Sport climbing
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Features & Articles
- Hardest Scottish Sport Routes - All the sport climbs in Scotland over 8a.
- Open sport climb projects - Some routes yet to be climbed
- Fancy heading further afield? Why not check out some of the UK's hardest sport routes?
- Scottish Sport Climbing Top Ten - this article from 2001 is out of date now, but it's still a good read.
- Scottish Sport Climbing Top Ten June 04 - Revisits the 2001 Top 10 format, but with newer harder routes.
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Guides
- Am Fasgadh - Gruinard
- The Anvil - Argyll
- Arbroath Sea Cliffs
- Ardvorlich
- The Bastion
- Balmashanner
- Benny Beg - Low Grade climbing, ideal for beginners
- Boltsheugh
- Cambusbarron West Quarry - A classic Central Belt quarry (only two sport routes)
- Cambus O'May Quarry - Deeside
- The Camel
- Creag nan Luch
- Crystal Crag - Inversnaid
- Dumbarton Rock
- Dumbuck - Steep sport climbing
- Dunglass
- Dunira
- Elephant Rock
- Glen Ogle - over 200 routes!
- Goat Crag - Gruinard
- G-Spot - Stronachlacher
- Grass Crag - Gairloch
- Legaston - Angus
- Ley - Angus
- Lower Glen Lednock
- Miracle Wall - near Dunoon
- Moy Rock -near Inverness
- Myopics Buttress - Dunkeld
- Newtyle Quarry - Dunkeld
- North Berwick Law Quarry - Sport climbing in a suntrap
- Plockton
- Rockdust - Pitlochry
- Steall Hut - Glen Nevis
- Strathyre
- Tighnabruaich Viewpoint
- Tunnel Wall - Creag a' Bhancair, Glencoe
- Upper Cave Crag - Dunkeld
- Weem - Aberfeldy
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Good for...
| Easy 3's, 4's and 5's | Medium 6a-6c | Hard All the 7's | Super Hard 8 and up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Beg | Rockdust | Upper Cave Crag | Dumbarton Rock |
| Dunira | Glen Ogle | Tunnel Wall - Glen Coe | The Anvil |
| Cambus O'May Quarry | Legaston | Tighnabruaich Viewpoint | Dumbuck |
| Ley | Strathyre | Myopics Buttress | Steall Hut |
| Ardvorlich | Strathyre | Glen Ogle | |
| Weem | The Camel | Tighnabruaich Viewpoint | |
| Goat Crag | |||
| Weem |
