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Rescuers praise potholers after woman collapses underground

A woman had to be airlifted to hospital after collapsing underground in Britain’s biggest cave system.

Julia will join Wainwright fundraising challenge

Television presenter Julia Bradbury will climb a Lake District peak to help raise funds for rescuers later this year.

Do not disturb, pleads bird charity as freeze continues

Conservation bodies are appealing to walkers to keep bird disturbance to a minimum as temperatures plummet.

2008: take a trip with us through the highs and lows of the year

In the slovenly hiatus between Santa’s return north and the alcoholic debauchery of the New Year, journalists traditionally have a problem: how to fill the space on their various publications when, well, not much happens..

Incredible courage of Coast to Coast walker Tom

Heroes come in many guises. Some people achieve glory by conquering mountains; others demonstrate incredible bravery in the face of peril. Ordinary...

Hot meals back on menu after Black Sail u-turn

Pressure from hungry walkers has forced a u-turn on plans to stop serving food at one of England’s best loved youth hostels.

Hand-crafted bridge opens on Peak estate

An award-winning craftsman has created a second footbridge for walkers in the Peak District. Edale-based Robin Wood hand crafted Hoodbrook Bridge n...

Council fails footpath gold standard, says Ramblers' chief

A council which is bottom of the league for its footpaths must try harder. That was the uncompromising message from Ramblers’ Association chairma...

Take a walk, Ramblers tell delegates

Ramblers in Scotland are urging politicians to put their best foot forward and leave their seats of power for a brisk walk around the Perthshire countryside.

Friends' cash improves Cumbrian paths

Less mobile visitors to the Lake District will benefit from better paths, thanks to a £10,000 grant from a conservation group.

Crampons: the new hillwalker's fashion accessory?

Increasingly seen at the first sight of snow, Dave Hewitt ponders this spiky subject...

Charity meeting seeks solution to Nevis challenge problems

The problems caused by so many booted feet tramping up Britain’s highest mountain will come to a head later this month with a summit meeting between charity representatives and Ben Nevis’s authorities.

Hats, heads, and heat: medics debunk decades-old myth

It has been an enduring tenet of mountain wellbeing: cover your head, because you lose 60 per cent of your body heat through it; or 80 per cent; or 110 per cent… Well, a pair of scientists with far greater knowledge of physiology than anyone we’ve ever met have bebunked that ‘fact’ and we now have to relegate the old head radiator story to that of myth.

The white stuff: how winter hillwalkers can stay safe

As much of Britain is cloaked in the white stuff, and walkers’ and mountain lovers’ hopes of a decent winter rise, it’s important to revise our approach to tackling the hills as snow and ice cover our usual routes and temperatures drop below freezing.

Government pull-out threatens Snowdonia Sherpa buses

A project to encourage walkers and mountaineers on to public transport has been thrown into doubt by the sudden withdrawal of funding.

Mountain rescuers say thanks to marathon donors

Mountain rescuers today thanked competitors and supporters from the Original Mountain Marathon for swelling teams’ coffers by more than £6,000 Richard Warren, chairman of the umbrella organisation for the Lake District’s 12 mountain rescue teams, also thanked donors for comments accompanying their gifts.

All back safe as media storm follows OMM weekend

All competitors in the Original Mountain Marathon are now safely accounted for. Borrowdale became the centre of international media attention this ...

Marilyns, munros and how to make a mountain out of a moel hill

Hands up all those who knew there was an official definition of a mountain. No? Neither did we, until we delved a little after hearing of the deter...