Climbing

The club has an active climbing community, with activities ranging from single-pitch climbs on local crags on summer evenings through to cliffs, winter climbing and trips abroad both for Alpine adventures and sunny rock routes.

Midweek climbing

The club coordinates a program of rock climbing trips on Tuesday evenings at crags in and around the central belt. The summer programme each year starts towards the end of April. During the summer details will be listed in the club newsletter and added to the calendar below.

The Tuesday meets are aimed at all climbers and are suitable for beginners to outdoor rock. No formal coaching is provided but we will try to pair up more experienced partners with those with less experience to ‘show them the ropes’. People generally meet from about 5–6pm at the crag or arrange to share lifts.

During the winter (or if it’s raining) a group of Jacobites climb each week on Tuesday evenings from about 6pm, at either Alien Rock 1 or the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena at Ratho. If you would like to join us then email midweekRock@jacobitesmc.co.uk or come along to the pub.

The club encourages the use of helmets while climbing. The club can lend you a helmet if you do not have one.

Calendar of summer climbing: