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Kendal Mountain Festival provides £4.5m boost to town, with 25,000 ticket sales
Kendal Mountain Festival continues to grow in popularity, with more than 25,000 tickets sold for the recent events in the Cumbrian town.
Lizzie MacKenzie wins Kendal film award as Brian Hall and Helen Mort share book prize
A movie documenting the life of a man living remotely in the Scottish Highlands scooped the grand prize at this year’s film awards at Kendal Mountain Festival.
Cross Fell shelter Greg's Hut reopens after major refurbishment
A bothy on the flanks of the highest hill in the Pennines has reopened after a major refurbishment. Greg’s Hut on Cross Fell is now a weathertigh...
Experts remind hillgoers to prepare for earlier nightfall as clocks go back
Mountain experts are reminding hillgoers to pack a torch as British Summer Time ends. After the clocks go back on Sunday, darkness will fall an hou...
Helvellyn walker airlifted to hospital after falling from Striding Edge
An injured walker was winched from Striding Edge after falling about 30 feet. A Coastguard helicopter flew to the scene on Helvellyn on Saturday af...
Exhausted Helvellyn walkers 'might not have survived night' say rescuers
A pair of exhausted and hypothermic walkers might not have survived a night on a Lake District mountain if they hadn’t been found, rescuers said.
Lake District teams launch autumn safety campaign to reduce rescue callout numbers
Volunteers from the Lake District’s mountain rescue teams gathered to kick-start a safety campaign to reduce the number of callouts.
Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard gives away his company: 'Earth is now our shareholder'
Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, the climber turned reluctant businessman, has given his company to a trust and a collective that will use profits for projects to tackle the climate emergency.
Climber dies after collapsing on Lake District route
A climber has died after collapsing while on a route in the Lake District. The man, in his late 70s, was with friends at Bram Crag Quarry, St Johnâ...
Wainwright Society members celebrate 20th anniversary with ascent of Dove Crag
Members of the Wainwright Society celebrated its 20th anniversary with an ascent of the first Lakeland fell described by the late author whose works they promote.
Snowdonia walker dies after falling 300ft on Glyder Fach
A walker has died after falling on a Snowdonia mountain. Rescuers who found the man’s body said they believed he fell at least 300ft. The 58-y...
Bearing up: unique event for Britain as three norths align
A unique triple alignment of one of the cardinal points of the compass will occur this week. Britain’s national mapping agency Ordnance Survey sa...
Alpkit to offer public chance to invest again in bid to raise £2m through crowdfund
Outdoor enthusiasts are being offered the chance to become shareholders in Alpkit when it holds its second crowdfunding day.
Injured rock-climber airlifted from remote Snowdonia crag after 30ft fall
A rock climber was airlifted to hospital after suffering serious injuries in a fall at a remote Snowdonia crag.
Rescuers use dog pram and cat basket after dachshunds' owners get lost on Lakeland fell
A couple and their two exhausted dachshunds were rescued after getting into trouble on a Lake District fell.
Lakeland walker rescued from Dow Crag after dog knocks pack over edge
A man was rescued from a Lake District crag after he got into difficulties retrieving a rucksack from the rockface.
Researchers post victories in men's and women's Montane Dragon's Back Race
Two university researchers have taken the honours in the Montane Dragon’s Back Race. James Nobles and Lisa Watson won the men’s and women’s e...
Cost-of-living crisis puts paid to 2023 Keswick Mountain Festival
Keswick Mountain Festival will not take place next year, organisers said. The festival team said the event will take a year off, to safeguard its l...
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