In the heart of the Alps, a team of Scottish hopefuls are taking on the best in Europe in the ice climbing world cup in Saas-Fee. We also join a mountain rescue team as they prepare to deal with the dangers of Scotland's winter hills and we find out why climbers are using ice axe and crampons on rock as well as ice.

Extreme sports magazine with Dougie Vipond. In the middle of winter, with 17 hours of darkness per day, nearly 500 competitors head north of Inverness for Britain's hardest mountain bike race - the Strathpuffer 24 hour marathon. Ice covers much of the course. This year, Dougie is partaking as a solo rider. Lindsay Cannon tries winter surfing. Cameron McNeish experiments with some very small bikes.

Dougie Vipond and Duncan McCallum head to the Lowther Hills for the Original Mountain Marathon: a two day test of endurance where contestants have to run two marathons carrying everything they need to survive a night out. It's the oldest endurance challenge in the UK. Also on the show, Lindsay Cannon ventures into Glen Affric to meet some wildlife and we meet a remarkable woman, who is still climbing despite being paralysed from the waist down.

Often described as the world's toughest race, each year nearly 400 men and women run up and down Britain's highest mountain in under 4 hours- and the fastest do it in one and a half. The Ben Nevis race started in 1895 and since then it's known knows no equal. We're also off to Tiree for the final event in the Windsurfing World Cup and discovering why in 1934 two canoists decided to paddle from Glasgow to Skye- with only a car inner tube for safety.

Outdoor and extreme sports. This programme focuses on the Fort William Mountain Bike World Championships, and takes to the hills with walker Cameron McNeish.

This episode features hardcore surfing Thurso on Scotland's northern coast. It is a long way from shorts and bikinis but there is £60,000 prize money and a galaxy of international stars. Meanwhile Cameron McNeish is at the other end of Scotland on one of his favourite hills in the Borders, and returning to the the north coast is the Cape Wrath Challenge and the remarkable story of one man's fight against motor neurone disease.

The Adventure Show takes to the rapids and the stunning white water of the River Tay, near Aberfeldy, for the Grandtully Premier where over 200 top class paddlers test their skill in this major canoe slalom event. Staying on the water we're also discovering what it takes to kayak around the Cairngorms. Back on the hills we join Cameron McNeish for an ascent up Scotland's most southerly Munro, Ben Lomond, and we're off to the Balmoral estate, often described as the most scenic race in Scotland.

The Adventure Show heads to the remote Strathconnon glen north of Inverness for the inaugural Highlander Mountain Marathon. For two days competitors race over the hills carrying everything they need to survive. The programme is also off to the Alps to experience some extreme telemark skiing. Closer to home Cameron McNeish goes up the royal mountain of Lochnagar, and wildlife filmmaker Keith Collins is in the Cairngorms to see the magnificent osprey in action.

Nikki Wright and BBC presenter Lindsay Cannon tackle Britain's hardest 24-hour mountain bike race, the Strathpuffer.