Pennine Way walker found after ten-hour search

A walker on the Pennine Way was rescued from the fells after a major overnight search involving more than 50 volunteers.

Walker dies as mountain rescue teams deal with busy New Year

Police have named a man who died while walking in the Grey Corries, Lochaber. He was Anthony Smith, 35, a fitness instructor, from London. He was r...

Two Dales events offer 100km challenge to walkers

Feeling lethargic after all that turkey and booze? How about a little stroll to get rid of the festive languor – say 100km? Yes, it’s time to s...

The white stuff: how winter hillwalkers can stay safe

As much of Britain is cloaked in the white stuff, and walkers’ and mountain lovers’ hopes of a decent winter rise, it’s important to revise our approach to tackling the hills as snow and ice cover our usual routes and temperatures drop below freezing.

Lake District is public's British favourite

Forget John Sergeant and Martina Navratilova. The public has spoken: and the winner is – the Lake District. Thousands of voters put the Cumbrian ...

Julia: drowning in the beauty and enjoying the leg burn

She’s become the pin-up of walkers across the country yet she’s been blamed for increasing the workload of mountain rescue teams across the Lake District.

Hundreds stranded as floods hit mountain marathon

Mountain rescue teams in the Lake District have been involved in a major exercise to rescue competitors in the Original Mountain Marathon event.

Marilyns, munros and how to make a mountain out of a moel hill

Hands up all those who knew there was an official definition of a mountain. No? Neither did we, until we delved a little after hearing of the deter...

Two airlifted after Highlands falls

A man was injured after falling from the Aonach Eagach ridge at the weekend. Rescue services were alerted at about 12.30pm on Saturday after the ma...