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Lomond West Highland Way camping ban looms

Walkers on the West Highland Way could be banned from wild camping on a 17km stretch of the route alongside Loch Lomond.

Cash boost will help mountain rescuers after floods

Mountain rescue teams in the Lake District have been given a cash boost to help replace equipment lost and damaged while they were carrying out rescue work in last year’s Cumbrian floods.

MacLeod and Turner will attempt repeat of 60s climbing feat

Two of Scotland’s top climbers will next month try to recreate a legendary winter mountaineering feat to coincide with its 50th anniversary.

Climber dies after Ben Lui fall

A man has died in a fall from a Highland mountain. Dr Tim Garn was climbing on Ben Lui last Sunday when he fell more than 90m (300ft) near the summ...

Avalanche warnings across Britain as thaw starts

Walkers and mountaineers are being warned to take care in Snowdonia after reports of two separate avalanches.

BMC membership at an all-time high

The British Mountaineering Council’s membership has climbed to record levels. The council, which represents hillwalkers, mountaineers and climber...

Arctic conditions greet Lakes new man at the top

The man appointed to the Lake District’s top job has been thrown in at the deep end, with snowdrifts of up to a metre greeting him as he started his new job.

No IPCC probe into police Ten Tors investigation

There will be no independent investigation into the police’s conduct following the death of Charlotte Shaw during training for the Ten Tors challenge.

Tragedy and triumph: the outdoor world in 2009

As the decade which seems to have become known as the noughties packed its bags and prepared for the trip into history, its final days had a familiar ring: winter catching out climbers and walkers, with tragic consequences..

Goodbye to Sea Kings as rescue helicopters go private

The familiar yellow ‘paraffin budgies’ that have plucked thousands of stricken climbers and walkers from Britain’s mountains are set to disappear under a plan to privatise the country’s search and rescue helicopters.

Weekend walks will mark life of Scotland's mountain giant

A gathering will be held next month in memory of one of Scotland’s mountaineering greats. Although born in Yorkshire, Irvine Butterfield made his...

Forget Tweets and get back to basics, says Ramblers vice-president

The Ramblers should spend less time Twittering and more effort on fighting for countryside access. That’s the view of one of the organisation’s...

Highland trail walkers need to go the extra mile

Walking one of Britain’s most popular long-distance routes will require a little more effort from this week.

Outdoor enthusiasts needed to light up Hadrian's Wall

Organisers of an ambitious project to illuminate Hadrian’s Wall are on the lookout for keen lovers of the outdoors who will help light 500 torches along the route of the wall.

Outdoor groups condemn power-line's 'massive assault' on Highlands

The decision by the Scottish Government to give the go-ahead for a controversial electricity power line through some of the Highlands’ most spectacular mountain terrain has drawn swift condemnation by outdoor groups.

Icelandic search dog teams' gift to Cumbrian flood fund

While president Olafur Ragnar Grimsson may have decided to put to a referendum the decision to return £3.4bn to the British Treasury, one group of Icelanders has shown more generosity with a donation to the Cumbrian flood relief fund.