Beautifully illustrated and featuring contributions from many of Scottish mountaineering’s great writers, The Great Mountain Crags of Scotland is a celebration of that nation’s mountains and the rock and winter climbing which takes place on them. A special edition with slip case cover is now available from the BMC online shop.

This is a book for anyone with an interest in Scotland’s wild places, where the mountains and cliffs, rather than the climbs, take centre stage, transporting the reader far from towns and cities, and deep into the wilderness. The crags are the tallest, steepest and most majestic anywhere in the British Isles. They are all situated in a high mountain environment, and always a good hike from the nearest road. A visit to any of these great crags is therefore a worthy end in itself. For those wishing to venture onto the crags, all the climbs described are highly adventurous, relying solely upon leader-placed protection. Many of the crags and climbs are described and illustrated here in detail for the very first time.

Compiled by Guy Robertson and Adrian Crofton, the book includes accounts of some of Scottish mountaineering’s greatest triumphs, but also accounts of necessary failures – chasing elusive conditions, knowing when to go down, when to return. The authors relate their personal experiences of these cliffs and the climbing, and contained here are real treasures: schoolboy Dave MacLeod soloing on The Cobbler in winter after catching the train from Dumbarton; Mark McGowan’s gripping first-hand account of soloing Shibboleth on Slime Wall of Buachaille Etive Mòr; Grant Farquhar’s recollections of a cherished first ascent on the Great Prow of Skye’s Blà Bheinn; Es Tresidder falling under the spell of Creag Meagaidh’s Pinnacle Face; and Brian Davison’s 15-year waiting game for the first winter ascent of Mort on the Tough-Brown Face of Lochnagar.

Split into four sections – The South West Highlands, The North West Highlands, The Islands and The Cairngorms & Central Highlands – this book features unique contributions from, amongst others, Nick Bullock, Rick Campbell, Jason Currie, Brian Davison, Kevin Howett, Julian Lines, Martin Moran, Andy Nisbet, Simon Richardson and Tony Stone. Each section is accompanied by an original poem by Stuart B. Campbell, and renowned author and mountaineer Andy Cave has contributed the foreword.

Special edition with slip case cover
We’ve got 20 copies of The Great Mountain Crags of Scotland , complete with slip case covers, available to buy from the BMC online shop on a first come first served basis.

Member price - £31.50
Non-member price - £35.00

So pop into the shop now and pick up your copywhile stocks last

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