Aspect Mountaineering

Are you ready for your next adventure? As mountain guides we know that heading off into the outdoors is one of life’s simple pleasures and we are here to help you achieve your outdoor ambitions. So why not join us for one of our events, we have lots going on across all the major mountain ranges of Britain as well as other activities that will be of interest to all outdoor enthusiasts. We always aim to provide you with a well organised event so that you can concentrate on enjoying what we hope will be a memorable and positive experience in the outdoors. Take a look at our events sections to see what’s coming up, however, feel free to get in touch with us directly if you would like us to create a bespoke event for you or a group. Maybe you would like some help realising one of your goals such as walking a long distant classic like the west highland way, scrambling the classic routes of Curved Ridge and the Aonach Eagach in Glencoe or heading deep into the Cairngorm mountains to tick off some of the classic peaks of this this iconic range with an overnight camp, bivvy or bothy along the way. Whatever you have in mind get in touch using the contact form or contact details at the bottom of each page.

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Scrambling

Scrambling lies somewhere between hill walking and climbing, you’ll need to get your hands dirty in order to stay safe and make upward progression. However, other than a sure foot and a head for heights there is nothing to stop you taking part in a truly breath-taking and exhilarating experience. Scrambling can take you off the beaten track in no time at-all to the wildest of situations with some of the best views on offer in the mountains.

Navigation

Aspect Mountaineering is pleased to be able to offer you courses certified by the National Navigation Award Scheme. The overall aim of the courses are simple – to give lovers of the outdoors, whatever their sport, age or fitness, the freedom to explore the paths, trails, hills and mountains of Britain and abroad. Gaining an award does not give you a qualification to teach or lead. It is a recognition of the level of skill at which you can navigate.

Hill Walking

Hill walking in all its guises is to be enjoyed and cherished. Rugged Mountain tops with rocky, knife edge ridges, rolling hills with panoramic vistas, cliff top coastal paths with views across the ocean to gentle strolls through high mountain glens full of flowers and fauna. We love it all here at Aspect Mountaineering and are happy to offer wide and varied routes to be enjoyed by all. John Muir put it best when he said: “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”

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What our clients say

A huge thank you to Andy for taking us safely to the top of Ben Nevis and bringing us back down again during our Moonlight hike with Macmillan cancer support. What an amazing guy with a huge knowledge of his surroundings. Would highly recommend Andy to anyone who is looking for support or a guide around any of our beautiful mountains x

June Williams Kent Foods, Macmillan midnight walk on Ben Nevis

Had a fabulous trek up Ben Nevis with Andrew, we were a bunch of novices, but with help and guidance we made it!! A beautiful sunny day helped, Andrew had so much knowledge on all the views an awesome day – thank you.

Ali Richards Private guided day on Ben Nevis

Thanks again to Andy for all the help on the Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge. He was professional, patient and good fun and really added to the day. I would definitely ask Andy to guide us on any future trips.

Paul Robinson Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge

Andrew was a wonderful guide! Transported us to the start and motivated us to the top of Ben Nevis. He made this a truly great adventure! Highly recommend.

Sam Wilmott Private guided day on Ben Nevis

Andrew was an absolute gentleman! A great guide with lots of knowledge and a chipper attitude who kept motivating us to keep putting one foot in front of the other. He made us feel safe and gave me his coat at the top of Ben Nevis!!! Thank you for a great and challenging experience

Corazon Slater BBC Radio, Children In Need

Lovely to spend the day with Andy climbing Ben Nevis.Thanks for being a great guide with the right level of reassurance when needed. Glad you met Pudsey Bear too!

Charlie Partridge BBC Radio, Children In Need

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3 months ago
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Yass! 👊 A beautifully sunny 🌞 day, an awesome session rock climbing and abseiling 💪🧗‍♂️ at Auchinstarry Quarry with Jenny & John... 😀

Both Jenny and John had only tried indoor climbing once or twice and they both wanted to get a feel for rock climbing. ✅️ The nerves 😬 showed at first, but once the first route was sent and the first abseil was over. ✅️ The nerves settled and they both relaxed and enjoyed the session. ✅️💪🧗‍♂️

We covered the basics of how to second for a lead climber on trad, abseiling with myself backing everything up. ✅️ Both Jenny & John topped-out Access Route Diff***, Anarchist VD and Tar S. ✅️ A good haul of routes and finished off with a well earned ice cream 🍦! ✅️💪🧗‍♂️😀

