Open boat canoeing courses at GLENMORE LODGE in the Cairngorms, Scotland. Scottish National Outdoor Training Centre for outdoor activity courses and holidays in rock climbing, hillwalking, mountaineering, ski-touring, kayaking, canoeing, sea kayaking, first aid, orienteering and teambuilding, all year round.

Open Boating

With good access legislation for waterways, lochs around every corner and white water of every Grade Scotland is renowned for it’s open canoeing. Glenmore Lodge is ideally situated: Loch Morlich is less than a mile away, the Spey less than ten and an endless choice beyond those. If you want variety of paddling, unspoilt mountain, forest and valley views then open canoeing in Scotland is for you.

2011 sees an addition to our 'journey' courses, we have added the Great Glen Crossing, a coast to coast crossing of Scotland including Loch Ness to our already popular Spey Descent.

Listed under qualifications are all of the open boat specific awards, for generic paddling qualifications and the relevant supporting modules please see our paddlesport qualifications page

Open Boating

Skills Courses

Open Boating

Qualifications Courses

Open Boat Sponsors

"I had a really fun weekend and by the end felt confident enough to know I want to do lots more."

Liz Belk
Weekend Intro to Open Canoe

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