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Warning over Cairngorm funicular costs

15 March 2024
Warning over Cairngorm funicular costs

Warning over Cairngorm funicular costs

15 March 2024

Repairs could 'blight rest of the industry' says Ski Scotland boss


Injured mountain rescue team member stretchered off Cairngorms in blizzard conditions

10 February 2024
Injured mountain rescue team member stretchered off Cairngorms in blizzard conditions

Injured mountain rescue team member stretchered off Cairngorms in blizzard conditions

10 February 2024

An injured member of a mountain rescue team was stretchered nearly two-and-a-half miles in blizzard conditions in the Cairngorms last night.


Highland mountain rescue teams praised for 'dedication and professionalism' after busy spell

03 January 2024
Highland mountain rescue teams praised for 'dedication and professionalism' after busy spell

Highland mountain rescue teams praised for 'dedication and professionalism' after busy spell

03 January 2024

Mountain rescue teams across the Highlands have been spending time in challenging conditions to help people off the mountains this winter.


UPDATE: Climber suffers chest and leg injuries in fall in Coire an t-Sneachda

20 December 2023
UPDATE: Climber suffers chest and leg injuries in fall in Coire an t-Sneachda

UPDATE: Climber suffers chest and leg injuries in fall in Coire an t-Sneachda

20 December 2023

Rescue team deputy leader: "It was a sliding fall into rocks on the hard snowpack"


Man injured in 'significant' fall in the Cairngorms

19 December 2023
Man injured in 'significant' fall in the Cairngorms

Man injured in 'significant' fall in the Cairngorms

19 December 2023

Some 25 mountain rescue team members sent to this and another incident around the same time


VIDEO: Animal rights group's plan to rescue Britain's loneliest sheep was hijacked, say campaigners

06 November 2023
VIDEO: Animal rights group's plan to rescue Britain's loneliest sheep was hijacked, say campaigners

VIDEO: Animal rights group's plan to rescue Britain's loneliest sheep was hijacked, say campaigners

06 November 2023

Animal Rising had been preparing to rescue Fiona for five days.


Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team assists injured solo teen climber

06 March 2023
Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team assists injured solo teen climber

Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team assists injured solo teen climber

06 March 2023

Rescuers called out twice in as many days to help stricken climbers in same area of Northern Corries


Body recovered from gorge near Tomintoul

02 March 2023
Body recovered from gorge near Tomintoul

Body recovered from gorge near Tomintoul

02 March 2023

Police have said there are no suspicious circumstances


Climber 'extremely lucky' to be alive after fall in Loch Etchachan area

28 February 2023
Climber 'extremely lucky' to be alive after fall in Loch Etchachan area

Climber 'extremely lucky' to be alive after fall in Loch Etchachan area

28 February 2023

A climber was "extremely lucky" to survive after plunging several hundred feet


Braemar MRT rescue four from Ben Macdui

27 February 2023
Braemar MRT rescue four from Ben Macdui

Braemar MRT rescue four from Ben Macdui

27 February 2023

Four men were rescued after becoming stranded on Ben Macdui


WATCH: University climbers off-route in Coire an Lochan rescued in 'very challenging' call-out

23 February 2023
WATCH: University climbers off-route in Coire an Lochan rescued in 'very challenging' call-out

WATCH: University climbers off-route in Coire an Lochan rescued in 'very challenging' call-out

23 February 2023

Trio were not prepared for lack of snow and had no ropes or harnesses just ice axes and crampons and became cragfast


Hiker rescued after being battered by fierce gales in Glen Einich

03 February 2023
Hiker rescued after being battered by fierce gales in Glen Einich

Hiker rescued after being battered by fierce gales in Glen Einich

03 February 2023

Stricken woman used 'what3words' to help Cairngorm rescuers find her


'I think it is fair to say a life was saved' – woman rescued from Monadhliath blizzard

16 January 2023
'I think it is fair to say a life was saved' – woman rescued from Monadhliath blizzard

'I think it is fair to say a life was saved' – woman rescued from Monadhliath blizzard

16 January 2023

A lone woman walker was "very lucky" to have been rescued in a blizzard more than 2500 feet up a mountain in the Monadhliath, according to rescuers.


Red House bothy renovation complete as Cairngorms shelter opens for use

04 January 2023
Red House bothy renovation complete as Cairngorms shelter opens for use

Red House bothy renovation complete as Cairngorms shelter opens for use

04 January 2023

A new bothy in a remote spot in the Cairngorms has opened after volunteers completed renovations on the building.


Cairngorm cannonball fires up Highland bowlers!

06 December 2022
Cairngorm cannonball fires up Highland bowlers!

Cairngorm cannonball fires up Highland bowlers!

06 December 2022

It's used in a unique game of ten-pin at bothy


Fewer avalanches recorded after winter with relatively little snow

19 April 2022
Fewer avalanches recorded after winter with relatively little snow

Fewer avalanches recorded after winter with relatively little snow

19 April 2022

The Scottish Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) has ended this season's forecasts – with one of its lowest totals of snow slides.


Missing walker left messages in the snow in Cairngorms to assist rescue

07 February 2022
Missing walker left messages in the snow in Cairngorms to assist rescue

Missing walker left messages in the snow in Cairngorms to assist rescue

07 February 2022

Man spelt his name with directional arrows in the snow to make it clear he was making way off hill


Missing hiker sparks major air and land search in Cairngorms in winds gusting 100mph

27 January 2022
Missing hiker sparks major air and land search in Cairngorms in winds gusting 100mph

Missing hiker sparks major air and land search in Cairngorms in winds gusting 100mph

27 January 2022

Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team leader says: "She had a pretty miserable night"


Rare evidence uncovered that Stone Age man lived in the Cairngorms

15 April 2021
Rare evidence uncovered that Stone Age man lived in the Cairngorms

Rare evidence uncovered that Stone Age man lived in the Cairngorms

15 April 2021

Exciting finds reveal communities of hunter-gatherers were "moving around and living off the land" during latter Ice Age


Cairngorm mountain rescue team leader standing down

29 June 2020
Cairngorm mountain rescue team leader standing down

Cairngorm mountain rescue team leader standing down

29 June 2020

But Willie Anderson who has served team so well for 14 years at helm will not be hanging up his boots altogether


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