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Our Partners

How Do We Choose Our Partners?

As Scotlands National Outdoor Training Centre, we are frequently approached by companies interested in working with us, this means we are fortunate enough to be able to work with the best companies in each field.  We don’t just work with anybody.  The Cairngorm plateau, our coastline, our rivers and lochs, can all be extremely hazardous work places in the wrong conditions, especially if you have the wrong equipment.  That is why we extensively test all of our partners’ kit, before agreeing to work with them.  It also means that they receive continual feedback from one of the harshest real life testing environments available.

Very high on our list of critera is that our partners are ethically minded. We care passionately about the environment and the sustainable use of it, therefore we check thoroughly that our partners believe, support and act according to this.  The other important factor is build quality.  Our instructors place a huge burden on their equipment, in some cases more than an average customer’s life time of product use in less than a season.  None of our instructors would be happy to use kit that was not built to last and function well in the conditions they work in. This is why you can trust the recommendations of our team and have faith in the products we use.

The key goal of our partnerships is to ensure that you, our customers, have access to the best possible kit, available through our stores, optimising your learning experience.  We highly recommend taking the opportunity to test the equipment we have, before you start shopping yourselves.

We would like to thank all our partners. We have a superb working and social relationship with them and long may it last. Here is what they have to say about their relationship with the Lodge:

Click below for more information on each of our partners

Ellis Brigham

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DMM

Blizzard

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Atomic Skis

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Peak UK

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Trek Bicycles

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Julbo Eyewear

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Hou Canoes

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