“There’s no better way to appreciate the beauty of Assynt than on foot,” according to Ken Keith, a hiking guide who lives in the namesake Scottish parish, situated in the Northern Highlands on the ...

If you’ve already bagged spots like Isle of Skye, Ben Nevis and Glen Coe, it’s worth revisiting Scotland’s lonelier highlands in Assynt . If you’ve already bagged spots like Isle of Skye, Ben Nevis, ...

Assynt Mountain Rescue Team said the uninjured caver was well equipped but needed help returning to the surface.

A rescue operation was launched after a person became trapped in a cave system in the Highlands on Wednesday. The individual had descended on a fixed rope into the Allt nan Uamh Stream Cave in the ...

It was the subject of one of Norman McCaig's most famous poems that hints at the injustice the area experienced through oppression and depopulation.

An “extremely busy” week for the Assynt Mountain Rescue Team was capped by an epic overnight rescue of an injured hiker on a Sutherland Munro.

Mountain rescue volunteers helped the caver to safety ...

Thousands of acres of new native woodland are to be created on a vast Highlands estate under a scheme to boost nature and support the community. The Assynt Foundation has partnered with Woodland Trust ...

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