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Bothy restrictions in place as deerstalking season gets underway
The charity that looks after mountain shelters has warned some of them have restrictions during the deerstalking season.
New boot launches help boost brasher half-year sales by 30 per cent
Leading boot brand brasher saw its sales increase by 30 per cent in the first half of this year, compared to 2012.
'Ill equipped' pair rescued after injury on Snowdon
Two rescue teams went to the aid of a pair of ill equipped walkers on Wales’s highest mountain after one of them slipped and injured himself.
Ramblers urge action on England Coast Path as seaside towns decline
The Ramblers’ boss is due on national television this evening to press the case for the England Coast Path.
Buttermere walker rescued after breaking ankle in slip
A Lake District walker was rescued after breaking her ankle. The 64-year-old woman was walking on the path between Scale Force and Buttermere today...
Primaloft announces sponsorship of Original Mountain Marathon
PrimaLoft will sponsor this year’s Original Mountain Marathon, the company has announced. It is the second time the insulation brand has backed t...
BBC's Countryfile rapped for featuring Rab clothing too prominently
The producers of the BBC’s Countryfile programme have been rapped for allowing its presenters to give undue prominence to an outdoor brand.
Sir Chris Bonington reopens refurbished Ambleside youth hostel
Mountaineering elder statesman Sir Chris Bonington officially opened one of his local youth hostels. The YHA Ambleside hostel has undergone a £1.4...
Gordon Moss named as mountain biker who died in fall at Laddow Rocks
The mountain biker who died in a fall at Laddow Rocks has been named. Gordon Moss, 54, of Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, was with five companions on Bl...
Instructor praised for helping Corn Du walker with broken ankle
An outdoor instructor was praised by rescuers after he helped an injured walker and raised the alarm when he came across the man on south Wales’s second-highest mountain.
Manslaughter charge for Paul Waterfall after Roger Freeman killed by bull
Police have charged a man following the death of a walker almost three years ago. Roger Freeman was killed by a bull while walking at Stanford on S...
Oggie 8 mountain challengers help raise cash for Ogwen rescuers
More than 80 walkers and runners helped raise cash for a rescue team in a Snowdonia mountain challenge.
Four children among group rescued in Helvellyn mist
Four young children were among eight walkers rescued after getting lost on England’s third highest mountain.
50-year-old Stuart Mills wins gruelling Montane Lakeland 100 race
One of the toughest ultrarunning races in the country was won by a 50-year-old, and the fastest woman knocked more than four hours off last year’s winning time.
Injured walker airlifted from Hay Stacks
A walker was airlifted from a Lake District fell after injuring his leg. The 42-year-old, from Essex, was on Hay Stacks today when he injured his k...
Walker suffers head injury in fall at Malham Cove
A walker was rescued after suffering a head injury in the Yorkshire Dales. The 71-year-old woman fell on rocks at the foot of Malham Cove today. ...
James Dunsby named as third soldier to die in Pen y Fan incident
The Ministry of Defence has named the third soldier who died after collapsing on south Wales’s highest mountain.
Cumbria walkers warned not to approach escaped porcupines
Walkers in the Eden Valley are being warned not to approach two porcupines that have escaped from an animal rescue centre.