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Kintail Mountain Rescue Team launches fundraising for new base

Kintail Mountain Rescue Team has launching a fundraising drive for a new rescue base. The west coast rescue team has applied for planning permission for a new modern home for its growing team of volunteers and space for the team’s vehicles and specialist equipment. Kintail MRT has around 30 full team members ready to respond to emergency calls from the mountains and other remote areas 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The team covers a vast area taking in Kintail and part of Glen Affric, as well as Inverinate, Killinan and Monar, encompassing 39 munros and many…

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Kintyre Way solitude and Celtic myths win June prizes

Each month 2 reports are chosen to win vouchers from Scottish outdoor gear retailer, Highlander. For June the £100 1st prize goes to Stuart3957 for Six days on the Kintyre Way. His report gives an honest, and beautifully illustrated, account of this, often-overlooked, Scottish long distance route. Have a read and be motivated to start planning your own multi-day adventure. A Perthshire bike and hike wins the runner up prize. A £50 voucher is on its way to malcy_c for Beinn Mhanac from the east – an inspiration to explore different routes and lovely to see the Tigh nam Bodach and the stone…

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New section of Great Glen Way opens

A new off-road section of the Great Glen Way has been opened taking walkers away from the tarmac for much of the section between Bunloit and Drumnadrochit. The new section is on the Invermoriston to Drumnadrochit stage, and takes walkers and cyclists off the narrow, and sometimes busy, Bunloit road for a new 3.3km section from Ancarraig to Clunebeg. The updated route is now on the Walkhighlands app and website with a new description and mapping for that stage. The new section is also clearly waymarked and affects both the High and Low Routes for that stage. The new route…

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New Walkhighlands app goes live

The new Walkhighlands app is available at last in Apple App store and Google Play! If you’ve previously used our old non-app store app, it is now obsolete. Please uninstall it and install the new one from the app stores (link in our profile). Your app will then be automatically kept up to date.

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Tales of School and Bob Graham bag May’s prizes

Each month two walk reports from the Walkhighlands Forum are chosen to win vouchers from Scottish outdoor gear retailer, Highlander. The £100 May 1st prize went to k traverses for Midnight Bus, Highland Morning & 2 Ballachulish Munros. The judges commented that, “it’s always interesting to read their reports of walks in Scotland and south of the border done from public transport but this one stood out for it’s fantastic photos and epic ambition for a day walk by bus”. Something different was chosen for the runner up prize. A £50 voucher is on its way to ProfRob for The Bob Graham…

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Mountain Therapy for Brain Cancer

In January 2024 we talked to BBC Scotland’s political editor about his decision to tackle the Munros in the face of a terminal brain cancer diagnosis. Two years on, Glenn Campbell brings us up to date on those twin challenges: Ever since I was diagnosed with incurable brain cancer three years ago, Scotland’s mountains have become part of my therapy. Not an official prescription – just some self-medication that helps keep me fit and lifts my spirits.  Within weeks of emergency surgery to remove as much of my tumour as possible, I climbed my first Munro in a long time. It was…

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A tot of Rùm and Easter snow win April prizes

Spring is finally in the air and a huge variety of great walk reports were posted on the Walkhighlands forum in April. Each month £150 worth of outdoor gear vouchers are up for grabs for two winning reports. The £100 Highlander 1st prize voucher goes to tedthesinger for Rùm’s 1000+ Footers in a Day – a report that does what it says on the tin with added superb photos and the glowing green eyes of deer. A final blast of winter conditions wins the April runner-up £50 Highlander voucher for White Easter – More Likely Than a White Christmas, thanks for posting PaulSwansonD.…

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Contrasting hill days win March competition

The changing seasons of March meant loads of people were out and about and posting on Walkhighlands so it was hard to judge the walk report competition. However, Assynt came out as the clear winner again with the £100 Highlander 1st prize voucher going to Mal Grey for Glas Bheinn – a happy return to the hills at last. Not such a sunny day for The English Alpinist who takes home the March runner-up £50 Highlander voucher for Three Mealls near Killin went down well – a real testament to the power of the hills whatever the weather. Another 2 great reports also…

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Cairngorms campfire and BBQ ban comes into force

A new seasonal fire byelaw for the Cairngorms National Park will come into force on Wednesday. From 1 April to 30 September each year, campfires and barbecues will not be permitted in the National Park. The Cairngorms National Park includes popular areas around Aviemore and Braemar and covers 1,748 square miles. Sandy Bremner, Convener at the Cairngorms National Park Authority, said: “We want people to keep enjoying all that the National Park offers but we also need everyone to help protect it. We know it only takes one rogue spark to start a wildfire and when there is so much to lose,…

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Mountain Days win February competition

A slew of great reports were posted on the Walkhighlands forum in February, a great mix of short winter walks, epic mountain days and visits to pubs and cafes! The £100 Highlander 1st prize voucher went to Mart987 for Ben Oss & Beinn Dubhchcraig in the snow – making the most of one of the few fabulous bluebird days last month. Winning the February runner-up £50 Highlander voucher prize was Kenny_G for the nostalgic Not getting lost again on Beinn Eighe – a great story with wonderful photos. To be in with a chance of winning next month’s competition simply post a walk report…

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