… We are a relatively informal group which offers a number of activities (depending on the time of year) such as Walking, Hill Walking, Running,  Kayaking, Climbing (indoors and outdoors) Cycling, Navigation and Survival Skills and much much more. THE GROUP ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE FREE FOR MEMBERS. On occasion we will run an event at a location where entry fees etc are required but these are paid by members directly to that venue. Parking fees, Transport costs, Lunch costs etc are t …

Hi all and welcome to mountain skills. I am a qualified mountain leader and I have created this group to run mountain skills sessions. The aim is to teach a variety of work shop type sessions focusing on key areas of mountain safety such as navigation and rope work. Anybody is welcome to join and sessions will be tailored to suit group needs.   Please get in touch if there is anything in particular you would like to cover.

… - everyone has to take responsibility for themselves as well as for each other, and everyone has a role to play (be it offering lifts to the start, helping with the navigation on the walk or bringing the jaffa cakes! Rock climbing We have a dedicated core of climbers.  There are regular meetups at the Glasgow Climbing Centre, where we run several beginners sessions through the year.  Trips to The Climbing Academy, Ratho, the Alien Rock venues in Edinburgh and the Ice Factor in Kinlochleven are a …