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Avalanche service starts early, as risk rises in Cairngorms

Parts of the Highlands are at high risk of avalanche, experts have warned. With much of Britain in the grip of early winter conditions, the sportsc...

Mountain rescue helicopter crew features on TV tonight

The crew of Britain’s busiest search and rescue helicopter base will feature on television tonight.

Devil of a celebration as OS drops threat against racy novel

Publishers of a racy novel set on the West Highland Way are celebrating after Britain’s national mapping agency climbed down over legal threats to the book.

Guided Highland walks will show biodiversity

A conservation charity is offering guided walks on Glencoe’s mountains to celebrate their flora and fauna.

Chocolate egg cash will help maintain Highland footpaths

Walkers will be able to burn off some Easter excess on Scotland’s upland paths – thanks to chocolate makers Cadbury.

Trapped canoeist dies at Highland paddlers' venue

A canoeist has died in the Scottish Highlands after becoming trapped in fast flowing water. The 19-year-old, from the Cleveland area, got into diff...

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...

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...

Explosives used to blast Cairngorm avalanche snow

Cairn Gorm’s ski resort operators today used dynamite to clear snow threatening to avalanche on to its slopes.

Highland road closure 'will put winter resorts at risk'

A planned 14-week closure of the main road alongside Loch Lomond to the Highlands could sound the death knell for the recovering Scottish winter sports industry.

Award walkers found safe after major Highlands search

A major search was launched today for six teenage walkers missing in the Highlands. The four girls and two boys, aged between 16 and 17, failed to ...

Five Sisters added to trust guided walks list

A conservation charity has extended its range of guided walks to take in a challenging Highland ridge.

Views sought on updated avalanche service

The head of Scotland’s avalanche service is seeking views on its provision over last winter. Co-ordinator Mark Diggins, who took over in charge o...

Canoeist's body recovered from Highland river

Rescuers have recovered the body of a canoeist from a Highland river. Simon Fletcher, 19, of Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, died yesterday after his ...

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.

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.

Snow blanket is good news for rare mountain species

While much of the country has moaned as it struggled to cope under Britain’s thickest and most prolonged blanket of snow for many years, climbers and walkers have been able to take advantage of the rare winter conditions on many of our hills and mountains.