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Review: Risking Life and Limb
Judy Whiteside's look back at the first 50 years of the Ogwen Valley team gives a comprehensive insight into the tragedies, triumphs, quirks and humour of mountain rescue in Snowdonia and beyond.
Work starts to replace Yorkshire Dales bridge demolished by Storm Desmond
A replacement for a bridge in the Yorkshire Dales national park that was swept away by flood water should be opened to walkers by the end of the month.
Ringing Roger path repair work will start as Mend Our Mountains appeal smashes target
Work is about to begin on a badly eroded path on the Peak District’s highest hill after a crowdfunding appeal raised cash for repairs.
Mick Fowler and Vic Saunders survive pee-bottle mix-up in first ascent of Sersank
Two seasoned mountaineers have described the travails of successfully summiting an unclimbed Himalayan peak, including a mix-up between drinking- and pee-bottles.
Keswick Mountain Festival announces move to June for 2017 event
A major outdoors festival in the Lake District will move to June as it plans to expand its events. Next year’s Keswick Mountain Festival will run...
Walkers warned to stay away from Steall Gorge path as rockfall work starts
Outdoor enthusiasts are being warned to stay away from a Highland footpath that was hit by a massive rockfall.
Ian Mercer, giant of national-park movement, dies aged 83
A leading figure in the outdoors movement has died after a career advancing the cause of national parks and public access, Ian Mercer was the first Dartmoor national park officer and the first chief executive of the Welsh Government’s advisory body, the Countryside Council for Wales.
Trust closes Steall footpath and warns rockfall repairs could take weeks
A charity has closed a Highland footpath after a huge rockfall brought large boulders down on to the route.
Radical history, Happy Valley locations and Brontë sunset feature in Walk and Ride Festival
A fortnight-long outdoor festival kicks off this weekend in the South Pennines. Radical history and a literary sunset are among themes for walks du...
Kendal countdown begins as organisers promise biggest mountain festival yet
Organisers of one of the country’s top outdoors social gatherings say this year’s event will be the largest and most varied in its history.
Earlier nightfall catches out Helvellyn walkers rescued from Swirral Edge
Rescuers pledged to try harder to educate hillgoers about earlier nights after a pair of walkers had to be rescued from England’s third highest mountain.
Cowal Way gains Scotland's Great Trails status
A long-distance route passing through diverse countryside has been granted great trail status in a ceremony in Argyll.
Family pays tribute to Kevin Ryan, who died in 500ft fall from Priest's Hole cave
The family of the man who fell to his death on a Lake District mountain have revealed details of the incident.
Mountain biker with injured leg fourth callout for Calder Valley rescue team
An injured mountain biker was rescued after suffering a suspected broken leg in remote woods in the South Pennines.
Injured Lakeland walker airlifted to hospital after Harter Fell slip
A walker was airlifted from a Lake District mountain after injuring herself when she slipped. The 62-year-old was coming down Harter Fell towards N...
Rescuers praise passers-by who went to aid of crashed Corn Du paraglider
Rescuers have praised passers-by who went to the aid of a paraglider injured in a crash on south Wales’s second-highest peak.
sportscotland agrees funding to keep Mountain Weather Information Service running
An independent weather forecasting service at the centre of a storm over its future said its finances have been secured.
Review: The Pennine Way: the Path, the People, the Journey by Andrew McCloy
Not a guidebook to Britain's first long-distance footpath, more a journal with lots of colourful accounts of people and things you might encounter on the walk.
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5 Peak District manager Lorna Fisher plans 1,658-mile cycle ride through all 15 national parks
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8 Floods hit Yorkshire Three Peaks route as rescuers warn: don't attempt challenge (2)
9 Paris 2024 organisers plan to include sport climbing for second time in Olympics (1)
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