If you would like to experience rock climbing & abseiling or build upon existing skills❓️Drop us a message here on Facebook or WhatsApp 07969 847338 for further information‼️

#rockclimbingdevelopmentinstructor #rockclimbinginstructor #climbing #climbingismypassion #developmentcoach #development #coach #coaching #outdoors #outside #kilsyth #glasgow #scotland #aspectmountaineering
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Yass! 👊 A beautifully sunny 🌞 day, an awesome session rock climbing and abseiling 💪🧗‍♂️ at Auchinstarry Quarry with Jenny & John... 😀

Both Jenny and John had only tried indoor climbing once or twice and they both wanted to get a feel for rock climbing. ✅️ The nerves 😬 showed at first, but once the first route was sent and the first abseil was over. ✅️ The nerves settled and they both relaxed and enjoyed the session. ✅️💪🧗‍♂️

We covered the basics of how to second for a lead climber on trad, abseiling with myself backing everything up. ✅️ Both Jenny & John topped-out Access Route Diff***, Anarchist VD and Tar S. ✅️ A good haul of routes and finished off with a well earned ice cream 🍦! ✅️💪🧗‍♂️😀

If you would like to experience rock climbing & abseiling or build upon existing skills❓️Drop us a message here on Facebook or WhatsApp 07969 847338 for further information‼️

#rockclimbingdevelopmentinstructor #rockclimbinginstructor #climbing #climbingismypassion #developmentcoach #development #coach #coaching #outdoors #outside #kilsyth #glasgow #scotland #aspectmountaineering
3 months ago
Aspect Mountaineering

Going back to May again and a quick hit 👊 at one of my favourite crags in the Central Belt region of Scotland, Limekilns with returning client Ellis Evans. 🧗‍♂️😀

These limestone blocks are set in pleasant woodland and provide some excellent climbing on superb rock. ✅️ The aim of this session was to get Ellis seconding on harder routes, and to take Ellis through the skills required to abseil safely. ✅️ Abseiling is often the safest way to descend from Limekilns. ✅️🧗‍♂️😀

We bagged a good haul of routes before the afternoon monsoon ⛈️ came on, including: Red Flag VS 4c*, Two Ringer VS 4c, One Ringer VS 4c, White Ensign VS 4c** and finished with DT's VS 4c**. 👊 Awesome climbing! 💪🧗‍♂️😀✅️

If you like to learn the skills to climb and abseil safely❓️ Drop us a message here on Facebook or WhatsApp 07969 847338 for further information‼️

#aspectmountaineering #rockclimbingdevelopmentinstructor #rockclimbinginstructor #rock #climbing #developmentcoach
#development #progress #rockclimbing #abseiling #limekilnes #dunfermline #scotland
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Going back to May again and a quick  hit 👊 at one of my favourite crags in the Central Belt region of Scotland, Limekilns with returning client Ellis Evans. 🧗‍♂️😀

These limestone blocks are set in pleasant woodland and provide some excellent climbing on superb rock. ✅️ The aim of this session was to get Ellis seconding on harder routes, and to take Ellis through the skills required to abseil safely. ✅️ Abseiling is often the safest way to descend from Limekilns. ✅️🧗‍♂️😀

We bagged a good haul of routes before the afternoon monsoon ⛈️ came on, including: Red Flag VS 4c*, Two Ringer VS 4c, One Ringer VS 4c, White Ensign VS 4c** and finished with DTs VS 4c**. 👊 Awesome climbing! 💪🧗‍♂️😀✅️

If you like to learn the skills to climb and abseil safely❓️ Drop us a message here on Facebook or WhatsApp 07969 847338 for further information‼️

#aspectmountaineering #rockclimbingdevelopmentinstructor #rockclimbinginstructor #rock #climbing #developmentcoach
#development #progress #rockclimbing #abseiling #limekilnes #dunfermline #scotland
3 months ago
Aspect Mountaineering

Another throwback to early May and a day of many firsts with returning client Ellis and at the time RCI trainee Mary Scott. 😀

