We are a Scottish charity that provides grants to projects and organisations that promote public recreation, education and safe enjoyment of the mountains, especially in the mountains of Scotland.
In all these activities the Trust will seek to ensure the conservation of the environment.
Our work is financed by donations from individuals and organisations who share our values, and from the publication of climbing and walking guidebooks and other books about the Scottish mountains by our whole owned subsidiary the Scottish Mountaineering Press.
Hamish MacInnes had a lifelong love of the Scottish mountains and devoted a large part of his life helping people enjoy those mountains safely.
The Scottish Mountaineering Trust has been chosen by his executors to manage his considerable estate so as to continue his life’s work.
Chairman David Broadhead explained: “We are delighted that the MacInnes trustees have decided to pass Hamish’s legacy to the SMT. We recognise that this is a big responsibility, as Hamish was a complete individual steering his own course through life, and the SMT will ensure that his values and memory will live on through the projects we support.”
This bequest follows on from the publications by the Scottish Mountaineering Press of the award-winning book The Fox of Glencoe, that chronicles his adventures and achievements in the field of mountaineering.
CIS’s “Thrive” project, which got going at the end of 2024, and was awarded £4795 by the Trust to introduce hill walking to a minimum of 42 men, mainly from West African, East African, and Kurdish Sorani and Kurmanji communities.
An £8000 SMT grant to Oban Mountain Rescue Team has helped keep their vital digital equipment up to date and reliable.
The SMT is delighted to have provided £2700 that enabled primary children from Benarty Primary School near Lochore to enjoy ten 2-hour indoor sessions at the Edinburgh Internatonal Climbing Arena at Ratho.
