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Weather, Snow and Access sites
• Mountain Weather Information Service
• Met Office Mountain Forecasts
• AccuWeather Mountain Forecast
• Skiing - Current snow conditions at the Scottish ski centres.
  
• SportScotland Avalanche Information Service
• Hillphones - Daily information for hillwalkers about deer stalking activities. (Gives maps, and phone numbers to call for daily reports, updated at 8am.)

Moutaineering organisations
• Mountaineering Council of Scotland
• British Mountaineering Council
• Mountain Bothies Association (MBA)
• John Muir Trust (JMT)
• Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland

Local walking clubs
We've listed a few clubs below, but you will find more on the affiliated clubs list on the MCofS website.

• Jacobites
• Ptarmigan Mountaineering Club
• HF Edinburgh
• Highways Hillwalking Club
• Red Rope
• Edinburgh JMCS
• Ferranti Mountaineering Club
• Edinburgh Hillwalkers
• Edinburgh Ski Touring Club
• Ochils Mountaineering Club
• Braes O' Fife Mountaineering Club
• Cioch Mountaineering Club
• Carn Dearg Mountaineering Club
• Glenrothes Hillwalkers Club
• An Teallach Mountaineering Club
• Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC)
• The Ramblers Association

Gear shops in Edinburgh
Edinburgh has a wide choice of outdoor gear shops. We've listed a few here to start you off.....

• Aktive8 - Lothian Road
• Blacks - Frederick St. & Elm Row
• Nevisport - Rose Street
• Sports Warehouse - Coburg St.
• Tiso - Rose St., Commercial St. & Ratho
• Mountain Warehouse - Kinnaird Park.

Other useful sites / links
• Walking Wild Scotland - walking information site run by VisitScotland
  
• MountainDays.net - Contains Route Database with details of all mountains in UK plus articles, weather and links directory.
  
• Ratho Adventure Centre - A huge climbing wall and outdoor activity centre 10 miles west of Edinburgh
  
• Alien Rock - Climbing wall at Granton, Edinburgh.
  
• The Ice Factor - Indoor Ice Climbing at Kinlochleven near Fort William.
  
• The Angry Corrie - Scottish hillwalking fanzine.
  
• West Highland Way - A long distance walking route from Glasgow to Fort William.
  
• Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival
• Kendal Mountain Film Festival
• Dundee Mountain Film Festival
• Fort William Mountain Film Festival
• Ticked off? Download a PDF with details of what to do if you get bitten by a tick.
  
• Hot Aches Productions - An Edinburgh based company producing climbing films.