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Police appeal for walkers' help after Snowdon digger vandalised on Llanberis Path
Police are appealing to walkers for help in tracking down vandals on Wales’s highest mountain. An excavator belonging to Snowdonia National Park ...
Rescue team seeks information on ice-axe found on Ben Nevis
Have you lost a piece of climbing gear on Britain’s highest mountain? Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team said a technical ice-axe was found on the Nor...
Climber rescued after breaking ankle in Malham Cove fall
A climber was rescued from a Yorkshire Dales crag after falling 10ft and breaking his ankle. The 19-year-old was tackling a route on Malham Cove on...
Body of missing walker Herpreet Bilkhu found on Ben More
Rescuers have found the body of a missing hillwalker on a southern Highlands munro. Edinburgh man Herpreet Bilkhu was reported missing after going ...
Operation Moffat adventure film shortlisted for Women's Sport Trust award
A film about a journey following in the footsteps of Britain’s pioneering first woman mountain guide has been shortlisted for an award.
Cairngorms search for missing walker Jim Robertson will resume at weekend
Searches for a walker missing in the Cairngorms for more than two weeks will resume this weekend. Mountain rescue teams will be based in the area o...
Top award goes to Frio wallet that keeps diabetic outdoor fans' insulin cool
A pouch that allows outdoor enthusiasts to keep vital medicine at the correct temperature has won the top accolade in an inaugural award.
Appeal launched to pave Coast to Coast Walk bog on Nine Standards Rigg
Plans are afoot to improve the boggiest section of one of England’s most popular long-distance walking routes.
Lost Bleaklow walker found after seven-hour night-time search
A man was brought to safety from the Peak District’s second-highest hill after a seven-hour night-time search involving three mountain rescue teams.
Missing walker Tom Brown's sister pleads with hill-goers to leave route details
The sister of a walker missing in the Highlands for more than eight months pleaded with hillgoers not to be irresponsible.
Spirit of Kinder gathering will mark Mass Trespass anniversary
The British Mountaineering Council’s hillwalking advocate will be among those gathering to mark the anniversary of a historic event in the battle for access to England’s uplands.
Man airlifted after suffering head injuries in fall at Cow and Calf, Ilkley
A man was airlifted from a West Yorkshire beauty spot after falling and injuring himself. The 52-year-old was scrambling on rocks at the Cow and Ca...
Critically injured man airlifted to hospital after 650ft Helvellyn fall
A severely injured man was airlifted from England’s third-highest mountain after falling 650ft. The 32-year-old, from the South of England, fell ...
Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden gain Piolets d'Or awards for Gave Ding climb
Two British climbers have taken a prize at the ‘mountaineering Oscars’ for an unprecedented third time.
Britain's highest mountain Ben Nevis gains a metre in height
The United Kingdom’s highest mountain just grew by a few inches. But a sudden tectonic upsurge hasn’t hit the Highlands of Scotland; rather, Be...
Seriously injured Lakeland walker rescued after cries for help heard
A man was airlifted to hospital after being knocked unconscious when he fell up to 100ft from a Lake District fell.
Ex-Oban team leader elected Damon Powell elected chair of Scottish Mountain Rescue
A former team leader of Oban Mountain Rescue Team has been elected chair of the umbrella body for Scottish teams.
Longest new stretch of new England Coast Path opens in Somerset
The longest new section of the England Coast Path officially opened to the public today. Natural England’s chairman Andrew Sells marked the openi...