The Dragon's Back is back: 200-mile mountain race is revived

One of the hardest challenge races ever run – over the mountains of Wales, from north coast to south –will be staged again, 20 years after the first, and so far only event.

Rescue dog finds pair stuck on mountain overnight

Two men were found by a search dog after surviving the night on a mountain ridge. The pair got stuck on Crib Goch on the Snowdon range, but were pr...

Snowdon 4x4 driver: 'It was on my list of things to do'

The latest addition to Wales’s highest mountain remains stuck a few hundred metres below the summit as the national park authority ponders how to remove the unwelcome unofficial tourist attraction.

Rescued climbers join fundraising challenge for volunteer team

A group of climbers recently rescued during an all-night operation in north Wales was among more than 100 competitors who joined in a gruelling challenge event to raise funds for their rescuers.

Search dog leads rescuers to lost Snowdon walkers

A party of walkers on Wales’s highest mountain were rescued after getting lost in thick cloud on steep ground.

Pathways: journeys along Britain's historic byways

Authors Nicholas Rudd-Jones and David Stewart chart the development of Britain's paths and suggest routes to follow.

Rescued mountain pair in trainers were 'totally ill prepared'

Two students who were rescued after getting stuck on a Snowdonia mountain were totally ill prepared, rescuers said.

'Valiant' climber rescued after Snowdonia fall

An injured climber had to be rescued when his attempts to get himself off a mountain failed. The 54-year-old man, from the Home Counties, had climb...

Tale of woe for challengers who climbed the wrong mountain

A group of hapless Three Peaks Challengers climbed the wrong mountain and got lost on another. The six, from Cricklade in Wiltshire, set out to wal...