Walkers heading up Glen Feshie in the Cairngorms need to be aware that the Carnachuin Bridge was swept away by the River Feshie in spate on 3 September this year. The landmark but rickety wooden bridge has been in a state of disrepair for some years now. The Glenfeshie Estate had been planning to repair [...]

The BBC are to show their new documentary ‘Munro – Mountain Man’ next Sunday 20th September at 9pm on BBC4. It tells the story of Sir Hugh Munro, the magnificent mountains that bear his name and the people who have been possessed by them. Little over 100 years ago, the Scottish mountains standing at more [...]

In a very heavily trailed announcement, the Glen Carron hill Sgurr nan Ceannaichean has lost its Munro Status. The hill was resurveyed by John Barnard and Graham Jackson for the Munro Society, and was found to be only 913m. In the next edition of Munro’s Tables, the Scottish Mountaineering Club will confirm that the hill [...]

When The Spinningdale ran aground on St Kilda during winter storms in February 2008, there were fears that rats would transfer to the island and damage the unique ecosystem. Now the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) has successfully dismantled and removed the wreck from the dual world heritage site and there is no evidence so [...]

The Mountain Bothy Association has revealed that its spending on maintaining its network of bothies has reached an all time high. In 2008/09, £45k was spent in maintaining 58 of the 100 buildings in MBA care. While some of the increase in spend was down to increased costs of materials and transport, the greater part [...]

The Rannoch community has re-acted with shock, disbelief and anger at the huge scale and unacceptable character of a massive proposed exclusive Golf, Hotel and Cosmetic Surgery complex at Dall on Loch Rannoch in Perthshire, overlooked by Schiehallion. This luxury development for the ‘super rich’ will lie along two miles of the shoreline of the [...]