Walkers will carry coffin to mark 'death of wilderness'

A group of walkers plans to carry a coffin to the site of a proposed windfarm to mark the death of the Scottish wilderness.

Politician urges outdoors fans to make views heard on hilltracks

A Scottish politician is urging outdoors enthusiasts to make their views known when a consultation paper on hilltracks is published next week.

Bleaklow from Longdendale

Pity poor Bleaklow. Few have a good word to say about this boggy hulk, glowering above the busy valley of Longdendale, itself a victim of human engine...