Vertical Descents

18/01/2025

We are selling our rental van and website if anybody is interested. A great option if you want a van but don’t use it all the time.

12/01/2025

📣 ‼️ We are seeking motivated, enthusiastic and passionate guides to work with us for our 2025 season!

We are offering full-time, seasonal contracts to those with the right experience and qualifications; we can offer full training and qualifications along with competitive rates of pay. Vertical Descents are a long established Adventure Centre providing Canyoning, Via Ferrata and White Water activities. With a blend of activities based near Glencoe Scotland we will give you a wealth of guiding experience at intermediate and advanced levels.

For more information or to apply please contact Ben Starkie on 07843391922 or email [email protected]

01/12/2024

It's the 1st of December and time to start getting those Christmas Gifts organised! 🎄🎁🎅🏻

As we are feeling especially festive we are offering 25% off the final activity booking for anyone who purchases a Vertical Descents Gift Card this week!

Our Gift Cards can be used towards all of our activities and can be in any amount you would like, once you have bought your Gift Card you will receive your 25% off code.

Visit our website and gift the ultimate adventure 👉 https://verticaldescents-scotland.com/

09/11/2024

Fancy a Moray Coast get away?! Our little cottage ‘Osprey Hide’ has some availability over late autumn and early winter.

A beautiful private space awaits you with a cosy log burner 🔥 a hot tub with open views towards the beautiful Findhorn Bay where you do some stargazing and if you're lucky you might catch the Northern Lights!

We are throwing in a bottle of fizz with each booking for you to enjoy in the hot tub! 🍾Treat yourself to a little winter get away.


Bookings via :

Osprey Hide

06/11/2024

Check out our Coastal Adventure Degree now available at Cornwall Newquay University Centre Cornwall College 👇

Instant online booking

30/09/2024

Vertical Descents Scotland are now closed for the 2024 season, we want to say a huge thank you to all of our wonderful customers who booked adventures with us this year and for our hard working team of guides who make everything possible! 👋🥰🙌

For those keen beans already planning trips for next year - our booking calendar for 2025 is now open 👉 https://verticaldescents-scotland.com/activities/

18/09/2024

A little bit of summer has come back this week - we had the most incredible weather on this morning’s Via Ferrata!! 🙌🧗‍♀️☀️

We have spaces tomorrow on our White Water inflatables sessions at 9.30am and 1.30pm - River Bugging, Funyakking and River Tubing and with temps reaching 22°C we can’t think of a better way to spend the day!! Get booked in now before spaces run out!

11/09/2024

There's only a few weeks left before we close at the end of September so if you'd like to have an adventure with us, make sure you get booked in soon as weekend spaces are also filling up fast! 🍂💦🧗

The weather is definitely feeling very autumnal now but we thinks it makes for incredible views on our Via Ferrata and our wetsuits will keep you toasty warm in the water!

✅ Book NOW!

25/08/2024

It's looking like it's going to be a fab week to enjoy the views from Scotland's only Via Ferrata!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧗‍♀️🤩

Spaces are full on Monday & Tuesday but we still have spaces for the rest of the week - make sure to get booked in asap!
👉 https://verticaldescents-scotland.com/activities/via-ferrata/ 👈

23/08/2024

After a week of stormy weather affecting our trips the forecast for the coming week looks much brighter! ☀️🤩🙌

We still have spaces on our Inchree Falls Canyoning trips next week so get booked in now before they're gone ➡️ www.verticaldescents-scotland.com/activities/inchree-falls-canyoning/

02/08/2024

We had four crazy families join us for the last day of July and what an incredible day of fun we had!! 🤪💦🙌

Inchree Falls canyoning trips are suitable for ages 8+ Spaces are filling up super fast for August so make sure you get booked in ASAP if you'd like to come on an adventure with us!

28/07/2024

These guys had an absolute blast with us earlier in the week on the Via Ferrata course! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧗🗻

We still have spaces for this coming week so make sure you get booked in soon ✅

23/07/2024

These two had an absolute blast with on Sunday at Inchree Falls Canyon! 💦💦🤙

It might be a slightly wetter summer than we were all hoping for so we think you might as well embrace it and jump right in! 😆

Book a trip with us today ➡️ www.verticaldescents-scotland.com

17/07/2024

Experience Scotland's nature in a new way!! 👀💦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Trips are running daily all through the school holidays, suitable for ages 8+ at 9.30am and 1.30pm - make sure you get booked in!!

14/07/2024

🔥 Another amazing group tackling the Via Ferrata High Wire Adventure this week! 🔥

It's so nice to finally have some better weather this week for you lovely bunch to enjoy! Spaces are filling up quickly now we're in the school holidays so make sure to book your slot on our website if you don't want to miss out!

11/07/2024

Tackle the only Via Ferrata course in Scotland and enjoy a thrilling adventure!! 🧗🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤙

Suitable for children 8+ this is a wonderful activity that can be enjoyed by the whole family, perfect for the school holidays and will leave everyone feeling a fantastic sense of achievement!

We still have spaces left for this weekend so make sure you get booked in 👉 https://verticaldescents-scotland.com/activities/via-ferrata/

09/07/2024

🎉 🎉 This is the 9th year in a row we have been awarded a Tripadvisor Award!!

We want to thank our wonderful staff especially our hard working guides for helping us to achieve this and also our fantastic customers who continue to provide us with wonderful reviews and feedback!

Here's to another busy Summer season 🍾🍾

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04/07/2024

Our White Water Inflatables sessions on the River Leven are amazing fun - choose from our three options: River Bugging, Funyakking or River Tubing! 🛶🛟💦

Embrace your inner child but with an adventurous twist on this super fun water activity. Along with a guide you will spend your session navigating the rapids and obstacles of the river, hold on tight and enjoy the ride with this exhilarating activity! 🤙