Believe it or not, it's National Parks Week and has been since,oh, last Friday, though understandably it's been overshadowed by moreserious news.The week's being used to kick off a whole raft of activities inthe Peak District National Park however, many of them aimed atyoungsters...

First up is the epic Mountain Biking Freeride event, Red Bull Rampage. Held in the Utah Desert, there’s a start gate at the top of the mountain, a finish gate at the bottom and a totally free choice as to how the riders get down. The riders spend days beforehand preparing their l...

A last minute reminder that the 2008 Keswick MountainFestival runs allthe way through this weekend till Sunday 18 May.We could go through a whole mammoth list of what's happening,who's there etc, but to be honest, you're better off looking at theweb site at www.keswickmountainfe...

Alpkit's Big Shakeout! event is back for 2012, taking place at the Thornbridge Outdoor centre from 12-14 October and tickets are on sale right now.The event's set to build on the success of last year's Shakeout and, once again, features camping on the festival site, evening enter...

Thought you might like to know about this Facebook competition which is a collaboration between Polartec and The North Face to highlight the latter's sponsorship of the epic Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc race.Don't worry, you don't actually have to enter the race, it's an online simu...

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Just a quicky to remind you that the 2003 Adrenalin Rush adventurerace kicks off from Inverness at 18.00 on Sunday evening.The race event should take the competitors - in teams of four,including one lassie - between five and seven days to complete and isthe only major UK expediti...

not much fun or worth much at all. Northe morphine and the sweet stench of anaesthetic gas as I wheezedinto a conscious agony, or the sour smell of old plaster casts andthe wire taut pain of physiotherapy. But hell, think of the craic wehad, the tales

Step Out with InghamsFor walking, hiking, cyclingand many more active pursuits, Austria’sSalzburgerland makes a fabulous holiday. The outdoor enthusiast stepsout into an enormous 7000km of marked hiking trails with more than 50cable lifts in operation in summer to help access. Wi...

Strangely hypnotic winter footage of Jonathan Yates being blown around the Cairngorm plateau - the title says 'White Out' but it's actually more of a 'Wind Out' with added giggling and wailing. Anyway, happy viewing - all the fun of Scottish winter