Courses and events calendar

This course is ideal for novice climbing club members, students, parents and individuals who may have had the odd taster of climbing outdoors and wish to gain key safety skills. To take advantage of what is on offer you will need to have been climbing indoors a few times already. You will need to be able to put on and adjust a harness, tie in to the rope and belay a climbing partner. These courses are for people aged 18 or older.

This two day course builds upon the Physical Training for Climbing 1 workshop with the content of this second workshop exploring appropriate (and inappropriate) training methods, the training methods and design of customisable training programmes and the physiology of climbing.

This course is ideal for novice climbing club members, students, parents and individuals who may have had the odd taster of climbing outdoors and wish to gain key safety skills. To take advantage of what is on offer you will need to have been climbing indoors a few times already. You will need to be able to put on and adjust a harness, tie in to the rope and belay a climbing partner. These courses are for people aged 18 or older.

For people who regularly climb hills/mountains who wish to take it to the next level. This course will develop your confidence and technical skills to tackle scrambling-type terrain safely and efficiently.  

This course is ideal for novice climbing club members, students, parents and individuals who may have had the odd taster of climbing outdoors and wish to gain key safety skills. To take advantage of what is on offer you will need to have been climbing indoors a few times already. You will need to be able to put on and adjust a harness, tie in to the rope and belay a climbing partner. These courses are for people aged 18 or older.

This course will give you a firm grounding in practical mountain navigation skills. Suitable for people who enjoy days out on the hill, but would prefer to train on terrain that is not too physically demanding.

This course will give you a firm grounding in practical mountain navigation skills. Suitable for people who enjoy days out on the hill, but would prefer to train on terrain that is not too physically demanding.

This course is ideal for novice climbing club members, students, parents and individuals who may have had the odd taster of climbing outdoors and wish to gain key safety skills. To take advantage of what is on offer you will need to have been climbing indoors a few times already. You will need to be able to put on and adjust a harness, tie in to the rope and belay a climbing partner. These courses are for people aged 18 or older.

This Mountain Training Scotland award is for members who are currently involved or keen to become involved in leading hill-walking parties in mountainous terrain in summer conditions.

This course is ideal for novice climbing club members, students, parents and individuals who may have had the odd taster of climbing outdoors and wish to gain key safety skills. To take advantage of what is on offer you will need to have been climbing indoors a few times already. You will need to be able to put on and adjust a harness, tie in to the rope and belay a climbing partner. These courses are for people aged 18 or older.

This one-day workshop looks at the very basics of climbing, focusing on balance and movement and the key principles of the sport.

This one-day workshop looks at the very basics of climbing, focusing on balance and movement and the key principles of the sport.

This weekend goes a step further than the basic navigation skills to introduce valuable skills to members who regularly visit the summer mountains and who wish to develop their abilities to become safer and more proficient.

This one-day workshop looks at the very basics of climbing, focusing on balance and movement and the key principles of the sport.

This workshop is provided by Glenmore Lodge

This one-day workshop investigates in greater detail many of the most basic sport-specific techniques (movements), building on the key movements in Fundamentals of climbing 1 and developing them from the off-vertical (slab) medium to vertical and overhanging medium.

This workshop provided by Glenmore Lodge

This one-day workshop builds on the movement and technique content of F1 and F2 and combines the theory and the practical elements of those workshops being delivered in more challenging situations.

This workshop provided by Glenmore Lodge

Our first aid course is aimed at equipping participants with the knowledge and practical skills to deal with an unexpected emergency in the great outdoors.

This one-day workshop looks at the very basics of climbing, focusing on balance and movement and the key principles of the sport.

Build on your foundation of daylight navigation skills giving you strategies to cope with navigating in bad weather and to be able to safely navigate off the hill safely with intensive training in techniques for navigating in poor visibility and darkness.

Build on your foundation of daylight navigation skills giving you strategies to cope with navigating in bad weather and to be able to safely navigate off the hill safely with intensive training in techniques for navigating in poor visibility and darkness.

Build on your foundation of daylight navigation skills giving you strategies to cope with navigating in bad weather and to be able to safely navigate off the hill safely with intensive training in techniques for navigating in poor visibility and darkness.

This one-day workshop investigates in greater detail many of the most basic sport-specific techniques (movements), building on the key movements in Fundamentals of climbing 1 and developing them from the off-vertical (slab) medium to vertical and overhanging medium.

This training weekend is an ideal opportunity for university and college club members of all abilities to increase theiur skill levels - and to help those with a position of responsibility in the club to expand and consolidate their knowledge and improve their confidence in their roles.

