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This Scottish Mountaineering Club definitive climbers' guidebook is the first volume of the long-awaited update to the popular Highland Outcrops guidebook. Highland Outcrops South covers crags south of Inverness and the Great Glen, including outcrops in Arrochar, Mid Argyll, Mull of Kintyre, Ardgour and Ardnamurchan. The very popular crags of Craig a Barns, Glen Nevis, Binnein Shuas and Creag Dubh are updated, and will continue to attract the day trippers from the Central Belt. The guide includes over 50 new crags, covering some 700 new routes in a total of about 2500. Full colour throughout with action photos to inspire, with detailed maps and photo-diagrams. The clear format is modern and user-friendly, including flaps on the cover that double as reference information and page markers, and colour-indexed tabs for quick location of crags of interest. Coordinating author Andy Nisbet is the most prolific winter and summer climber in Scotland, and has authored several climbers' guides. The suite of authors includes some of the most knowledgeable climbers in their areas: Stuart Burns, Geoff Hewitt, Kevin Howett, Colin Moody, Grahame Nicoll, Tony Stone and Andy Tibbs.

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A guidebook to the Northern Highlands South area of Scotland, covering an area from Torridon south to Applcross, Glen Carron, Glen Shiel and Knoydart with the popular Torridon area being the highlight.

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This is a superb, new edition, full-colour guide to the finest winter climbs in Scotland. The second edition of this indispensible guidebook to winter climbing has been fully updated and expanded to detail over 900 of the finest winter climbs in Scotland, with the emphasis on the popular lower and mid-grade classics. Colour action photographs, photo-diagrams and maps supplement accurate descriptions to make this an essential item for any winter mountaineer.This is another in a new generation of popular guides by the definitive publisher of climbers' guidebooks to Scotland. It is an essential winter guidebook and the only one which covers the whole of Scotland. The book is completely revised to take account of the change of climbing habits and weather conditions in the Scottish mountains. It presents accurate, up to date descriptions, supplemented by colour cliff photo-diagrams and maps. It also covers a large number of climbs, across the grades with emphasis on the lower and mid-grade classics. It is user friendly in a successful and well presented format. It also features robust construction with page marker ribbon to ease location of climbs.

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"Rock and ice Climbers' Guidebook to The Cairngorms area of Scotland" - a definitive climbing guidebook from the Scottish Mountaineering Council. "The Cairngorms" all in one volume.This, the next in the SMC's brand new series of "Climbers' Guides", covers all the summer and winter climbing in the northern and southern Cairngorms area.This title includes a number of the most popular and well-known climbing areas in the country. It is fully comprehensive and up to date, covering both summer and winter climbs. It contains much new and updated information. It features full colour throughout with photo-diagrams and action pictures.It is written by climbers with an in-depth knowledge of the area. It is user friendly in a successful and well presented format. It contains a page marker ribbon to ease the location of climbs. It covers the massive Cairngorms area in one guidebook.This title is written by a number of authors and previous guidebook writers who are mountain guides and leading activists sharing their expert knowledge of the area.

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