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Rescuers use sirens and lights to guide lost Carlton Bank walkers

Rescuers guided a group of lost walkers to safety by sounding their vehicle sirens and turning on the blue flashing lights.

Berghaus introduces lightweight softshell jackets for summer

Three lightweight softshell jackets are designed for active days in warmer conditions...

PHD's new Wafer range: lightweight camp-wear at a price

PHD's new Wafer range is light, compact and is meant to keep you warm on camp. Can you afford the luxury?...

Hypothermia warning after Langdale walker rescued from Red Tarn

A group of hypothermic walkers was helped from a Lakeland fell after calling out rescuers. Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team warned of the in...

Ramblers urge walking revolution as poll reveals nation of couch potatoes

A quarter of British adults walk for no more than an hour each week. The alarming figure that so many UK residents lead couch-potato lives led the ...

Kate Ashbrook warns Kinder meeting of plans for new criminal trespass law

A leading campaigner said walkers risked being made into criminals under a planned coalition Government law.

Peak District gathering will mark Kinder trespassers' spirit

Ramblers will gather tomorrow to keep alive the spirit of pioneers of access to the countryside. It is 81 years since a group of walkers took to th...

Outdoor firms Pentland and Regatta gain Queen's enterprise awards

Two outdoor gear firms have been honoured in the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The Pentland Group, which owns the Berghaus and brasher brands, wo...

German brand Vaude updates its tent range for British market

A brand new model and two updates specific to the British market from this German tent brand...

Mountaineers' shock at Sallachy and Glencassley windfarm plans

Mountaineers have expressed their shock at the prospect of two new windfarms being built in one of Scotland’s national scenic areas.

Rescuers' plea: take map and compass and learn to navigate

Mountain rescuers pleaded with walkers to learn to navigate after they had difficulty finding an injured man.

Lakeland walker stretchered from Lord's Seat after leg injury

A walker was stretchered from a Lake District fell after injuring herself. The 55-year-old woman slipped in boggy ground on Lord’s Seat near Whin...

Fellsman victor Adam Perry pips buddy Ian Phillips in 'the event to win'

Benign weather helped a field of more than 300 complete the gruelling course, and a new pretender's name goes on the Fellsman Axe trophy.

Kendal team's 60th birthday among national mountain rescue weekend events

A mountain rescue team celebrates its 60th anniversary this weekend. Kendal Mountain Rescue Team will hold its annual collection in its home town o...

Ugly scenes turn Everest into death-threat zone as mob turns on climbers

Everest’s upper reaches are known as the death zone, but angry scenes further down the mountain at the weekend turned its slopes into the death-threat zone.

Walkers warned to keep dogs under control after lamb killed in attack

Walkers are being warned to keep their dogs under control after an attack where a lamb was killed and three others seriously wounded.

'Learn to navigate' call after rescue of pair who climbed mountain by mistake

Mountain rescuers said walkers should be able to navigate without the use of a GPS device. The advice came after a five-hour search for two women w...

Chumbawamba star will join Kinder Mass Trespass celebrations

A member of the band that notoriously doused John Prescott with water will join a male voice choir at celebrations to mark a seminal event in the battle for countryside access.