Leading figures in Ramblers Scotland have joined forces to raise £200,000 to save the Ramblers office and staff in Scotland from massive cutbacks. Dick Balharry, President of Ramblers Scotland, who joined with Dennis Canavan and Cameron McNeish to launch the appeal, said, “My colleagues and I are determined to secure the future for Ramblers Scotland. [...]

Walkhighlands has just sponsored the Mountain Weather Information Service’s forecast for the Southeastern Highlands. The MWIS provides the most reliable and detailed forecast for climbers and walkers, with information about conditions on the tops as well as more general weather information. The Service is funded by the Mountaineering Council of Scotland and SportScotland and topped [...]

The Ramblers organisation appeared to be on the verge of war today as news broke of a massive cut in funding for the Scottish branch. Walkhighlands is very concerned that this will mean the Ramblers will no longer be able to campaign effectively at a Scottish level. The Scottish access legislation was passed by Holyrood [...]

A 26 year old man has died following a fall from the Aonach Eagach ridge in Glencoe on Saturday 13 June. The Mountain Rescue Team was involved in the recovery as well as a Royal Navy Helicopter. In another incident on the same day, a 79 year old man fell from a section of the [...]

Hill runner Manny Gorman has reached a milestone in his quest to run all the Corbetts after finishing the summits south of the Great Glen today. Manny began his epic attempt to run all 219 Corbetts (Scottish mountains between 2,500 and 3,000 feet high with 500 foot of descent on all sides) in a continuous [...]

In a first for an outdoors website, Walkhighlands now features OS Explorer 1:25,000 mapping for every walk. This is the best-selling scale with field boundaries, walls and fences all marked. The maps can be viewed online or printed and they have the walk route clearly marked. In order to access this new scale you do [...]