Rock Climbing in Scotland

by Kevin Howett

Published 23 July 1990
In this popular guide to rock climbing in Scotland information is given on the latest routes and the most recent local area knowledge. 100 of the routes are new additions including the well known and frequently climbed crags and cliffs of Arran, Glen Coe and Glen Nevis, as well as the mountain quartzite of Beinn Eighe in Torridon and Cairngorm's 1000 fet Creag an Dubh Loch. Each route has been checked, is described pitch by pitch, and has its lengths given in feet and inches. It encompasses the full spectrum of climbing grades and covers 600 routes, all of which are divided into area-specific chapters giving information about: access; accomodation; provisions; camping; and mountain rescue. It includes maps of each area and detailed diagrams of every crag.