Traditional climbing

The ScottishClimbs portal for trad climbing: Guides to Scottish trad climbing venues and articles and features about trad climbing in Scotland and further afield.

Features & Articles

• Climbers Based in Scotland Currently Onsighting E5
• Hardest Scottish Trad Routes - E6 and harder
• Top Ten Scottish E5's
• Only one thing possible: Total commitment

Guides

Dave MacLeod on Rhapsody, Dumbarton Rock

Guides to Scottish trad climbing venues

• Auchinstarry Quarry - central belt quarry with a tiny walkin
• Cambusbarron Quarry
• Cambusbarron West Quarry - A classic Central Belt quarry
• Ceannabeinne Beach
• Covesea - NE Seacliff
• Diabaig - Highland slab climbing
• Dumbarton Rock - Home of Scotland's hardest route on more than 1 occasion
• Leum an Eireannaich - Off the beaten track
• Neist Point - Skye
• Newtyle Quarry
• Ratho Quarry - Another central belt quarry
• Rosyth Quarry - Fife
• Steall Hut -Trad and Sport for the hardcore

Under construction

Doubt Wall, Cummingston

Not a full guide yet... but worth a look

• The Hermit - Skye
• Cummingston - North East
• Glen Lednock
• Roslin Glen - Hard sandstone tucked away near Edinburgh
• Upper Cave Crag - Dunkeld

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