Weather

Scottish Avalanche Info. Centre- superb source of information about snow and winter climbing conditions in the 5 main climbing areas in Scotland- seasonal!

Cairngorm Weather Station- up to date 4000’ temps & wind info. for Cairngorm: very useful if climbing in the N.Corries or ski touring on the plateau.

BBC Online Weather- detailed long & short range area forecasts (and they still get it wrong).

http://www.mwis.org.uk/index.php - Mountain weather information service

The Met. Office- great local (and international) forecasting, the satellite imagery section is excellent and has fascinating photos from space regularily updated.

Online Weather- detailed forecasts for mountains areas in Scotland with 3000’ temperatures

Other Clubs

 

Mountaineering Council of Scotland- web site for local news on access and conservation issues.

Scottish Mountaineering Club- a huge and very informative site esp. on arcane Munro matters and new routeing.

Tayside Mt Rescue- get to know the local team before you need them on the hill and support their fund raising.

Carn Dearg MC- Dundee’s other climbing club!

MunroSociety a new society for Munro Completers

Other Links

 

John Muir Trust- join the JMT online

Mountain Bothies Association- lots of pictures of well-known and obscure bothies. See also the Cairngorm Bothy Network.

Scottish Mountain Photo Gallery- big collection of fine panoramic and satellite photos

The Angry Corrie- love it-or-loathe-it quirky fanzine for hill walking in Scotland

Knots on the web- exhaustive collection of links for those tricky climbing hitches, knots and much, much more.

Animations of knots being tied- so that’s how you do the Alpine Butterfly!

Ordnance Survey- maps, maps and more maps

Who owns Scotland?- Who DOES own our wild lands?

Scotland Online’s Outdoor section- excellent magazine format for climbing and walking news and chat

Dundee Mountain Film Festival : not to be missed, in November each year A Vertical World - Dundee's most popular climbing wall