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Hill tracks campaign will be subject of Holyrood debate

The problem of Scotland’s burgeoning tracks across wilderness areas will be debated in the Scottish Parliament, thanks to a campaign by the Mountaineering Council of Scotland.

07 April 2010

Glencoe kayak search teams find woman's body

Police and rescuers searching for a missing kayaker in the Highlands have found a body. Northern Constabulary confirmed that, following a search wh...

06 April 2010

Highland rescuers in search after kayaker capsizes

Police and mountain rescue teams are searching for a paddler who is missing in Glencoe. Members of Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team have joined Coastgu...

06 April 2010

Easter walker rescued from Lakes crag

A walker was rescued from a Lake District fell after becoming cragfast at the weekend. The woman was walking above Levers Water near Coniston on Ea...

06 April 2010

Mountain rescuer's bid for 100-day munro record

A member of a Highland mountain rescue team will set out next week in a bid to break a munrobagging record.

03 April 2010

No criminal charges after girl's Ten Tors death

No one will be charged over the death of a girl who died during training for the annual Ten Tors challenge three years ago.

02 April 2010

Government 'lost its nerve' on free Ordnance Survey maps

The Ramblers today expressed extreme disappointment with the Government’s failure to provide free maps at scales used by walkers in its move to liberalise the national mapping agency.

01 April 2010

Lakes rescuers' signs will help lost night walkers

Lakeland mountain rescuers are shedding a little light on the fells to help lost walkers. In a sign of the times, members of the Langdale and Amble...

31 March 2010

Military training helps walker survive night on moors

A walker was found safe after a massive 15-hour overnight search by members of six mountain rescue teams in the Yorkshire Dales.

31 March 2010

Glencoe woman was 'passionate kayaker'

The family of the young woman who died in an incident in Glencoe yesterday said she was a passionate paddler who was a widely experienced kayaker.

07 April 2010

Search continues for missing Highlands kayak woman

Rescuers are continuing their search for a woman paddler who went missing this morning in the Scottish Highlands.

06 April 2010

Sherpa starts journey to scatter Hillary's ashes on Everest

A Sherpa today began a journey to scatter the ashes of Everest mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary on the mountain he climbed 57 years ago.

06 April 2010

Mountain centre research may change peat upland management

A research student from a Scottish college will join academics from across the UK in a project likely to change the way peat uplands are managed.

05 April 2010

Wainwright fans will gather to launch new long-distance route

A major new long-distance walking trail, following in the footsteps of Alfred Wainwright, will be launched later this month.

02 April 2010

Experts warn walkers: it's still winter on the hills

The calendar may say it’s spring, but in the mountains, it’s still firmly winter. Authorities in Snowdonia warned that full winter gear – inc...

01 April 2010

No change for walkers' maps as OS frees data

The long-awaited results of the Government’s Ordnance Survey consultation were announced today. Walkers and outdoor enthusiasts had hoped for a b...

31 March 2010

Welcome as Britain's newest national park is born

Britain’s family of national parks gained a new member today with the long-awaited birth of the South Downs national park.

31 March 2010

Campaigners' ten-point outdoors plan for election

Britain’s oldest national conservation group has produced an access manifesto in the run-up to the general election and is asking candidates to sign up the 10-point plan.

30 March 2010

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