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App and map tie-up for Lakes tourism walking routes

The Lake District’s tourism body has teamed up with a leading smartphone mapping company to provide downloadable walking and cycling routes.

Rescuer's online boast leads to 14-day fundraising walk

A rash Facebook promise has landed a pair of mountain rescuers with a major challenge. Mountain Rescue magazine editor Judy Whiteside’s online br...

Ingleborough from Chapel-le-Dale

Short and fairly steep, the route from Chapel-le-Dale is the one Three Peaks challengers will use between Whernside and Ingleborough.

Ingleborough from Clapham

The ascent of Ingleborough via the private Ingleborough estate and Gaping Gill, with alternatives for those who can't pay or won't pay.

2010 in retrospect: join us in a look back at the outdoors year

As the year draws to a close, we take a look back at the events that have shaped the events in 2010. From tragedy to triumph, heartbreak to ecstasy, t...

View from the top: one national park boss's plan to cope with cuts

The boss of England’s biggest national park has pledged to continue providing outdoor enthusiasts with the same services despite having its cash cut.

New print run due for sold-out Wainwright guidebook

The guidebook of the route of Alfred Wainwright’s first ever long-distance walk has sold out its first print run.

Unexploded bomb is surprise find for mountain rescuers

A training exercise for mountain rescuers almost went with a bang when a member of the team found an unexploded bomb.

Caver freed unharmed after being trapped eight hours

A caver was rescued after spending eight hours stuck underground in the Yorkshire Dales. The man was exploring a section of Stump Cross Caverns nea...

MP claims victory for mountain rescue teams' tax-refund campaign

A Cumbrian MP is claiming victory in the long-running battle to secure a tax refund for volunteer mountain rescue teams.

Ingleborough: the complete walking guide

It’s easy to see how the mistaken view was once formed that Ingleborough was England’s highest mountain.

Ingleborough from Ingleton

One of the most popular ascents routes, via the isolated farmstead of Crina Bottom...

Ingleborough from Horton in Ribblesdale

The route to Ingleborough from Horton in Ribblesdale, via Sulber Nick...

Walkers airlifted after 200m Highlands fall

Two walkers were airlifted from a mountain after falling about 200m (650ft). Members of the Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team went to the men’s aid...

Mountaineers reminded: you have no right of rescue

With mountain rescue services back in the public spotlight again with the likely privatisation of search and rescue helicopters, there is a timely reminder from an expert of a sobering fact: there is no right of rescue for mountain-goers.

Inversions likely as cold air puts an end to thaw

Get the cameras out; temperature inversions, and with them the opportunity for some stunning pictures, are likely later this weekend and into next week as the weather cools.

Fence to tackle mass trespass, of sheep, on Kinder

To the rambler with a sense of history, it is as important as Bannockburn to a Scots nationalist, or Orgreave to a redundant miner.

Trust aims to put teams on peaks to mark Munro's birth date

Staff and volunteers from a conservation charity will attempt to summit every munro owned by the organisation in time for the birth anniversary of the man who first listed the mountains.