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You can read our regular features in The Inverness Courier, Ross-shire Journal, Northern Scot, John O'Groat Journal, Strathspey & Badenoch Herald and Northern Times. We also produce an Active Outdoors supplement that appears in our titles as well as maintaining our webpage on each of our newspapers' websites.

Backcountry skiing guidebook co-author Scott Muir tackles the challenging but enjoyable mission to get the kids off-pist...
10/12/2025

Backcountry skiing guidebook co-author Scott Muir tackles the challenging but enjoyable mission to get the kids off-piste in the latest feature ⛷️

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03/12/2025

Winter means new adventures in the mountains, and John Davidson speaks to new avalanche service coordinator Graham Ross about the challenges

‘We’d stick them up in bars’ – How the Highland avalanche service has moved with the timesWinter means new adventures in...
03/12/2025

‘We’d stick them up in bars’ – How the Highland avalanche service has moved with the times

Winter means new adventures in the mountains, and John Davidson speaks to new avalanche service coordinator Graham Moss about the challenges for this week's

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03/12/2025

Anti-social motorists doing doughnuts in a beauty spot car park have been criticised over the “significant damage” they are causing.

The man who was once maintenance organiser for this remote Sutherland bothy revisits the area, which is now a constructi...
02/12/2025

The man who was once maintenance organiser for this remote Sutherland bothy revisits the area, which is now a construction site for the Strathy South wind farm...

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29/11/2025

A series of special presentations were made as the community of the Highland Cross gathered to celebrate another year of funding good causes.

Charities, volunteers and supporters of the Highland Cross gathered to celebrate another successful year of fundraising...
29/11/2025

Charities, volunteers and supporters of the Highland Cross gathered to celebrate another successful year of fundraising for good causes across the region.

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27/11/2025

Participants in a long-running challenge have raised more than enough to donate five new vehicles to charities across the Highlands.

The total amount raised by participants in the 2025 Highland Cross has been revealed at a charity handover night where f...
27/11/2025

The total amount raised by participants in the 2025 Highland Cross has been revealed at a charity handover night where five good causes received major donations

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27/11/2025

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: John Davidson takes a hike around the “pine path” at the Highlands’ rewilding centre in Glenmoriston

27/11/2025

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: John Davidson takes a pitstop on his route south and discovers a historic and nature-filled walk around a community-owned loch

27/11/2025

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Mike Merritt meets a 90-year-old runner who is still working and a dedicated hill bagger at the sprightly age of 86 on his travels

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Here at Active Outdoors we aim to bring you tales of our own adventures – from family outings to backpacking and mountain biking trips – which we hope will inspire you to get out and discover more of the north of Scotland for yourself.

Our features appear every week in the Inverness Courier, Strathspey & Badenoch Herald, Ross-shire Journal, Northern Scot, John O'Groat Journal and Northern Times.

We also publish a special Active Outdoors supplement which appears in our newspaper titles every spring.

Combined, our print readership extends to more than 85,000 – with more people accessing our articles and features online.