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Mountain council produces guide to Scots peaks
If you’re about to start out on your bagging career, or simply want a bit of guidance on which of Scotland’s high mountains class as munros, marilyns, grahams or the rest, you could do worse than download a free guide by one of the best known outdoor writers around.
Mountain rescuer Lewis salavages Scots' pride
A mountain rescue team member salvaged his country’s pride by scaling a 37m (120-foot) pole. Lewis Harrop went to the aid of the National Trust f...
Stirling work earns doctorate for Ramblers' Scots president
The Ramblers’ Association’s Scottish president was awarded an honorary doctorate this week. Dennis Canavan, a former MP and MSP, received his d...
Douglas Scott, mountaineer and photographer, dies
The last survivor of the 1950 Scottish Himalayan Expedition has died. Douglas Scott, a renowned photographer and broadcaster, was one of four who s...
Entries open for Lowe Alpine Marathon
Competitors in next year’s Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon may find the going a little easier after organisers decided to change the event’s courses.
Recycling award winners map out future building blocks
Useful things, maps: route planning; navigating through the hills; sitting on to have your picnic; building houses.
Walkers warned after death of Dales dormouse
Walkers in the Yorkshire Dales have been asked to be on their guard after a baby dormouse was recently crushed to death.
Nevis cairns: job done, now leave Ben in peace, pleads trust
Walkers on the summit of Britain’s highest mountain are being asked not to build any more cairns on it.
Highland cable-car firm fined for accident that left five injured
The operators of the cable cars that hoist thousands of mountaineers up Scotland’s ninth-highest mountain were fined £2,000 after an accident which left five people injured.
Warning issued as fell-top duo resume Helvellyn job
Cumbria’s dynamic duo has once again swung into action – with a warning for ill prepared hillgoers.
Lake District is public's British favourite
Forget John Sergeant and Martina Navratilova. The public has spoken: and the winner is – the Lake District. Thousands of voters put the Cumbrian ...
Walking website wins innovation award
A Scottish walking website received an award for innovation in the ‘tourism Oscars’. Walkhighlands was presented with the award at a ceremony i...
Hot meals back on menu after Black Sail u-turn
Pressure from hungry walkers has forced a u-turn on plans to stop serving food at one of England’s best loved youth hostels.
Durham Dales night races will test adventure all-rounders
Two night races will be an innovation in a new adventure event scheduled for next spring. The iROC meeting will take place in the Durham Dales and ...
Lords change to Planning Bill will safeguard commons
Pressure from campaigners has forced a Government u-turn on a new law which put common land at risk. Provisions in the Planning Bill going through ...
Kendal gears up to welcome world's top mountain names
Its previous claims to fame were that it was the home of the sickly sweet mint cake that fuelled many a mountain ascent and that it was where the Grumpy Old Fellwalker chose to lay his flat cap and create his masterpieces of Lakeland literature.
All I want for Christmas is a new footpath...
Loath as we are to mention the C-word so early – we hate the ads for hideous sofas and jingle-bells jollity just as much as anyone in the midst of dark, miserable November – we have come across a festive gift for the fellwalker who has everything.
Injured walker stretchered from Lakeland mountain
A man had to be rescued from a Lake District Peak today after injuring his leg in a fall. The 39-year-old, from Bristol, slipped while coming down ...