Gift Your Gear, the outdoor gear recycling initiative, will be accepting donations in all Rohan stores throughout March. The organisation is the brainchild of Rohan founder Sarah Howcroft and cleverly matches unwanted outdoor gear with UK community organisations, youth groups and charities working with young people in the outdoors. Technological advances, Xmas and birthday presents, changing interests, and even expanding waistlines are all reasons why many hillgoers have perfectly useable gear lying about no longer used. The aim of Gift Your Gear is to help the next generation get outdoors. Children and young people need to get outdoors for their…

A male and a female climber have been injured after being caught in an avalanche and falling around 300 metres on Ben Nevis. The accident happened on the Brenva face above Coire Leis on Monday 24 February. The avalanche was reported at about 1pm and the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team and a Royal Navy helicopter from HMS Gannet in Prestwick assisted with the rescue. The female climber was flown off the mountain and taken to Belford Hospital in Fort William where it is understood that she has serious head injuries. The male was walking wounded.

Ramblers Scotland today welcomed the launch of the Scottish Government's Physical Activity Implementation Plan ‘A More Active Scotland – Building a Legacy from the Commonwealth Games”, but raised concerns that the goals will not be achieved without a change in transport policy and increased funding for walking and cycling. Dave Morris, Director of Ramblers Scotland said: “We are very pleased to see the launch of ‘A More Active Scotland’ which is a key step in delivering the 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy. We welcome the long term approach taken by the government for a 10-year plan with milestones after 1 year…

Scottish author and walker Peter Wright is due to talk about his Scottish watershed walk at the Eden Court Theatre, Inverness on Thursday 27 February, 7pm. Peter will take the audience on a colourful and evocative journey from one end of Scotland to the other – upon the very spine. He will describe something of the splendour and continuous wildness of this 1,200km high level off-track route from the border with England all the way to Shetland via Duncansby Head, with a spectacular collection of full colour photographs. Copies of all three books in his Ribbon of Wildness Trilogy will…