National park rangers have completed repairs on a section of the Yorkshire Three Peaks route. The path is one of the busiest ...

Work to improve conditions on one of the boggiest sections of the Coast to Coast path has been completed. The route between Nine Standards Rigg and Whitsun Dale has for years been the subject of dread ...

Rescuers were called out in the early hours of Thursday when a group of wild campers got into difficulties on a Lake District fell. Police alerted Keswick Mountain Rescue Team to the incident about ...

The former team leader of a Lancashire volunteer rescue team has been recognised in the New Year Honours. Kevin Camplin was appointed an MBE for his services to mountain rescue in the county. He was ...

Sir Chris Bonington, elder statesman of British mountaineering, celebrates his 90th birthday on Tuesday. The Everest summiteer admits he can no longer climb in the greater ranges, but will celebrate ...

A walker was airlifted to hospital after injuring herself in a fall on Blencathra. The woman fell between 5m and 7m on a rocky section of Hall’s Fell Ridge on Thursday. The walker’s partner called for ...

A stretcher box high in the Lake District fells has been ransacked, rescuers said. Visitors to the site at Mickledore also left a disposable barbecue and other rubbish. The metal container, 840m ...

A good waterproof jacket is one of the essential pieces of kit if you’re heading for the hills in winter. UK weather is unpredictable and during our prolonged testing of the jackets in this review we ...

Work has begun on construction of the first additional ‘seasonal’ search and rescue helicopter base at Oban. A second one will be built at Carlisle. The two extra Coastguard bases will operate from ...

A man has died after falling from Sharp Edge on Blencathra in the northern Lake District. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was alerted to the incident about 1.40pm on Saturday. A team spokesperson said: ...

Rescuers battled torrential rain and winds reaching 80mph to reach an injured walker on a Lake District fell. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out about 1.40pm on Friday as Storm Amy swept ...

Police in the Highlands have appealed for sightings of a walker who has been reported missing. Kyle Sambrook is believed to have been planning an ascent of Buachaille Etive Mòr in Glen Coe. The ...