Scots midge forecast now online as new season starts

They can turn a pleasant walk into a nightmare; they hunt by sense of smell and bring misery to many visitors to the Highlands and other areas of the great outdoors.

New bridge cuts rescuers' journeys to Cuillin

Mountain rescuers will have less distance to cover following the installation of a new footbridge on Skye.

Third time lucky as Fiennes summits Everest

Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has made it to the top of Everest at his third attempt. He entered the record books just before 1am this morning as th...

Police name climber in Skye death fall

Police have released details of the climber who died in a fall on the Cuillin ridge yesterday. Matthew Benjamin Elliott, 31, of Harrogate, North Yo...

Bonington helps round off Wainwright rescue dog fund effort

Veteran mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington helped round off a marathon fellwalking charity effort that raised £4,000 for search and rescue dogs.

One man dead and another injured in separate Cuillin falls

A man has died and another suffered leg injuries in separate incidents on the Cuillin ridge on Skye. The dead man was climbing with a companion whe...

Ale at the end of the trail as mountain centre brew launches

Many lovers of the hills say the walk is only half the story, and no trip on to the fells is complete without a good visit to the pub at the end of the journey.

Coast-to-Coast charity hero Tom dies

The young walker who braved some of the winter’s worst weather to complete the Coast-to-Coast Walk for charity died yesterday.

Walker's death was accidental, coroner decides

A walker whose body was found on Bowfell died accidentally, a coroner decided. Jeremy Lloyd Ayrton, of Windermere, fell from the Climbers’ Traver...