Falkirk Outdoors

16/10/2026

Our new Winter programme is online now. See comments for the link.

In this post we thought we would promote the exciting trips we have planned this season - because folk usually need a bit more notice of multi-day outings to get organised.

Hopefully see you on the hill.

08/10/2026

30/09/2026

Looking forward to winter? Want to get out on the hill in the snow?

We are putting the finishing touches to our 2027 Community Winter Programme. It will be up here soon as well as on our webpage https://www.falkirkleisureandculture.org/fit-and-active/outdoor-activities/

All our usual single day courses in the mountains for climbing and mountaineering, hill walking, ski touring, as well as beginner days and winter skills training.

Trips further afield to Northwest Highlands, Glen Affric, Northern Cairngorms.

Watch this space for further info.

15/09/2026

Over the last couple of weekends we've been delivering Mountain Leader training and assessment courses. These photos are from the assessment expedition.

The expedition ran for three days and was based in the area east of Glen Shee. We summited some of the Mounth Munros on our walk from the ski centre down to Achallater.

The fine weather held out for the duration and gave us stunning views of the stars on the night navigation exercise.

We have more Mountain Training Scotland training and assessment courses coming up over the next couple of months.

See here for more info about them:
https://www.falkirkleisureandculture.org/fit-and-active/outdoor-activities/mountain-training-scotland/?_gl=1*1rs1w8l*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTIxMzgxODg3OC4xNzg5NDUzODE3*_ga_JPGVJPP00W*czE3ODk0NTM4MTckbzEkZzAkdDE3ODk0NTM4MTckajYwJGwwJGgw

11/09/2026

Yesterday a High Tops team of Allan, James, Kay, Laura & Len - with Craig leading - went to Ben Starav in Glen Etive.

The forecast wasn't great so we decided to shelter from the weather by going up the usual north ridge route, instead of our proposed Northwest ridge which would've put us in the wind.

We managed to hide from much of the wind until the summit, but not the rain which increased as we gained height.

After we reached the summit cairn on Starav we continued a few hundred meters towards Glas Beinn Mhor and decided that we'd had enough of the horizontal soaking and headed back down the way we had come up.

One of those days where decision making was a fluid as the water cascading off the hill.

03/09/2026

Scrambling team was out yesterday ticking the Aonach Eagach.

If this or something similar is your thing check here for more:
https://www.falkirkleisureandculture.org/fit-and-active/outdoor-activities/adult-activities/?_gl=1*1qvsqz2*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTI0NjU2NTU2NC4xNzg4NDE5MTQ1*_ga_JPGVJPP00W*czE3ODg0MTkxNDUkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODg0MTkxNDUkajYwJGwwJGgw

31/08/2026

Each last Friday of the month we are running a new programme of Local Hill Walks.

Our August walk was to Ben Venue in the Trossachs, a fantastic Graham (Scottish hill between 2000 and 2500 ft) with a nice approach and some rugged moves to get to the summit.

Kim and Linda - with Craig leading - enjoyed a meander up which provided increasingly excellent views.

If hill walking is something you are interested in, or if you are getting back into doing it, or if you just fancy getting up some local hills so you can maybe see your house (as well as much of the Central Belt) - come along, it's only 20 quid for the day.

This includes transport from our Base in Skinflats as well as any equipment you might need.

Lots of breaks, relaxed pace, good craic.

Next walk is to Ben Lomond of 25th September. More info here:
https://www.falkirkleisureandculture.org/whats-on/local-hill-walks/?_gl=1*1kz6oai*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTUzOTY1NTM1Ny4xNzg4MTU5ODg4*_ga_JPGVJPP00W*czE3ODgxNTk4ODckbzEkZzEkdDE3ODgxNTk4OTEkajU2JGwwJGgw

19/08/2026

Yesterday we delivered our in-house walking training course to staff from Denny High School involved in their Duke of Edinburgh programme.

19/08/2026

Archie's sent in some photos of last Sundays High Tops outing in the Cairngorms. Much appreciated.

17/08/2026

Yesterday we restarted our adult community courses after a pause to run the kids holiday programme with a High Tops bike and hike to Beinn Bhrotain & Monadh Mor in the Cairngorms.

Alan, Archie, Len, Martyn, Natalie & Nicky - with Craig leading - cycled in from Linn of Dee near Braemar and followed the Dee up to just past the Allt Larnaidh where we continued on foot over to the Allt Garbh then on to Beinn Bhrotain.

We then continued over the boulders and on to Monadh Mor where we got views, then dropping steeply down Coire Cath nam Fionn to eventually join the path out of Glen Geusachan and back down Glen Dee to the bikes and an eventful ride back out.

A long and fairly strenuous outing but with ever-hungry midge bombings to keep us moving. Well done to the team.

Lots more walks, climbing, scrambling, navigation and even coasteering coming up if you fancy a wee adventure:
https://www.falkirkleisureandculture.org/fit-and-active/outdoor-activities/adult-activities/?_gl=1*1i2bzh7*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTUxMjQzMDU4NC4xNzg2OTU3NDE2*_ga_JPGVJPP00W*czE3ODY5NTc0MTYkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODY5NTc0MTYkajYwJGwwJGgw