Located within the Glasgow Climbing Centre, the Toolbox is the UK’s first commercial facility dedicated to Dry-Tooling and competition ice climbing.
We are both a world-class training facility, and a community hub. A place where beginners can climb next to world class athletes and everyone is supported and welcomed, no matter what your level or experience.
Beginners looking for introduction classes, winter climbers keen to improve their skills for the mountains, and athletes wanting to train for the World Cup. The Toolbox has it all. Come get involved.
Dry-Tooling (n.): Climbing with ice axes and crampons when there’s no ice present. It’s a cross between ice climbing and rock climbing—which makes it great training for both!
Outdoors, Dry-Tooling takes place mostly on rock walls and big caves. Indoors, it takes place on plywood walls with specialised plastic, metal, and resin holds.
