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Wired Guides’ Scottish Rock Climbs showcases 1,760 of the very best trad and sport routes across Scotland, covering a wealth of climbing never before presented in a single volume. Its breadth and scope takes in the Galloway hills, the outcrops of the Central and North-West Highlands, the mountain ranges of Arran, the Cairngorms, Glen Coe, Lochaber, Torridon, Assynt and Sutherland, as well as the sea-cliffs of the north-east and north-west coasts, the Hebrides and the Northern Isles, and historical urban test-pieces at Dumbarton. Each of the routes is shown on a diagram and supported by detailed information gathered and compiled by local activists. It’s the book you need to inspire a lifetime’s worth of rock climbing adventure in Scotland. UKC review here –
Aberdeenshire crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
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Beinn a' Bhuird | 113 | - | all |
Ben Macdui - Creagan a' Choire Etchachan | 91 | Granite | all |
Craig Stirling | 56 | Schist | NE |
Creag an Dubh-loch | 119 | - | all |
Eagles Rock | 30 | Granite | SW |
Earnsheugh | 35 | Schist | NE |
Lochnagar | 329 | Granite | all |
Logie Head | 93 | Greywacke | E |
Meackie Point | 20 | Granite | SE |
Pass of Ballater | 297 | Granite | S |
Rosehearty | 95 | Greywacke | NW |
South Cove | 78 | Granite | ? |
The Red Tower Area | 60 | Granite | all |
Angus crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Red Craig (Glen Clova) | 215 | Diorites | W |
Argyll and Bute crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Beinn Trilleachan (Etive Slabs) | 40 | Granite | SE |
Creag a' Bhancair | 38 | Rhyolite | W |
Erraid Crags | 184 | Granite | S |
The Cobbler | 163 | Mica schist | all |
Arran crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
A'Chir | 43 | Granite | all |
Beinn Tarsuinn | 16 | Granite | all |
Cioch na h-Oighe | 15 | Granite | E |
Cir Mhor | 72 | Granite | all |
Goatfell | 15 | Granite | all |
North Glen Sannox | 10 | Granite | E |
Rosa Slabs | 24 | Granite | W |
Caithness crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Ellens Geo | 37 | Sandstone (hard) | S |
Geo of Creagan Righe [Sgaps] | 25 | - | all |
Latheronwheel | 128 | Sandstone (hard) | E |
Mid Clyth | 115 | Sandstone (hard) | SE |
Sarclet | 124 | Conglomerate | SE |
Dumfries and Galloway crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Dungeon Hill | 39 | Granite | all |
Garheugh Port | 80 | Greywacke | S |
Hebrides crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Aird Mhor Bhragair | 64 | Gneiss | all |
Creag Mo | 28 | Gneiss | SE |
Dalbeg | 92 | Gneiss | SW |
Great Bernera | 78 | Gneiss | all |
Griomabhal | 10 | Gneiss | all |
Mingulay | 515 | Gneiss | all |
Pabbay | 372 | Gneiss | all |
Sròn Uladail (Strone Ulladale) | 54 | Gneiss | W |
Tamnasbhal | 14 | Gneiss | all |
Uig Sea Cliffs Central - Mhangarstaidh | 317 | Gneiss | all |
Highland crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Aonach Dubh | 238 | Andesite | all |
Ardnamurchan Point | 23 | Gabbro | NW |
Beinn Eighe | 211 | Quartzite | N |
Beinn na Seilg | 23 | Gabbro | all |
Ben Nevis | 523 | Andesite | all |
Bidean nam Bian | 92 | Rhyolite | all |
Binnein Shuas | 61 | Microgranite | all |
Buachaille Etive Mor | 316 | Rhyolite | all |
Car Park Crag, Glen Nevis | 14 | Mica schist | NW |
Carnmore Crag | 100 | Gneiss | S |
