Scottish Climbing
Information, inspiration, topos and resources for Scottish climbing. Scotland is amazing place to climb with some of the finest roack and scenery in the world and huge variety of climbing experiences packed into a small country. Here is the beta...
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Scottish climbing 101
Many climbers I meet are 'scared' to come climbing in Scotland. Not because of the climbing, but because of the 'big two' - the Scottish weather and the dreaded highland midge. This article gives you the all important local knowledge for how to stay ahead of both and tick some routes no matter what the weather throws at you.
A life-saving list of all the crags I can think of that stay dry in the rain. Anyone who has spent any time in Scotland won't need much convincing why this list is essential knowledge if you are a climber in Scotland.
Top Scottish climbing trip itineraries
So you want to come to Scotland to climb. Where to go? This is what I'd do.
Skeleton Boulders, Glen Nevis - topo
New problems, photos and videos from some brilliant newly deveoped boulders in Glen Nevis.
The Dave MacLeod blog articles
There is much additional content about Scottish climbing on my blog from my own climbing around Scotland. Below are my posts about some of them categorised by venue or by discipline. If you wan't to keep track of new blog posts, you can subscribe to my feed.
By climbing venue:
By Discipline:
Bouldering in Scotland
Stone Country have released the new full-colour glossy landscape bouldering guide to Scotland. Exhaustively researched to highlight the best bouldering available across Scotland, with around 60 established and new venues mapped and topo-ed, this is the bible for any travelling boulderer in Scotland. 200 pages are crammed with photos, topos and ticklists for this extensive and impressive bouldering landscape. You can buy it from my webshop here.
