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Youngsters will be put to the test in this weekend's Ten Tors

More than 2,000 young adventurers will take to the hills of Dartmoor this weekend as part of a challenge to test their stamina and strength in trekking across the wilds of the national park.

Cautious welcome for new Highlands goldmine plans

A campaigning outdoors charity has given a cautious welcome to revised plans for a goldmine in the Highlands.

Supporters urged to go in the red for mountain rescuers

Rescuers are appealing to outdoors enthusiasts to go in the red to show their support for the volunteer team.

A hard day's night: dogged determination helps rescuers find their man

A walker is missing high on a Peak District mountain. It's a hard day's night for the men and women of the Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team as they searc...

Bleaklow from Longdendale

Pity poor Bleaklow. Few have a good word to say about this boggy hulk, glowering above the busy valley of Longdendale, itself a victim of human engine...

Mountain safety legend will open avalanche training centre

A mountaineering legend will open a pioneering avalanche training site this weekend. Hamish Macinnes, who climbed with fellow luminaries Sir Chris ...

Avalanche warnings and minus 25C windchill for Highlands

Walkers, climbers and mountaineers heading for the northern Cairngorms are being warned that the risk if avalanche is considerable.

New venues added for free winter safety lecture series

Four new venues have been added for the annual series of winter safety lectures organised by the Mountaineering Council of Scotland.

New book will help walkers make sense of the Lake District landscape

Peter Wilson is a keen hillwalker, runner and cyclist. The Lancashire-born outdoor enthusiast also happens to be a Reader in Quaternary Science at the...

Outdoors 'Red Tape' exercise: is Cameron facing another climbdown?

Britain’s largest campaign group for walkers has hit out at coalition Government plans to undermine right-to-roam laws in England and Wales.

Marilyn man goes underground for a hole new list

He was the man who popularised the concept of relativity in hillwalking and introduced the marilyn to munros.

Hi-Tec V-Lite Altitude Ultra Luxe WPi boots

These Hi-Tec boots claim a different route to keeping feet dry. How did they fare on the dark bogs of the Peak District?...

Hundreds join Perrin's walk against wind turbines

More than 250 walkers followed writer and climber Jim Perrin on to a Welsh mountain to protest at plans to build 64 wind turbines.

Planners approve scaled-down Highland wilderness reserve

Highland planners have given the go-ahead for three fenced animal enclosures on the controversial estate where owners originally planned to house wolves.

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...

Rescue team on lookout for new recruits

A rescue team has mounted a search... for new members. The North East Wales Search and Rescue Team is on the lookout for recruits to join its 40-st...

First felltop report finds Lakeland fells in full winter condition

The Lake District fells are in full winter condition but routes such as Striding Edge and Swirral Edge should only be tackled by experienced winter mountaineers.