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Sock firm puts Kalahari run on firm footing

Irish sock manufacturer Bridgedale is lending its support to an attempt to run across the Kalahari Desert for the first time.

Snowdon runners on track as train halts for race

A mountain train service will come to a halt this afternoon to allow runners to use its tracks. The Snowdon Mountain Railway will suspend services ...

Trust calls for rethink to protect Britain's wild lands

Campaigners are calling for a complete rethink on Britain’s wildernesses in a bid to protect them from further development.

Every rescuer's nightmare: Mayday! Helicopter down

As mountain rescue teams raise their profile with a series of May Day bank holiday events, a member of the Ogwen Valley team recalls the team's worst nightmare: a mayday message from the helicopter carrying an injured climber they have just rescued.

Hillwalkers urged to back campaign after 'pathetic' response

Scotland’s mountaineering chief is urging the hillwalking and climbing community to back two MSPs fighting against unsightly tracks on the country’s mountains.

Wales bothy misuse risks ban for future walkers

The Mountain Bothies Association has warned that misuse of a north Wales shelter may put its further availability at risk.

MSP backs mountaineering council's bid to control hill tracks

Scotland’s wilderness areas are being irrevocably damaged by the construction of uncontrolled hill tracks, according to the nation’s mountaineering body.

Village green review unnecessary, say campaigners

Campaigners say a review of the way village greens are registered is unnecessary and premature. The Open Spaces Society points out the provisions f...

Find your way with our great new mapping and route system

Imagine having top-quality maps of the whole of Britain at your fingertips. Now, with grough route, you can!...

Two in court after outdoors store raid deaths

Two men will appear before Cardiff Magistrates next week following a major burglary at an outdoors store in the city in which two men died on a nearby railway line.

Anger and fury: the noise from the black stuff on Snowdon

There's gold in them thar hills, for journalists chasing silly-season 'fury' as political correctness envelops the slopes of Snowdon.

Park bosses may use order to force trail through estate

A compulsory path order may be used for the first time to drive through an extension to a Highland trail against the landowner’s wishes.

Hill tracks campaign will be subject of Holyrood debate

The problem of Scotland’s burgeoning tracks across wilderness areas will be debated in the Scottish Parliament, thanks to a campaign by the Mountaineering Council of Scotland.

MSPs set up online petition to control hill tracks

Scotland’s mountaineering body has enlisted the support of two Labour MSPs in the fight against the unfettered burgeoning of hill tracks that scar many mountainous areas.

Tracksuit-clad walkers rescued within hours of safety launch

Within hours of the launch of a mountain safety campaign, rescuers had to go to the aid of ill equipped would-be summiteers on Wales’s highest mountain.

The long walk in: mountaineers in drive for change?

Is it cheating to drive off the metalled road to get to the start of your Scottish hillbagging trip? Or should the whole journey be powered by muscle ...

Tunnel vision could see reopening of route for walkers and cyclists

A new cycle trail across the Peak District could be created with the reopening of four disused railway tunnels.

Watch out filchers, Rodney's about!

A Somerset man has been appointed the eyes and ears of a campaign group in neighbouring Dorset. Former chairman Rodney Legg was named as the repres...