The idea of the Winter Scrambling Series is to encourage people to get outside over the winter months, whatever the weather. All that strength you've been building up at the wall won't help at all! The idea here is to get out for a few hours in the cold, dark and likely wet evenings of the winter, building your resilience and character rather than honing technical skills. Excellent training for those coming on the Club's Scottish Winter Meets where you'll often be out in the dark in sub-optimal weather, or just a chance to try your hand at some type 2 fun if you're not sure whether mountaineering in more challenging conditions is for you. Plus you'll keep your legs hill fit and your trad head on ready for when the weather improves. We'll pick a route from the Cicerone guidebook Scrambles in the Dark Peak and walk, scramble, crawl, claw our way up it, finishing in time for a pint in a local pub.

If that sounds a bit much, don't panic. In reality many of the easier scrambles are barely more technical than clambering over piles of boulders and folk of any ability are welcome to come along, provided you don't mind being out in the cold and wet for a few hours. You'll need warm/waterproof clothing, solid footwear, a headtorch and a willingness to get stuck in, but not a lot more than that.

We'll decide on a venue/route once I know who is coming and what you're interested in doing, so please get in touch. You can register interest via the Add Me button but all the organisation will be done via the a WhatsApp group, so make sure you get in touch if you want adding to the group.

Starting sometime around 6-7pm depending on who's coming/where we're going/what we're doing - details for each scramble will be sorted out closer to the time via the WhatsApp group.

Full, Associate, Prospective and Canine members all welcome.