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Helvellyn still at risk of avalanche
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Avalanche service now live for Scots mountains
Scotland’s avalanche forecast service starts today, but the prospects for the weekend are not great.Climbers in LochaberWhile avalanche risk is low, at category one, in both Lochaber and the northern Cairngorms, the two areas covered by the reports, there’s little in the way of challenging ice conditions.In Lochaber, the Scottish Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) says there is ‘enough ice for your G&T, but not much more’.
Rescuers recover two walkers' bodies
The bodies of two walkers have been found, one in the Lake District and one in Perthshire.Cumbria Constabulary confirmed yesterday evening that the body found on Skiddaw had been formally identified as Roy Sinfield, who came from the Preston, Lancashire, area.Skiddaw in more benign conditions, seen from Keswick And Tayside Police said that rescue teams had discovered the body of a woman in Kindrogan Wood, Kirkmichael, north of Blairgowrie.
Lakes rescuers in soap drama tonight
Lakeland rescuers turn soap stars tonight as they feature in one of Britain’s best known television series.Coronation Street, on ITV1, has a storyline in which one of its characters, factory boss Liam Connor, falls 60m (200ft) while trying to rescue his dog.
Experts say: join the Outdoor Gym to stay trim
Have you made your New Year resolutions yet? Did one of those pledges include joining a gym to burn off the Christmas excess?Walkers in the Howgills, ...
Man and woman die in Dales cave drowning
Two cavers died after drowning in the Yorkshire Dales last night.The bodies of the two were found by rescuers in the Long Churn system at Selside, Ribblesdale.The entrance to Lower Long Churn Cave They were a man aged 33 from the Darlington area and a 28-year-old woman from West Yorkshire.
Ramblers appeal as Scots legal costs hit hard
Money and political clout will determine future right-to-roam cases in Scotland, unless the law is changed.That’s the fear of the Ramblers’ Association, which is facing a cash crisis following the expensive loss of the high-profile Kinfauns Castle case in Perthshire which saw it landed with a bill of up to £80,000.Walkers in the Highlands: right to roam law may be the preserve of the rich in futureIt faces potential further costs in the access case involving Euan Snowie’s Boquhan estate in Stirlingshire and the looming battle over American tycoon Donald Trump’s plans for a massive golf complex on the sand dunes of Balmedie in Aberdeenshire.
Rescued Munroists were 'ill equipped'
Two stranded walkers were found by rescuers at midnight on a Scottish Munro.The men had ventured up the 1,074m (3,524ft) Beinn Dorain in Glen Orchy without a map, compass or torch.
Eccentric owner of Peak eaterie dies
A Peak District climbers’ and walkers’ haunt has lost one of its most notorious characters.Grindleford Station Cafe owner Philip Eastwood collapsed and died of a heart attack while dancing at a party.
Highlands gear up for winter this weekend
Scotland is gearing up for the winter season as December roars in with predicted gusts on the mountain tops of up to 80mph this weekend.Testing the snowpack in LochaberMany Munros have a covering of snow and the ski slope at Cairn Gorm is due to start running tomorrow.There are accumulations of snow above 850m and, weather permitting, the Ptarmigan tow will open on Cairn Gorm from tomorrow.
Snow on the way, but a thaw's not far away
Fresh snow is on the way for the Welsh and Scottish mountains as temperatures cool over the next two days.Glencoe’s avalanche risk is forecast to rise to category three tomorrow as strong south-easterly winds build up unstable windslab on north- and north-west-facing lee slopes.A winter hillwalker tackles blizzard conditions Similar conditions are expected in the northern and southern Cairngorms.
Rescued father's Ben Nevis trip was 'ridiculous'
A father’s decision to climb Ben Nevis in atrocious conditions with his two sons was branded ‘ridiculous’ by rescuers.Weather conditions prevented an RAF helicopter reaching the three, who were eventually rescued by member of the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team, who had been dropped by the helicopter below the cloudbase.Ben Nevis The man and his sons were walked from the mountain after being found about 5pm yesterday.
Centre will give glimpse of climate-change Dales
A national park centre will have a shock glimpse into a climate-change future when it reopens at Easter.Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales National ParkThe Yorkshire Dales centre in Grassington, North Yorkshire, closed at the end of last year for a refitting.
Walkers aid blind mountain pass man in shiny shoes
Walkers came to the aid of a blind man found walking in patent leather shoes through a high Cairngorms pass.The 48-year-old man, who had been reported missing yesterday after failing to return to Aviemore, was rescued from the Lairig Ghru, close to collapse.
Cavers in Dales tragedy named
An inquest was opened and adjourned today into the deaths of the two cavers in the Yorkshire Dales.Cavers tackle a pitch in Lower Long Churn Cave The bodies of Caroline Jane Fletcher, 28, from Riddlesden in Keighley, West Yorkshire, and 33-year-old Stuart John Goodwill of Darlington, Co Durham, were recovered from Dam Pool in Lower Long Churn Cave, at Selside, in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire.
Half-price BMC membership on offer
The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) is having a January sale.Anyone joining in the first two months of 2008 – and electing to pay by direct debit – will get half price membership.The deal, which obviously aims to boost the numbers of the council, means a year’s membership can be had for £14.75.
'Frozen body' on fells is missing walker
Police today confirmed the identity of the man whose body was found encased in ice on the Cumbrian fells.After a check of dental records, and following a post-mortem examination on Christmas Eve, it was revealed that the body was that of missing walker Christopher John Dalgleish, who went missing more than a month ago.Christopher John Dalgleish, whose body was found on the Cumbrian fells He had last been seen shopping in Ambleside on 22 November.
Kyrgyz peak will become Mount Santa Claus
A remote central Asian peak will next week officially become Mount Santa Claus.A team of mountaineers hope to summit the unnamed mountain to plant a capsule in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan on Christmas Eve.
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