Active Outdoors

Tickets for next year’s Etape Loch Ness are expected to sell out within a couple of days as priority entry is due to open on Tuesday morning.

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: John Davidson heads west to explore a wonderful woodland walk that offers a glimpse to the dramatic Cuillin mountains

Now they must wait with fingers crossed until Highland Council planners give their verdict.

Mike Merritt lets the train from Inverness take the strain on his way to the start of a walking holiday in the north-east of England

Peter Evans returns to Glen Torridon to climb one of those ‘missing’ hills that got away

Mountain rescuers have urged hikers to ensure they are properly prepared - after a rise in the number of incidents.

John Davidson enjoys a weekend of mountain bike leadership learning in Pitlochry as he hones his riding for the future

The leaves may have started falling and the temperature is getting cooler, but there’s still plenty to do around the Highlands during the autumn.

John Davidson steps up for 26.2-miler after watching wife and others complete challenge close to home

Almost 10,000 runners have taken part in the Baxters Loch Ness Marathon and Festival of Running as it celebrated a record-breaking year of race times.

A four-fold increase in parking capacity at an under-pressure beauty spot in the north-west Highlands is expected to ease congestion at the location.

John Davidson explores the peninsular at Noss Head and visits the lighthouse and 15th-century Castle Sinclair-Girnigoe

Colin Cadden committed to surveying all the Cairngorms routes in a new guide to Scotland’s rights of way. John Davidson spoke to him in Glen Feshie

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: John Davidson joins volunteers in the Cairngorms National Park as they help keep mountain paths in good working order

The team behind a planned bike park near Fort Augustus are hoping that local people can help them create a world-class facility.

The post made by Millburn Academy in Inverness strongly encouraged all cyclists to wear helmets — including pupils getting to school via bike.

Lorraine McCall hiked, cycled and travelled by boat non-stop to 231 significant peaks in Scotland known as Grahams.

Event is taking place in September instead of October this year.

Calls have been made for the South Loch Ness Trail – part of the Loch Ness 360 – to have a maintenance plan in place after bridge is washed away.

John Davidson finds time for a nice circuit on the mountain bike, visiting some fine features of the national park