Outdoor News

Police in the Highlands have renewed their appeal for information about a missing hillwalker.

Ross Kinghorn was last seen about 9am on Monday 16 January after he arrived at Blair Atholl

National park bosses in Dartmoor have agreed to seek permission to appeal against the recent judgement that removed a right to wild camp that was presumed to exist for decades.

Dartmoor National Park Authority members voted in favour of the move at a meeting on Friday

Campaigners say they plan to hold a peaceful rally outside Dartmoor National Park headquarters during Friday’s authority meeting.

Dartmoor Wild Camping Action Group said it believes the authority will be discussing an appeal against the court ruling in the case brought by landowner Alexander Darwall

Almost nine out of 10 hillgoers now use mobile phones or GPS units to help them navigate, according to a survey.

Mountaineering Scotland asked 4,000 people if they used these devices when on the hills, and whether they had experienced problems with them

A group of wild campers went to the aid of a walker who injured herself on a Lake District fell.

The incident happened at Angle Tarn above Patterdale on Saturday

Police in the Highlands are appealing to hillwalkers for sightings of a man believed to have gone walking in the Blair Atholl area.

Officers are concerned for the welfare of 57-year-old Ross Kinghorn

Outdoor enthusiasts and campaigners joined politicians to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Scotland’s right-to-roam laws.

Ramblers Scotland’s #OutdoorsForAll event marked two decades of world-class rights under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003

Dartmoor National Park Authority said people will continue to be able to wild camp in certain areas, after it reached an agreement with landowners’ representatives.

Outdoor enthusiasts wishing to camp on the moors will need to refer to an interactive map and follow ‘leave no trace’ principles

Damian Hall and Jack Scott have finished the Montane Spine Race together, but Hall took the title because Scott was penalised for a navigational error earlier in the event.

The two men touched the wall of the Border Hotel in Kirk Yetholm, but a time penalty for leaving the official route pushed Scott down to runner-up position

A Dartmoor landowner has won a High Court case which challenged the right to wild camp in the national park.

Sir Julian Flaux, Chancellor of the High Court, upheld Alexander Darwall and his wife Diana’s contention that the legal definition of open-air recreation did not include camping