Northern Italy’s Aosta Valley, nestled between France and Switzerland, is famous for its winter skiing, but it’s a fabulous place to visit in summer too. The region is known as the ‘Rome of the Alps’ because it not only offers stunning mountain scenery but also has lots of unique cultural attractions including impressive Roman remains […]
Staycation experts at Sally’s Cottages have conducted new research to reveal the best UK lakes for water sports activities. The data was revealed by analysing 10 different factors in each location including the number of watersports facilities, TikTok posts, percentage of 5* Tripadvisor reviews, and the number of watersports-related terms (such as kayaking, wild swimming, […]
Ida-Sophie Hegemann has become the first woman to conquer the entire distance of the Karwendel Höhenweg in Austria in a single push, setting a new Female FKT record in the process with a time of 10 hours and 42 minutes. In the new The North Face short film “Karwendel” we follow the awe-inspiring athlete as […]
With extreme heat return to parts of the US, Montana’s Big Sky resort is advising mountain lovers that the gateway to the cool air of the high alpine begins with their Lone Peak Tram. The new tram, opened in December 2023, is in its inaugural summer of operations and provides access to the summit of […]
A giant swing, La Bascule, has opened at the French ski resort of La Clusaz in the Aravis region, close to Lake Annecy. The swing, which can accommodate up to three users at a time, safely strapped in, swings out over the mountain side above the famous ski town. Aparet from the thrill of the […]
It was another excellent day for Switzerland at the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) in Edinburgh as their team of four swept to victory in the Sprint Relay event. Navigating the campus of Heriot-Watt University and the surrounding suburbs of Riccarton, Natalia Gemperle, Riccardo Rancan, Joey Hadorn, and Simona Aebersold pushed their team from fourth to […]
Following on from the morning’s heats, the good weather and even greater excitement held for today’s Sprint Final at the World Orienteering Championships 2024 in Edinburgh. 90 contenders from around the world faced a complicated course traversing major Edinburgh landmarks, including the Royal Mile, George Heriot’s School, and the Cowgate, the start line at the […]
A good start to World Orienteering Championships (WOC) 2024 Day 1 at this morning’s Sprint Qualification in Leith Links, Edinburgh. A few hundred spectators met in the sunny park to watch 250+ male and female athletes cross the finish line in six individual heats. Of that 250, only 90 athletes earned a place at the […]
The summer season will see many hardened trail runners and hikers hitting the hills. As any seasoned pedestrian will tell you, the knife-edge between excruciating and enjoyable comes with socks. A good pair of socks is more than a luxury: they’re second only to shoes as the most valuable piece of gear you can own. […]
With the last section of the 2024 edition of the Great Himalaya Trail starting this week, World Expeditions, the only operator to offer the full 1,050-mile Nepal traverse, has announced that next year’s departure of the epic trail will have to be delayed by two weeks due to how the global climate change has been […]