Build on your foundation of daylight navigation skills giving you strategies to cope with navigating in bad weather and to be able to safely navigate off the hill safely with intensive training in techniques for navigating in poor visibility and darkness.

Build on your foundation of daylight navigation skills giving you strategies to cope with navigating in bad weather and to be able to safely navigate off the hill safely with intensive training in techniques for navigating in poor visibility and darkness.

Build on your foundation of daylight navigation skills giving you strategies to cope with navigating in bad weather and to be able to safely navigate off the hill safely with intensive training in techniques for navigating in poor visibility and darkness.

In this one-day workshop you will gaing an understanding of the skills and techniques used to develop a climber's physical abilities through physical training.

This one-day workshop builds on the movement and technique content of F1 and F2 and combines the theory and the practical elements of those workshops being delivered in more challenging situations.

Delivered by Heather Morning, our Mountain Safety Advisor.  Heather will draw on her in-depth knowledge of the Scottish mountains and combine this with the wide range of meteorological information available to us via the internet. Run on a workshop style basis with the opportunity to learn, interspersed with practical exercises.

Delivered by Heather Morning, our Mountain Safety Advisor.  Heather will draw on her in-depth knowledge of the Scottish mountains and combine this with the wide range of meteorological information available to us via the internet. Run on a workshop style basis with the opportunity to learn, interspersed with practical exercises.

More information to follow.

This one-day workshop investigates in greater detail many of the most basic sport-specific techniques (movements), building on the key movements in Fundamentals of climbing 1 and developing them from the off-vertical (slab) medium to vertical and overhanging medium.

This one-day workshop investigates in greater detail many of the most basic sport-specific techniques (movements), building on the key movements in Fundamentals of climbing 1 and developing them from the off-vertical (slab) medium to vertical and overhanging medium.

This one-day workshop investigates in greater detail many of the most basic sport-specific techniques (movements), building on the key movements in Fundamentals of climbing 1 and developing them from the off-vertical (slab) medium to vertical and overhanging medium.

This one-day workshop builds on the movement and technique content of F1 and F2 and combines the theory and the practical elements of those workshops being delivered in more challenging situations.

Winter mountaineering essentials including walking with an axe and crampons, ice axe self-arrest, navigation, winter safety, avalanche avoidance and much more

Winter mountaineering essentials including walking with an axe and crampons, ice axe self-arrest, navigation, winter safety, avalanche avoidance and much more

Nine hours of intensive winter navigation training with particular consideration to avoidance of avalanche-prone slopes and cornice features.

Winter mountaineering essentials including walking with an axe and crampons, ice axe self-arrest, navigation, winter safety, avalanche avoidance and much more

Winter mountaineering essentials including walking with an axe and crampons, ice axe self-arrest, navigation, winter safety, avalanche avoidance and much more

Winter mountaineering essentials including walking with an axe and crampons, ice axe self-arrest, navigation, winter safety, avalanche avoidance and much more

Nine hours of intensive winter navigation training with particular consideration to avoidance of avalanche-prone slopes and cornice features.

This training weekend will give participants a good grounding in a range of essential skills for venturing into Scotland's mountains in winter. The course includes route planning, navigation, winter safety, avalanche avoiudance, walking with ice axe and crampons, ice axe self-arrest and more.

This course is for proficient winter hill walkers wishing to increase their knowledge of snow and avalanches, to learn which areas to avoid and to improve their understanding of reports and forecasts..

This course is for proficient winter hill walkers wishing to increase their knowledge of snow and avalanches, to learn which areas to avoid and to improve their understanding of reports and forecasts..

Winter mountaineering essentials including walking with an axe and crampons, ice axe self-arrest, navigation, winter safety, avalanche avoidance and much more

Nine hours of intensive winter navigation training with particular consideration to avoidance of avalanche-prone slopes and cornice features.

Winter mountaineering essentials including walking with an axe and crampons, ice axe self-arrest, navigation, winter safety, avalanche avoidance and much more

Nine hours of intensive winter navigation training with particular consideration to avoidance of avalanche-prone slopes and cornice features.

For students who already have winter skills and rock climbing experience and who want to move into winter climbing. It will include a recap of winter skills, rope work, use of technical ice tools, escaping from multi-pitch winter climbs, and avalanche awareness, as well as lead climbing if appropriate.

For members of clubs affiliated to Mountaineering Scotland, and who either aspire to, or are already taking the lead on club trips.