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Osprey and Brunton aim their new gear at technology users

There will be more innovation on show in Munich when Osprey reveals a series of rucksacks aimed at the ‘urbanite’.

£1.75m boost for upgrades of West Highland Way and Great Glen Way

Two long-distance paths in Scotland will benefit from part of a £3m spending boost. The West Highland Way and Great Glen Way will be improved wher...

Injured Ewden Valley walker airlifted in 'exceptionally difficult' rescue

A walker was winched from a ravine in the eastern Peak District in a rescue described as ‘exceptionally difficult’.

Smartphone software helps find lost Glentress walker after major search

A walker lost in a forest was found by mountain rescuers using specialised smartphone tracking software.

MBE for Peak authority chair Tony Favell

The chair of a national park authority has been appointed an MBE in the New Year Honours. Tony Favell, who heads the Peak District National Park Au...

January's Outdoors Show will celebrate Everest 60th anniversary

Next year’s Outdoors Show will feature memorabilia from Everest expeditions as part of an exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of the world’s highest mountain.

Met Office launches hill summit forecasts for walkers and climbers

Britain’s official meteorologists have introduced a new detailed service for hillgoers. The Met Office now offers summit forecasts for more than ...

Your guide to the ideal Christmas presents for the outdoor fan in your life

We've lots of suggestions for Christmas stocking-fillers for the outdoor enthusiast in our look at festive gear and clothing.

Aberglaslyn mountain team takes delivery of boat thanks to Keswick colleagues

Mountain rescuers team will be able to stay afloat after a donation from colleagues in another team. Aberglaslyn Mountain Rescue Team took delivery...

Swaledale rescuers called to help amorous couple in 12ft fall at Hawes

A mountain rescue team was called to help in the rescue of a couple who fell down a steep embankment during a passionate clinch.

Kinder Scout path improvements pave the way for walkers

Paths on four routes up the Peak District’s highest hill have been improved to help walkers and reduce erosion.

Cave team details nine-hour rescue of man stuck in Ogof Ffynon Ddu

A rescue team has described one of its most difficult rescues of a man trapped for seven hours underground.

The outdoors world in 2012: our backward glance at the year past

Our rearward glance at a news-packed 2012 includes, as always, tragedy as well as uplifting stories of the great outdoors, and a few oddities.

McNeish: allowing Allt Duine turbines 'hypocrisy' in Natural Scotland year

A key outdoors author and broadcaster has joined opponents of a major windfarm development planned for the Scottish Highlands in calling for its rejection.

Scottish mountaineers condemn 'feeble' Government hilltracks decision

Scotland’s mountaineering body has condemned the Holyrood Government’s ‘feeble’ decision to continue to allow tracks to be bulldozed across the nation’s hills.

Six Peak District authority jobs to be axed as budget cuts bite

Six national park staff face redundancy under plans agreed in the face of budget cuts. The Peak District National Pak Authority will slash its spen...

British technology underpins Sir Ranulph Fiennes's The Coldest Journey

On the eve of the departure of Sir Ranulph Fiennes’s expedition party for one of the most ambitious Antarctic journeys ever undertaken, more details have emerged of the equipment he and his team will use to try to keep warm in temperatures as low as –90C.