I have been working with Ellis for sometime now, and this was the day Ellis lead her first sport route on-sight! 💪🧗‍♂️✅️ We started by using a pre-rigged sling to improvise using a Petzl Connect Adjust to safely thread a lower off at ground level. ✅️ Practiced clipping into quickdraws. ✅️ Then straight into it! 👊💪 Lots of climbing and an on-sight send of every route on The Padlock Boulder! 👊💪🧗‍♂️✅️

Mary Scott at the time was working towards her Rock Climbing Instructor award and wanted to strengthen her knowledge of sport climbing and to add more variety to her logbook in preparation for her upcoming assessment. ✅️ At first the nerves showed, 😬 sport climbing is not Marys strong point. 😬 But with lots of support from myself and Ellis. ✅️💪 Mary went onto make an on-sight send of every route on The Padlock Boulder as well! 👊💪🧗‍♂️✅️

For myself, my first visit to The Padlock, its a well bolted crag, good variety of routes and grades with a very pleasant outlook! ✅️😀

Sport climbing is a very good way to make the transition from indoor climbing to climbing outdoors. ✅️ If you would like to take your indoor skills outdoors❓️ Drop us a message here on Facebook or WhatsApp 07969 847338 for further information‼️

Photo 📷 credits Ellis Evans & Mary Scott

#aspectmountaineering #rockclimbingdevelopmentinstructor #rockclimbinginstructor #developmentcoach #climbing #sport #sportclimbing #coach #coaching #skills #development #climbinglife #climbingismypassion #lochgoilhead #scotland
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Another throwback to early May and a day of many firsts with returning client Ellis and at the time RCI trainee Mary Scott. 😀

I have been working with Ellis for sometime now, and this was the day Ellis lead her first sport route on-sight! 💪🧗‍♂️✅️ We started by using a pre-rigged sling to improvise using a Petzl Connect Adjust to safely thread a lower off at ground level.  ✅️ Practiced clipping into quickdraws. ✅️ Then straight into it! 👊💪 Lots of climbing and an on-sight send of every route on The Padlock Boulder! 👊💪🧗‍♂️✅️

Mary Scott at the time was working towards her Rock Climbing Instructor award and wanted to strengthen her knowledge of sport climbing and to add more variety to her logbook in preparation for her upcoming assessment. ✅️ At first the nerves showed, 😬 sport climbing is not Marys strong point. 😬 But with lots of support from myself and Ellis. ✅️💪 Mary went onto make an on-sight send of every route on The Padlock Boulder as well! 👊💪🧗‍♂️✅️

For myself, my first visit to The Padlock, its a well bolted crag, good variety of routes and grades with a very pleasant outlook! ✅️😀

Sport climbing is a very good way to make the transition from indoor climbing to climbing outdoors. ✅️ If you would like to take your indoor skills outdoors❓️ Drop us a message here on Facebook or WhatsApp 07969 847338 for further information‼️

Photo 📷 credits Ellis Evans & Mary Scott

#aspectmountaineering #rockclimbingdevelopmentinstructor #rockclimbinginstructor #developmentcoach #climbing #sport #sportclimbing #coach #coaching #skills #development #climbinglife #climbingismypassion #lochgoilhead #scotland
3 months ago
Aspect Mountaineering

A quick 🏃‍♂️ jaunt with Mary Scott to Loudon Hill, a crag I have not visited in many years. 😀

The plan was to do a couple of warm up climbs and then attempt one of the crag classics, The Edge VS***. 💪🧗‍♂️😀

The plan was soon scuppered, 🤦 when I realised the upper section of the crag was fully exposed to the strong winds 💨 blowing on this day and to make matters worse we encountered a few fleeting showers 🌦 making the lichenous rock slippery. 🤦🙄

In the end we topped-out Pulpit Arete S 4a*** and Conclusion Wall HS 4b*, before calling it quits for the day. 👍🏻🧗‍♂️😀

Hopefully next time we'll have better luck with the weather! 😀

#aspectmountaineering #rockclimbingdevelopmentinstructor #climbing #weather #nexttime #loudonhill #ayrshire #scotland
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A quick 🏃‍♂️ jaunt with Mary Scott to Loudon Hill, a crag I have not visited in many years. 😀

The plan was to do a couple of warm up climbs and then attempt one of the crag classics, The Edge VS***. 💪🧗‍♂️😀

The plan was soon scuppered, 🤦 when I realised the upper section of the crag was fully exposed to the strong winds 💨 blowing on this day and to make matters worse we encountered a few fleeting showers 🌦 making the lichenous rock slippery. 🤦🙄

