We offer a wide range of great value mountain skills courses and climbing coaching workshops, held in locations across Scotland. We also organise talks, lectures and other events during the year to help you grow your knowledge and meet other hill walkers, climbers and mountaineers. Check out the full schedule below and click for more information, booking details and prices.
Please note: We indicate whether courses are fully booked below, but please be aware this is not an automatic update, so the situation may change overnight.
Waiting lists
We operate a waiting list for most events to fill spaces that become available in case of cancellations. Please add your details to the waiting list for any courses and dates that are fully booked that you are interested in and we will be in touch with everyone on the list if any places become available.
Mountaineering Scotland, in partnership with Richard Bentley from Mountain Motion, is offering club and individual members the opportunity to participate in a Summer Mountain Leader Training Course, at a special discounted rate. This MTS award is for members who are currently involved or keen to become involved in leading hill-walking parties in mountainous terrain in summer conditions. A two-day overnight camping expedition is part of this course.
Details of the syllabus can be viewed on the Mountain Training website.
Please note that in order to participate in this course you must have registered with Mountain Training Scotland prior to the start of the course.
Venue: Feshiebridge
Ready to Rock courses are run in a partnership with Mountaineering Scotland and the Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI).
This two-day course is designed to take women members who can competently lead climb indoor or on sports routes and have some experience of climbing outdoors and introduce them to leading traditionally protected routes.
Venue: Central area
This one-day course is for members who have never climbed before or who has done a little climbing indoors but would like to try climbing outdoors on real rock.
Venue: Benny Beg
This one-day course is for members who have never climbed before or who has done a little climbing indoors but would like to try climbing outdoors on real rock.
Venue: Kingussie
This one-day course is designed to take members who are competent indoor climbers or those with some experience of outdoor climbing and help them develop their outdoor traditional climbing.
Venue: Central area
This one-day course is designed to take members who can competently climb indoors and translate these skills to outdoor sport crags.
Venue: Kingussie
Mountain Navigation. (Fitness grade 3) This navigation course is delivered in the Glenshee hills, and is aimed at our members who regularly ascend Munros (or equivalent). Your day's training will involve an ascent of one of the numerous Munros or Corbetts in the Arrochar Alps. Expect to be off track, on potentially steep/rough terrain. Maximum distance 14km and maximum ascent c900m. These courses are physically demanding.
Venue: Arrochar
This one-day course is designed to take members who are competent indoor climbers or those with some experience of outdoor climbing and help them develop their outdoor traditional climbing.
Venue: Kingussie
Mountain Navigation. (Fitness grade 3) This navigation course is delivered in the Arrochar hills, and is aimed at our members who regularly ascend Munros (or equivalent). Your day's training will involve an ascent of one of the numerous Munros or Corbetts in the Arrochar Alps. Expect to be off track, on potentially steep/rough terrain. Maximum distance 14km and maximum ascent c900m. These courses are physically demanding.
Venue: Arrochar
Mountain Navigation. (Fitness grade 3) This navigation course is delivered in the Arrochar hills, and is aimed at our members who regularly ascend Munros (or equivalent). Your day's training will involve an ascent of one of the numerous Munros or Corbetts in the Arrochar Alps. Expect to be off track, on potentially steep/rough terrain. Maximum distance 14km and maximum ascent c900m. These courses are physically demanding.
Venue: Arrochar
This one-day course is designed to take members who can competently climb indoors and translate these skills to outdoor sport crags.
Venue: Central area
This one-day course is for novice club or individual members who have never climbed before or who have done a little climbing indoors but would like to try climbing outdoors on real rock.
Venue: Central area
Hill navigation (Fitness grade 2.) This course is for people who enjoy days out on the hill, but would prefer to train on terrain that is not too physically demanding. The courses are run in the Campsie, Pentland and Ochil Hills. At times the course will be off track on the open hillside. Maximum distance 8km and maximum ascent 500m.
Venue: Campsie Fells
Hill navigation (Fitness grade 2.) This course is for people who enjoy days out on the hill, but would prefer to train on terrain that is not too physically demanding. The courses are run in the Campsie, Pentland and Ochil Hills. At times the course will be off track on the open hillside. Maximum distance 8km and maximum ascent 500m.
Venue: Campsie Fells
Hill navigation (Fitness grade 2.) This course is for people who enjoy days out on the hill, but would prefer to train on terrain that is not too physically demanding. The courses are run in the Campsie, Pentland and Ochil Hills. At times the course will be off track on the open hillside. Maximum distance 8km and maximum ascent 500m.
Venue: Campsie Fells
Hill navigation (Fitness grade 2.) This course is for people who enjoy days out on the hill, but would prefer to train on terrain that is not too physically demanding. The courses are run in the Campsie, Pentland and Ochil Hills. At times the course will be off track on the open hillside. Maximum distance 8km and maximum ascent 500m.
Venue: Pentlands
Hill navigation (Fitness grade 2.) This course is for people who enjoy days out on the hill, but would prefer to train on terrain that is not too physically demanding. The courses are run in the Campsie, Pentland and Ochil Hills. At times the course will be off track on the open hillside. Maximum distance 8km and maximum ascent 500m.
Venue: Pentlands
Hill navigation (Fitness grade 2.) This course is for people who enjoy days out on the hill, but would prefer to train on terrain that is not too physically demanding. The courses are run in the Campsie, Pentland and Ochil Hills. At times the course will be off track on the open hillside. Maximum distance 8km and maximum ascent 500m.
Venue: Pentlands
Hill navigation (Fitness grade 2.) This course is for people who enjoy days out on the hill, but would prefer to train on terrain that is not too physically demanding. The courses are run in the Campsie, Pentland and Ochil Hills. At times the course will be off track on the open hillside. Maximum distance 8km and maximum ascent 500m.
Venue: Dumyat
Hill navigation (Fitness grade 2.) This course is for people who enjoy days out on the hill, but would prefer to train on terrain that is not too physically demanding. The courses are run in the Campsie, Pentland and Ochil Hills. At times the course will be off track on the open hillside. Maximum distance 8km and maximum ascent 500m.
Venue: Dumyat
Fitness Grade 3: For people who regularly climb hills/mountains who wish to take it to the next level. The courses are delivered on the mountains sometimes ‘off-track’ and on rough scrambling terrain. Max distance 12km, max ascent 1000m per day.
Venue: Mill Cottage
Fitness Grade 3: For people who regularly climb hills/mountains who wish to take it to the next level. The courses are delivered on the mountains sometimes ‘off-track’ and on rough scrambling terrain. Max distance 12km, max ascent 1000m per day.
Venue: Mill Cottage
Fitness Grade 2: For people who regularly climb hills/mountains and are fit enough for a 7 hour day in the Scottish winter mountains. These courses are delivered on the mountain, sometimes ‘off-track’ on rough terrain. Max distance 12km, min ascent 600m.
Venue: Cairngorms
Our winter skills courses are aimed at women who already enjoy walking in the Scottish hills in summer and winter, and wish to improve their competency and learn the necessary skills to enjoy winter in the hills safety.
Fitness Grade 3: For women who regularly climb hills/mountains who wish to take it to the next level. The courses are delivered on the mountains sometimes ‘off-track’ and on rough scrambling terrain. Max distance 12km, max ascent 1000m per day.
Venue: Alex MacIntyre Hut
Fitness Grade 2: For people who regularly climb hills/mountains and are fit enough for a 7 hour day in the Scottish winter mountains. These courses are delivered on the mountain, sometimes ‘off-track’ on rough terrain. Max distance 12km, min ascent 600m.
Venue: Cairngorms
Fitness Grade 2: For people who regularly climb hills/mountains and are fit enough for a 7 hour day in the Scottish winter mountains. These courses are delivered on the mountain, sometimes ‘off-track’ on rough terrain. Max distance 12km, min ascent 600m.
Venue: Glencoe
Fitness Grade 2: For people who regularly climb hills/mountains and are fit enough for a 7 hour day in the Scottish winter mountains. These courses are delivered on the mountain, sometimes ‘off-track’ on rough terrain. Max distance 12km, min ascent 600m.
Venue: Glencoe
Fitness Grade 2: For people who regularly climb hills/mountains and are fit enough for a 7 hour day in the Scottish winter mountains. These courses are delivered on the mountain, sometimes ‘off-track’ on rough terrain. Max distance 12km, min ascent 600m.
Venue: Cairngorms
Fitness Grade 2: For people who regularly climb hills/mountains and are fit enough for a 7 hour day in the Scottish winter mountains. These courses are delivered on the mountain, sometimes ‘off-track’ on rough terrain. Max distance 12km, min ascent 600m.
Venue: Cairngorms
Fitness Grade 3: For people who regularly climb hills/mountains who wish to take it to the next level. The courses are delivered on the mountains sometimes ‘off-track’ and on rough scrambling terrain. Max distance 12km, max ascent 1000m per day.
Venue: Alex MacIntyre Hut