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Injured climber airlifted after fall on Scout Crag in Langdale

A climber was rescued after falling from a Lakeland crag and injuring both ankles. The 33-year-old was on lower Scout Crag in Great Langdale today ...

Glasgow Explorer Scout dies while gorge scrambling in north Italy

A teenage Explorer Scout has died while gorge scrambling in Italy. Elliot Peacock, 14, was with a group taking part in the activity at the Lillaz F...

Injured and collapsed walkers airlifted from Kinder Scout

An injured walker was airlifted on Monday from the Peak District’s highest hill. There was initial confusion after Kinder Mountain Rescue Team wa...

Joint winners Adam Perry and Kim Collison share the Fellsman spoils

One of the country’s toughest ultrarunning events finished in a tie for the first time in many years.

Family of four rescued after major night-time search on Kinder Scout

Five mountain rescue teams mounted a major search for a family lost at night on the Peak District’s highest hill.

Vango tent company taken over by directors in management buyout

The company behind Vango, one of the best known tent brands, has changed hands in a management buyout.

Peak District walker suffers broken back in freak Snake Pass culvert fall

A walker suffered a broken spine after being swept away in a Peak District stream. The woman, in her 50s, was with a group walking near the Snake P...

Peak District pioneer ranger Ken Drabble dies aged 79

A Peak District outdoors pioneer who helped set up mountain rescue in the national park has died. Ken Drabble, the park’s retired chief ranger, p...

Rescuers, doctors and heritage powerhouse in New Year Honours

Two mountain rescue team members received awards in the New Year Honours. Arthur Littlefair, of Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue Team in Cumbria was ...

Duke of Edinburgh's leader airlifted after Kinder Scout injury

A woman was rescued from the Peak District’s highest hill after falling and injuring herself. The 59-year-old was assessing a Duke of Edinburghâ€...

Passing doctor helps save life of heart-attack walker on Kinder Scout

A walker suffering a heart attack on the Peak District’s highest hill was saved by a passing cardiologist and air ambulance paramedics.

Army gears up as 2,400 teens prepare for Dartmoor's Ten Tors

The Army and hundreds of young competitors are gearing up for an annual test of stamina and navigation on Dartmoor next weekend.

Campaigner Kate Ashbrook urges public to reignite Kinder Trespassers' zeal

A leading outdoors campaigner said the zeal of the Kinder Scout trespassers must be reignited to protect the countryside from Government attacks on green spaces.

Police award for Peak District mountain rescue teams 'paid in fish and chips'

Volunteer rescuers in the Peak District have been honoured by Derbyshire’s top policeman for 50 years’ of service to the community.

50km stretcher-carry will mark Western Beacons rescuers' half-century

Volunteers from a south Wales mountain rescue team will carry a stretcher over a 50km route to mark their 50th anniversary.

MP Dan Jarvis joins 200 runners in 23-mile Peak race for mountain rescuers

A Member of Parliament was among 200 runners who took to the Peak District hills to support a mountain rescue team.

Bleaklow and Kinder venue for Marmot Dark Mountains night marathon

Organisers of a night-time mountain marathon have chosen some of the most challenging navigational terrain for runners.

The great outdoors in 2013: our look back at the events of the year

'Sheepwrecked fells', a porcupine, octupus and bottled vole: the outdoors can be a surprising place...

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