In the end we topped-out Pulpit Arete S 4a*** and Conclusion Wall HS 4b*, before calling it quits for the day. 👍🏻🧗‍♂️😀

Hopefully next time well have better luck with the weather! 😀

#aspectmountaineering #rockclimbingdevelopmentinstructor #climbing #weather #nexttime #loudonhill #ayrshire #scotland
3 months ago
Aspect Mountaineering

Yass! 😀 More climbing and abseiling shenanigans at Auchinstarry Quarry with Ming a TCA regular. 👍🏻 Ming is a strong 💪 indoor boulderer, but has never tried rock climbing outside on real rock and has no rock climbing experience until now. 😀

Starting off with Access Route D***, the classic beginners route of Starry. Focusing on the basics. ✅️ How to flake a rope and where to flake it in relation to where you would be belaying from. ✅️ Tying in with a suitable knot. ✅️ How to set up the belay device, belay for a lead climber and how to hold a fall. ✅️ Next up was using a nut key to remove protection and rack it on your harness. ✅️ Job done! 👍🏻💪🧗‍♂️😀

We moved on to Anarchist VD, followed by Tar S, gradually building up the skills required to second on trad. ✅️ Once we had gone through all of this we moved on to Scream S 4b a good route, followed by Mister, Ye Can Walk up Roon the Back S. ✅️ All in all, a good haul of routes for someone that has never climbed on rock before! 👍🏻💪🧗‍♂️😀

Descent from all routes was to abseil, at first I set Ming up on what's known as a stacked abseil with myself at the bottom controlling Ming's descent. ✅️ Once Ming got the hang of things we changed this to self-protected abseiling, with Ming fully in control of her descent. ✅️💪🧗‍♂️😀

Another totally awesome session! 😀 If you would like to experience rock climbing & abseiling, drop us a message here on Facebook or WhatsApp 07969 847338 for further information! 👍🏻😀

The Climbing Academy Glasgow ❤️

#aspectmountaineering #rockclimbingdevelopmentinstructor #rockclimbinginstructor #rockclimbing #climbing #developmentcoach #development #coach #coaching #auchinstarry #kilsyth #glasgow #scotland
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Yass! 😀 More climbing and abseiling shenanigans at Auchinstarry Quarry with Ming a TCA regular. 👍🏻 Ming is a strong 💪 indoor boulderer, but has never tried rock climbing outside on real rock and has no rock climbing experience until now. 😀

Starting off with Access Route D***, the classic beginners route of Starry. Focusing on the basics. ✅️ How to flake a rope and where to flake it in relation to where you would be belaying from. ✅️ Tying in with a suitable knot. ✅️ How to set up the belay device, belay for a lead climber and how to hold a fall. ✅️ Next up was using a nut key to remove protection and rack it on your harness. ✅️ Job done! 👍🏻💪🧗‍♂️😀

We moved on to Anarchist VD, followed by Tar S, gradually building up the skills required to second on trad. ✅️ Once we had gone through all of this we moved on to Scream S 4b a good route, followed by Mister, Ye Can Walk up Roon the Back S. ✅️ All in all, a good haul of routes for someone that has never climbed on rock before! 👍🏻💪🧗‍♂️😀

Descent from all routes was to abseil, at first I set Ming up on whats known as a stacked abseil with myself at the bottom controlling Mings descent. ✅️ Once Ming got the hang of things we changed this to self-protected abseiling, with Ming fully in control of her descent. ✅️💪🧗‍♂️😀

Another totally awesome session! 😀 If you would like to experience rock climbing & abseiling, drop us a message here on Facebook or WhatsApp 07969 847338 for further information! 👍🏻😀

The Climbing Academy Glasgow ❤️

#aspectmountaineering #rockclimbingdevelopmentinstructor #rockclimbinginstructor #rockclimbing #climbing #developmentcoach #development #coach #coaching #auchinstarry #kilsyth #glasgow #scotland
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Selfie...!
More pleasant views from Starry...
Final route of the day, Tar gets big smiles from Jenny...
John on Anarchist...
Jenny removing the protection...
John on Access Route...
more smiles... John on Tar...
Jenny on Access Route...
Jenny focusing... Overcoming the crux of Anarchist...
Stacked up ready to abseil...
Pleasant views from Starry...
Smiles again...
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