Wainwright statue to adorn his adopted town

A statue of Cumbria’s most famous recent chronicler of the area’s fells is due to grace the town that was his home for many years.

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.

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.

Solitude beckons on the Howgills' velvet slopes

Quite unlike their near cousins the Yorkshire Dales and the Cumbrian Fells, the velvety bumps of the Howgill Fells have a character all of their own.

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.

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...

Appeal to Gordon Brown to stop mountain-rescue radio charges

The campaign to protect Britain’s volunteer mountain rescue teams from proposed charges for using their radios on incidents has moved up a step with the launch of a petition to Prime Minister Gordon Brown.