Directory of Related Links

To contact us:

Chairman: Richard Christie

Secretary:  Neil Anderson

Webmaster: Dennis Cowan - Email: Click here

Mountaineering Council of Scotland

The Cioch Mountaineering Club is affiliated to the MCofS.  Use this link to obtain details of this organisation.

Walking Wild  Walking World

Useful sites for obtaining more information on walking and stalking in Scotland including Hillphones.

MultiMap.com

Use this link to find the locations of the areas we visit, or to find the location of the Lyne Tavern on the corner of Moodie St and Nethertown Broad St, where we meet every Thursday.

Tiso

** Outdoor Gear **

Ex Army

Up and Under

Cotswold Outdoor

The Adventure Centre

*** Tracklogs ***

***GPSW***

Wildday.com

 

Use these links to find all sorts of equipment bargains—if you’re lucky!

** This site is particularly good for GPS—less than £120 inc postage.

***  These are THE sites for GPS and digital mapping.  When last checked, Geko was available for less than £75.

BBC FORECAST FOR THE HILLS

Met Office

The Very Useful Weather Page

SAIS Avalanche Information

Mountain Weather Information (this site is reported as being consistently the most accurate.)

Use these links for obtaining information on the weather.

Hardie Bikes

Servicing and repair of bikes in the Dunfermline area.  Craig comes highly recommended.  He knows his stuff and is very friendly and appreciates his customers.  We recommend giving him a try for any road or mountain bike bits or repairs

Ken Baldry

Use this link for excellent advice from Ken about Alpine routes, including descriptions, maps and photographs.  Choose his Alpine Adventures and Advice page.

WalkScotland

There is no better outdoor site than this one.  An excellent site for all aspects of walking in Scotland, including suggested routes, club details, equipment reports, hill humour and links to avalanche forecasting and much more.

Mountain Bothies Association

The Cioch upholds the aims of this organisation.

Dunfermline and West Fife Sports Council

The Cioch Mountaineering Club is affiliated to this organisation.

Digital Camera Reviews

There is no better site than this for reviews for digital cameras.  Forget about ever buying a camera magazine again—these are real reviews by people who have bought and used the cameras.

Ernest Press Mountaineering Books

The Ernest Press are publishers of Mountaineering/Outdoor related literature and cover a wide spectrum of interest from biography/autobiography, mountain guides, mountain philosophy and humour.

Pinnacle Books

This bookshop specialises in second-hand, rare and interesting mountaineering and Scottish topography books.

NE of Scotland Bothies

This site allows those who use, maintain or own bothies in the North East of Scotland to communicate with each other.

Munromagic.com

Without doubt, this is the best site for information about all the Munros.  There is information on every single Munro including maps, routes, current local weather forecasts and hazards to look out for.

Scotland On Line

Another site with excellent descriptions of Munro routes as well as a host of other items, such as lists of all the Munroists.

Holiday House in the Spanish Mountains

This is a superb spot in Andelucia, in the mountains and also near to Malaga.  Ideal for hill-walking.  Discount of 10% for members.

Stalking Information

Use the following links for info on deer stalking

Hillphones

Walkingwild.com

Mountaindays.net

This site has a database of all mountains in the UK and includes routes, gear and weather.