Winter Climbing
A Visitors Guide to Scotland
INDOORS ICE CLIMBING:
Indoor rock climbing walls are now common throughout the country. However, one recent innovation has been the development of purpose-built indoor walls for winter climbing. These can be either of artificial materials or real ice. There are not many as yet. They can be found at:
- Glenmore Lodge National Outdoor Training Centre, Aviemore.
A wooden panelled structure with metal slots (not open to the public). - Ratho National Indoor Rock Climbing Centre, Ratho, Edinburgh (open June 2002)
A Rubberised surface for ice-axe and crampon training. - The Ice Factory, Kinlochleven (open November 2002)
A first ever real-ice wall with snow-ice and water-ice, turf and rock. Also incorporates a dry-tooling wall of artificial surfaces. - TISO Interactive Shop, Glasgow
A small real-ice wall for testing out ice gear.