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Winter brings closure to Snowdon summit cafe

Exhausted walkers hoping for a cup of tea and a comfort break after slogging up Wales’s highest mountain will be disappointed.

Rescuers called to three separate Snowdonia mountain incidents

A boy walking with a group of Scouts was stretchered off a north Wales mountain after a fall yesterday.

Dales added to Met Office mountain forecasts

The Met Office has added a seventh area to its mountain weather forecasts. Visitors to the fells in the Yorkshire Dales can now see forecasts for t...

Council urged to drop footpath plan

Campaigners are urging a Welsh council to drop plans which, they say, will lead to the neglect of some of its public paths.

Welsh peak will bear name of 'lost princess'

A Welsh peak will join a family circle this weekend, following a concerted campaign to have it renamed.

Owner claims Snowdon rings

The owner of two rings found by a walker on Snowdon has contacted police to claim them. The woman will travel from Buckinghamshire to collect the j...

Hillwalkers restore student's trust after mountain test

A student’s experiment in trust has seen hillwalkers take the moral high ground. Paul Bellis Jones, a 24-year-old keen walker from Glan Conwy nea...

Duo's 'Everest' challenge underway - on British hills

Two charity challengers are midway through their ‘staycation’ version of climbing Everest. Darren Edwards and Bryn Posey are aiming to climb mo...

Scotland's mountains: 'tell walkers where to go'

Scotland stands accused of ‘mountain nihilism’ in its continuing opposition to adopting the practice of waymarking footpaths on its high ground.

Daytime only rescues for Snowdonia RAF helicopters

Search and rescue helicopters from a busy RAF base will only operate during the daytime for more than six weeks.

Black-belts abandon wheelchair man on Snowdon

A man in a wheelchair was left half way up Snowdon by colleagues on a charity walk. The disabled man was abandoned yesterday, Saturday, at the bott...

Queues and litter blight Snowdon cafe, say campaigners

Snowdon’s new summit cafe is plagued by litter and long queues, according to a campaign group. The Snowdonia Society is asking for walkers’ vie...

Glyder death-fall woman named

An inquest was today opened and adjourned following the death of a woman on the Idwal Slabs in Snowdonia.

Woman dies in Snowdonia fall

A woman has died in a fall in Snowdonia. The incident happened this evening on the Idwal Slabs near the base of Glyder Fawr in the Ogwen Valley. Ea...

Train crew brings child from windswept Snowdon summit

A two-year-old child was brought down from the summit of Wales’s highest mountain by train, after his father carried him to the peak in appalling weather.

Ring, ring: any Snowdon walkers lost something?

Police in Wales want you to give them a ring – if you’ve lost yours. Two pieces of jewellery, described as an engagement ring and either a wedd...

UFO followers will trek to British peaks

Followers of a society which believes its founder was visited by alien beings will next week make the journey to the top of three of his ‘holy mountains’ in Britain.

Search continues for man missing in Snowdonia

Police today renewed their appeal to walkers who may have seen a man who has been missing since Monday.

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