Sport climbing

The Scottishclimbs portal for Sport climbing, including guides.

We've been thinking of setting up a scottish bolt fund, something which should probably be done in conjunction with the SMC. For now if you have climbed a Scottish sport route you feel would benefit from rebolting or found in a dangerous state add it to this page.

Dave MacLeod on Metalcore 8c+ The Anvil

Lowering from Finalstraw at The Camel

Steall Hut sport crag

Glen Ogle

Features & Articles

• Sport Climbing Code of Conduct
• 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• Scottish Sport Climbing Top Ten - this article from 2001 is out of date now, but it's still a good read.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.

Guides

• Am Fasgadh - year round sport climbing in the North West of Scotland
• The Anvil
• Arbroath Sea Cliffs
• Ardvorlich
• The Bastion
• Balmashanner
• Benny Beg - Low Grade climbing, ideal for beginners
• Blantyre Towers - Climbing on an old bridge
• Boltsheugh
• Cambusbarron West Quarry - A classic Central Belt quarry
• Cambus O'May Quarry
• Clashfarquhar‎‎
• The Camel - Conglomerate
• Creag nan Luch
• Crystal Crag
• Dumbarton Rock
• Dumbuck - Steep sport climbing
• Dunbar Crag
• Dunglas
• Dunira
• Dun More - Skye
• Elephant Rock
• Glen Ogle - over 200 routes!
• Goat Crag
• G-Spot
• Grass Crag
• Kirrie Hill
• Legaston
• Ley
• Lower Glen Lednock
• Miracle Wall
• Moy Rock
• Myopics Buttress
• Newtyle Quarry
• North Berwick Law Quarry - Sport climbing in a suntrap
• Orchestra Cave
• Plockton
• Raasmi on Shetland
• Red Wall Quarry - Longhaven
• Rockdust
• Rob's Reed
• Stac Liath, on Mull
• Steall Hut, Glen Nevis
• Strathyre
• Tighnabruaich Viewpoint
• Tunnel Wall, Glen Coe
• Upper Cave Crag, Dunkeld
• The Verdans - Shetland
• Weem

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