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App and map tie-up for Lakes tourism walking routes

The Lake District’s tourism body has teamed up with a leading smartphone mapping company to provide downloadable walking and cycling routes.

Ingleborough from Ingleton

One of the most popular ascents routes, via the isolated farmstead of Crina Bottom...

Unexploded bomb is surprise find for mountain rescuers

A training exercise for mountain rescuers almost went with a bang when a member of the team found an unexploded bomb.

Call Out Mountain Rescue? – review

Two years ago, when the first edition of this pocket-sized book appeared, we said Call Out Mountain Rescue represented a good use of a tenner, for an informative and lightly written tome packed with good advice and lots of information.

'National trust for waterways' planned in quango shake-up

The organisation in control of more than 2,000 miles of canals and towpaths walks is to be turned into a ‘national trust’ for waterways.

Campaigners urge rethink on national park centre closure

Outdoor campaigners are rallying to save a national park learning centre threatened with closure. Losehill Hall in the Peak District could be shut ...

Navigation advice on offer from Trust expert

Walkers are being offered the chance to learn how to navigate on the hills, with advice from an expert ranger.

Map and compass skills on offer for munro walkers

Walkers can brush up their navigation skills this week on a Scottish munro. The National Trust for Scotland is offering hill-goers the chance to ge...

It's official: trio reveal Tryfan's true height

Thousands of boots have tramped its rocky inclines and the bravest mountaineers have made the leap from Adam to Eve, the twin columns of rock that adorn its summit.

Ingleborough: the complete walking guide

It’s easy to see how the mistaken view was once formed that Ingleborough was England’s highest mountain.

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...

Whernside: Yorkshire's highest point, with a hint of Cumbria

England’s biggest county can claim a few records, but when it comes to the heights of its hills, Yorkshire’s record books can be a little confusing.

BBC programmes look at Wainwright's early years

Alfred Wainwright’s early years come under scrutiny on the airwaves with two programmes about the curmudgeonly fellwalker.

Giant map adds to aerial photography project

Countryside lovers can now walk the length of Britain in just a few strides with the opening of a large-scale open-air Ordnance Survey map of the country.

Survey puts Welsh mountain into 1,000m 'super league'

The league of Welsh ‘super mountains’ gained a new member today with the news that a survey of a Snowdonia peak revealed its true height to be more than 1,000m Glyder Fawr, Wales’s fifth highest mountain, has been promoted to the super league following measurements by hill sleuths Graham Jackson, John Barnard and Myrddyn Phillips.

Will Welsh peak be promoted to metric super league?

Wales could have a new ‘super mountain’ after a group of amateur hill sleuths turned their attention to a Snowdonia peak.

New walkers' deerstalking website goes into service

A pilot website to help hillwalkers know where deerstalking is taking place is now live. The Heading for the Scottish Hills site has Ordnance Surve...

Tryfan's final reckoning looms as surveyors head for summit

It’s the summer weekend with the longest daylight hours, which means, almost certainly, the mountain rescue teams of the western Lake District will be looking forward to interrupted sleep as hapless Three Peaks Challengers struggle to find their way on the felltops.

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