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Google has updated a Ben Nevis route in its mapping service after complaints it had suggested a “potentially fatal” path for walkers. The tech giant denied its map offered dangerous directions for ...

A climber has died after falling from a mountain on New Year's Day. The female student, from Bristol University, was with three others climbing on Ben Nevis when she plunged around 500ft. The tragedy ...

Hikers looking to summit Scotland’s highest mountain and other peaks in the area are being sent up “potentially fatal” routes by Google Maps, the region’s mountaineering organizations have warned. The ...

Scottish mountaineering charities have criticised Google for suggesting routes up Ben Nevis and other Munros they say are “potentially fatal” and direct people over a cliff. The John Muir Trust, which ...

Mountaineers say an apparent Google Maps route to the top of Great Britain’s highest peak could be “potentially fatal” for inexperienced climbers. Google denies that walking routes shown on the app ...