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Munro baggers needed for water-charity challenge

A charity is looking for volunteers for a mass challenge that it hopes will put people on every 3,000ft mountain on the British Isles on one day next summer.

19 December 2009

Avalanche rose makes risks clear to winter mountaineers

It’s out with the old and in with the new as Scotland’s avalanche service launches for the new winter season with a much improved look.

18 December 2009

Coroner halts Ten Tors inquest as charges considered

A coroner has adjourned an inquest into the death of a 14-year-old girl who died during a Ten Tors training expedition.

17 December 2009

Rescue boss in push for Fort William mountain helicopter

Scotland could have its own civilian mountain rescue helicopter if a campaign is successful. John Grieve, leader of the Glencoe Mountain Rescue Tea...

17 December 2009

Anniversary challenge to councils to put themselves on the map

Councils are being challenged to wake up and get their maps up to date, on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the law that obliges them to record rights of way.

15 December 2009

Turbines would be blot on Bowland landscape say opponents

Campaigners are urging planners to throw out an application to build wind turbines on common land in an area of outstanding natural beauty.

14 December 2009

Plans would see Cumbrian fells added to Yorkshire Dales

More bits of Cumbria could find themselves in the Yorkshire Dales under a planned expansion of two northern English national parks.

13 December 2009

One climber dead and another in hospital after Glencoe fall

A climber has died after a fall in Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands. Police were alerted at 4.55pm today to the incident, which happened in a gull...

12 December 2009

MSP backs mountaineering council's bid to control hill tracks

Scotland’s wilderness areas are being irrevocably damaged by the construction of uncontrolled hill tracks, according to the nation’s mountaineering body.

11 December 2009

OS map data: what happened to the consultation?

A public consultation on the future of Ordnance Survey mapping failed to materialise this week. Despite assurances from a Government minister that ...

19 December 2009

MP wants residents' veto on national park extensions

A Lakeland MP says the proposed extension of the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales national parks should be put to a referendum of residents.

17 December 2009

Tree scheme beats Stanage project to win grant

Walkers’ and climbers’ projects missed out in a public vote to decide where a £5,000 grant would be spent in the Peak District.

17 December 2009

No Christmas felltop report as Craig steps down

Walkers and climbers heading for a festive foray on to the Lakeland fells will have to do without a vital service for the first time in 34 years.

16 December 2009

Path repairs will help Coast to Coast walkers

Walkers on Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Walk will have a smoother passage along part of the route after improvements to a badly eroded section.

15 December 2009

Glencoe death-fall climber had gone to help stricken walker

It has emerged that the climber who died on Saturday in Glencoe had gone to the aid of a walker who had himself fallen 20m (70ft) into a shallow river.

14 December 2009

William to start mountain rescue helicopter training

Prince William’s career as a search and rescue pilot took a step forward this week after he completed his advanced helicopter training course.

12 December 2009

Medal reward for wandering dog's 32 mountain ascents

A dog with a yearning for the hilltops has been made an honorary member of a national park support group.

11 December 2009

Walker dies in fall from Snowdon

A walker has died after falling from Wales’s highest mountain. The man was airlifted by RAF Sea King helicopter to hospital but was pronounced de...

10 December 2009

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