Outdoor pursuits

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Your boots are made for walking ALMOST all visitors to North Wales feel the urge to walk at some point during their holiday. Only the incurably lazy can resist the temptation! more

3 easy walks PACK your cigars, an obscenely overstocked picnic box and your favourite book. Forget about slogging up mountains and relax in your Hush Puppies as we bring you the best gentle walks in North Wales. more

Top 5 hill walks PRODUCING a definitive list of the top five walks in North Wales is always going to be difficult. But we've had a go. more

Mountain biking FOR decades, people escaping the cities have pedalled down quiet Welsh lanes through beautiful scenery, delighted to be free from the congested roads back home. more

Rock climbing SINCE the Reverend Thomas Bingley invented the sport of rock climbing by dangling off a Snowdonia cliff in a foolhardy attempt to gather rare flowers, North Wales has been an irresistible magnet for climbers. more

Watersports WHETHER you do it on a surfboard or in waders, on a raft or in a wetsuit, North Wales is the place for watersports enthusiasts of every persuasion. more

5 easy climbs THERE are literally thousands of rock climbs in North Wales. Inevitably, some are better than others. We think these are the best of the easier routes in Snowdonia. All will provide a fantastic day out and lasting memories. more

Mountain scrambling SCRAMBLING is that ill-defined sector of mountain activity which hovers uncomfortably between walking and rock climbing. We select the best that North Wales can offer. more

Going underground CAVING in North Wales is a claustrophobic affair. Not just because of the tight twists and turns of the passages themselves, but also because it is centred on a very small part of the region - the Alyn Gorge near Cilcain. more

New sailing school for Abersoch A NEW sailing school designed to bring the sport to people of all ages and abilities has opened in Llyn. more

Climbers warned off chough cliffs Mar 19 2002 CHOUGHS are not the easiest of birds to observe, and one of the only ways you are likely to come into close contact with one this spring is by hanging from a rope on a bare cliff face along the coastline of North or West Wales. more

Teams search for top action Feb 14 2002 THE charity Regain is looking for teams to take part in its second exciting action event. more

Warning to climbers Jan 10 2002 RESCUE services are warning climbers to take extra care in Snowdonia following three separate climbing accidents within a week. more

Tough trails put biking on the map Jan 8 2002 WE already knew it, but now everyone knows Wales' mountain bike trails are among the best in the world. more

Winter survival guide SWEATING to death in miserable, mild drizzle in more of a danger than frostbite in most Welsh winters. But sometimes, full Alpine conditions hit the Welsh mountains. If you're heading to Snowdonia this Christmas, be sure to read our winter walking survival guide before you go! more

Leisurely walks and plenty of birds at Malltraeth ARTIST and naturalist Philip Snow takes us on one of his occasional rambles in a series of wildlife walks on Anglesey and the mainland. more

Hill walker goes to ground THE foot and mouth crisis has caused author David Berry to make some very unseasonable trips to the seaside. more

Climbing barefoot towards the stars AS an adventurous young girl during the Second World War, Gwen Moffat's dream was to become a guerrilla. more

Winter climbs THE winter walker wishing to broaden his or her horizons by entering the mountaineering arena should consider attempting some of the easier snow gullies and ridges in North Wales. more

Easy walk into nature THIS is an easy tramp along the east shore of Wales's finest inland wildfowl lake, Llyn Alaw more

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