It can lower stress, treat depression and open up a whole new world of outdoor-going opportunities so could you learn to love the cold? We spoke to converts whose lives have been shaped by embracing winter

Louise Robertson started to wonder if there was something more to life. And she found it in the most remarkable place

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Alex Roddie takes his snowshoes from Scotland to the Austrian Tyrol – and finds out just how far he can push them

Have you ever had one of those moments when it dawns on you just how dangerous riding bikes can be? I love to test my limits, but as I’ve aged, I’m starting to become more reserved in what I will and

Thirty years ago, work began on turning a disused pumping station inside a castle into one of Europe’s finest climbing centres. That goal has been summited, but the work to expand, update and evolve The Castle Climbing Centre continues