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RAF crew finds missing Monadhliath walker
A walker who was reported missing in the Highlands has been safe and well. The woman, from the Edinburgh area, camped out on the hillside overnight...
Meeting will mark Walkers Are Welcome growth
A conference next month will celebrate the growing Walkers Are Welcome movement. The scheme has seen a trebling of towns awarded the status in the ...
Cyclists take over Three Peaks for annual event
Three Yorkshire Dales fells, normally the domain of walkers and runners, will this weekend be a sea of colourful Lycra-clad cyclists as the annual Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross race hits the fells.
Hiking in the raw beckons for Harz walkers
Walkers who love the feel of the wind in the Trossachs can indulge themselves on a new trail in Germany.
Ramblers welcome scrambling decision
Walkers’ representatives are celebrating after a council threw out plans to turn a Welsh beauty spot into a motorbike scrambling area.
Glyder death-fall woman named
An inquest was today opened and adjourned following the death of a woman on the Idwal Slabs in Snowdonia.
Mountaineering council seeks IT volunteers
The search is on for keen walkers or climbers who have computing skills, to help staff at the Manchester office of the British Mountaineering Council.
Woman dies in Snowdonia fall
A woman has died in a fall in Snowdonia. The incident happened this evening on the Idwal Slabs near the base of Glyder Fawr in the Ogwen Valley. Ea...
Walker dies in Highland fall
A man has died after a fall in the Torridon Highlands. The walker died on Beinn Eighe after a party of four spent the night on the 1,010m (3,314ft)...
Rescue teams search for missing Highlands walker
An RAF helicopter has joined the search for a missing walker in the Highlands. Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team and RAF Kinloss MRT are currently sea...
Wainwright calendar will help Fix the Fells
The Wainwright Society, aficionados of the chronicler of the Cumbrian fells, is to produce its first ever pictorial calendar.
Cow attack puts Dales Way walker in hospital
A walker was hospitalised after being attacked by a cow in the Yorkshire Dales. The incident happened as 86-year-old Ken Honeyman was on the Dales ...
Warning for walkers as bridge is swept away
Walkers in the Cairngorms are being warned that a bridge in a popular glen has been washed away. The Carnachuin Bridge in Glen Feshie was swept awa...
Council urged to drop footpath plan
Campaigners are urging a Welsh council to drop plans which, they say, will lead to the neglect of some of its public paths.
Walkers can join Everest pair on Lakeland walks
Walkers have the rare chance to join hikes led by two of mountaineering’s best known names this weekend.
Welsh peak will bear name of 'lost princess'
A Welsh peak will join a family circle this weekend, following a concerted campaign to have it renamed.
Mallory, munros and Archer: the view from the Corrie
You’ve seen him on the telly, now you can read his magazine. Fresh from his appearance loafing on a mountainside with Nicholas Crane, grough gues...
Nevis rubbish drives volunteers bananas
It’s enough to drive a mountaineer bananas: Britain’s highest peak is being blighted by a thousand discarded skins as thoughtless walkers toss away the remains of their energy-boosting snack.