This guide describes the rock and winter climbing in Dumfries and Galloway, one of Scotland’s best-kept secrets. The 64 cliffs and 1,760 climbs in these pages are always in beautiful scenery and vary hugely, from idyllic beachside bouldering to committing 180m icefalls, but above all, they are unfrequented and unspoilt. Many ‘remote’ Galloway hill crags are surprisingly close to the road, and an excellent climate allows for all-year-round rock climbing on the sea cliffs, where high-quality granite and diorite routes abound. Compiled and updated by local activists, this new guide presents the best that this unsung area has to offer both seasoned climbers and to those taking their first steps onto outdoor crags. Throughout, you’ll find full-colour photographic topos, inspiring action shots and detailed maps that help remove the mystery, but not the magic.
It covers the Galloway Hills, the Moffat and Dumfries areas and the Galloway Sea-Cliffs from the Solway coast to Ailsa Craig. The weather hereabouts is generally better than mountain areas to the north and south, and the rock is very quick to dry, especially on the coast.
Profusely illustrated with crag diagrams and action shots.
By Stephen Reid, Andrew Fraser and Stewart Cable.
Card cover, 21cm x 15cm, 425 pages.
Published 2026 by the SMC and Scottish Mountaineering Press.
ISBN: 978-1-907233-47-0.
This new guidebook is expected in June/July. Pre-order now and we will post it as soon as it arrives!