Creag Bheag (The Mound) | 31 | Conglomerate | SW |
Creag Dubh (Newtonmore) | 213 | Schist | S |
Creag Mhor Tollaidh | 1 | Gneiss | all |
Diabaig | 106 | Gneiss | W |
Garbh Bheinn | 59 | Gneiss | all |
Goat Crag | 86 | Gneiss | S |
Gruinard Bay | 59 | Gneiss | SW |
Gruinard Crag | 22 | Gneiss | NW |
Indian Slab Crag | 17 | Gneiss | N |
Jetty Buttress | 44 | Gneiss | NW |
Loch Maree Crag | 39 | Gneiss | NE |
Lochan Dubh Crag | 21 | Gneiss | SW |
Polldubh Crags, Glen Nevis | 547 | Mica schist | all |
Raven's Crag, Gairloch | 29 | Gneiss | SW |
Rubha Carrach | 20 | Basalt | SW |
Sandwood Bay Crags | 20 | Gneiss | W |
Sgurr a' Chaorachain | 42 | Sandstone (hard) | all |
Sgurr an Fhidhleir | 22 | Sandstone (hard) | N |
Steall Gorge Crags, Glen Nevis | 45 | Mica schist | all |
Steall Meadows Crags, Glen Nevis | 52 | Mica schist | SW |
Stone Valley Crags | 105 | Gneiss | SW |
The Bastion | 3 | - | S |
Invernesshire crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
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Ben Macdui - Stob Coire Sputan Dearg | 118 | Granite | SE |
Cairn Gorm - Cairn Lochan | 131 | Granite | all |
Cairn Gorm - Stob Coire an t-Sneachda | 216 | Granite | N |
Creag nan Clag | 22 | Conglomerate | all |
Dirc Mhor | 45 | Microgranite | NW |
Isle of Skye crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Bla Bheinn | 49 | Gabbro | all |
Coir' Uisg Buttress | 17 | Gabbro | SE |
Kilt Rock, Staffin | 67 | Dolerite | SE |
Mad Burn Buttress | 6 | Gabbro | E |
Sron na Ciche | 149 | Gabbro | NW |
The Dubh Slabs | 4 | Gabbro | E |
Thearlaich-Dubh Buttress | 11 | Gabbro | SW |
Moray crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Hell's Lum | 102 | Granite | SE |
Shelterstone Crag | 84 | Granite | NE |
Stac an Fharaidh | 58 | Granite | SE |
Stag Rocks | 86 | Granite | S |
Orkney Islands crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
(Old Man of) Hoy | 10 | Sandstone (hard) | ? |
Castle of Yesnaby | 8 | Sandstone (hard) | all |
Rora Head | 43 | Sandstone (hard) | ? |
Tomb Of The Eagles | 31 | - | ? |
Yesnaby | 192 | Sandstone (hard) | ? |
Perthshire crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Dunkeld, Cave Crag | 137 | Schist | SW |
Glen Lednock, Balnacoul Castle | 45 | Schist | N |
Glen Lednock, Creag na h-Iolaire | 48 | Granite | SW |
Lower Glen Lednock | 17 | Schist | SE |
Polney Crag (Craig a Barns) | 117 | Schist | SW |
Weem Crags | 100 | Schist | S |
Ross & Cromarty crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Ardmair Crags | 127 | Sandstone (hard) | SW |
Beinn nam Ban | 24 | - | all |
Carnan Ban | 10 | Gneiss | SW |
Loch Tollaidh Crags | 197 | Gneiss | NW |
Moy Rock (Dingwall) | 79 | Conglomerate | S |
Old Man of Stoer | 7 | Sandstone (hard) | ? |
Reiff - An Stiuir | 182 | Sandstone (hard) | S |
Reiff - Roinn a' Mhill | 216 | Sandstone (hard) | W |
Reiff - Rubha Coigeach | 154 | Sandstone (hard) | N |
Seana Mheallan | 103 | Sandstone (hard) | NW |
Sheigra Sea Cliffs | 139 | Gneiss | W |
Stac Pollaidh | 91 | Sandstone (hard) | all |
Sutherland crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Am Buachaille | 5 | Sandstone (soft) | all |
Ben Loyal | 23 | Granite | all |
Creag an Dubh Loch | 18 | Gneiss | NW |
Creag an Fhithich | 21 | Gneiss | W |
Creag Garbh Mhor | 30 | Gneiss | NW |
Creag Rodha Mor | 38 | Gneiss | W |
Foinaven - Ganu Mor | 122 | Quartzite | all |
Silver Rock | 13 | Conglomerate | S |