Outdoor News

A climber was airlifted from a Lake District quarry after injuring herself in a fall.

The woman was near the top of a sport-climbing route in Bram Crag Quarry, St John’s in the Vale, on Wednesday when the incident happened

National park bosses have approved plans for a snack shack on a walkers’ route up one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks.

Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority gave the go-ahead for the timber kiosk at Crina Bottom, next to the bridleway leading from Ingleton to the summit of Ingleborough

Carol Morgan has completed her round of the Wainwright fells, arriving back at Keswick early on Saturday evening.

Her time of 6 days 10hrs 43mins 45secs is the second-fastest by a woman, and fifth fastest overall

A walker was airlifted to hospital from Helvellyn after suffering serious leg injuries when he fell from Striding Edge.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team said the operation to treat the man and evacuate him from the mountain was technical and difficult

Police in the Highlands are appealing for information on a walker who hasn’t been seen for almost three weeks.

Glyn Smith, 76, of Cambridgeshire is believed to be on a walking tour in the North of Scotland

Hot on the heels of American runner John Kelly’s record-breaking round of the Wainwright fells comes another attempt to complete the route, this time by Irish athlete Carol Morgan.

Morgan began her challenge at 6am on Sunday, leaving the Moot Hall in Keswick with her eye on Kelly’s successful round, which ended on Saturday

Rescuers were called out twice in two days to aid groups attempting the Coast to Coast Walk who got into difficulties on the Lake District fells.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted about 9.15pm on Monday when three women in their 60s were reported overdue in arriving at their accommodation at Patterdale youth hostel

Runner John Kelly has set a new record for completing a round of the Wainwright fells.

The American long-distance specialist arrived back in Keswick on Saturday evening, after running more than 515km (320 miles) over 214 Lakeland peaks

Two major outdoors companies have transferred their ownership to their workers.

Terra Nova Equipment and Lyon Equipment have both formed employee ownership trusts and vested the firm’s ownership in them

Have a pair of hill sleuths unearthed details of Wales's unlikely 'last 2,000-footer'?