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Dales walkers get improved weather forecast service
Walkers and climbers in the Yorkshire Dales now have an improved weather forecast service. The independent Mountain Weather Information Service has...
Tom's memory sparks new coast-to-coast challenge
A friend of an inspirational young cancer patient who walked Wainwright’s Coast to Coast route while in the final months of his life aims to complete his own coast-to-coast journey.
Cable snap leads to closure of popular walkers' bridge - updated
A conservation charity is warning walkers a popular bridge in the Highlands has been closed after it became unsafe.
Relief on hand for challenge walkers as new loos arrive
A remote Lake District village is gearing up for its annual invasion of thousands of footsore walkers bursting to tackle England’s highest peak.
Walking pair injured in Skye fall
A walker was airlifted from a Scottish ridge after falling 15m (50ft) and injuring his head. The 59-year-old man was with his 52-year-old wife when...
Mountain council looks at setting up safety forum
A new group charged with mountain safety in England and Wales could be in the offing after the British Mountaineering Council agreed to look into setting up a forum.
Snowdon summit building gains two awards
The mountain-top cafe and visitor centre on Wales’s highest peak has won an architectural award. Hafod Eryri, near the 1,085m (3,560ft) summit of...
Five Sisters added to trust guided walks list
A conservation charity has extended its range of guided walks to take in a challenging Highland ridge.
Fight goes on at Pooh bridge footpath
Campaigners have vowed to fight on after a landowner was given permission for a riding area across a footpath leading to a bridge immortalised in a popular children’s novel.
Murder hunt police appeal to Highland walkers and cyclists
Police investigating the murder of a woman are appealing to walkers and cyclists for sightings of a car in the Highlands.
Briton dies on Everest after going blind
A British climber has died on Everest after he went blind during his attempt. Peter Kinloch, who worked as a civilian for Merseyside Police, had su...
Mountain team completes 1,200-mile Compass Challenge
A Highland mountain rescue team travelled 1,930km (1,200 miles) in an effort to raise cash for a new headquarters.
Three strikes for walkers as freak storm hits fells
Four walkers were injured when lightning struck in three separate incidents on neighbouring Lake District fells.
Rescue team offers helicopter missions to visitors
A mountain rescue team is offering visitors to its revamped website the chance to fly a rescue helicopter on missions to save stricken walkers.
Supporters sign up to Lakeland zip-wire petition
Supporters of plans to install a controversial zip wire on a Lake District fell have signed up to an online petition.
Jury clears council following caving death
A local authority was cleared of breaching health and safety laws in a caving incident in which a 14-year-old boy died.
Skye no limit as Spyke's munro attempt continues
He’s had to contend with ticks, missing camping gear and Achilles’ heel problems, but the man aiming to break the muscle-powered record time for a munro round has surpassed the greatest challenge yet – the Cuillin ridge on Skye.
High drama for injured Bonita as Sherpas risk own lives
Record-breaking Everest summiteer Kenton Cool has praised a team of Sherpas who put their own lives at risk to save a British woman’s life after she slipped on the mountain.