Summary of Adventurous Activities

Definition of Adventurous Activities

Adventurous activities are those with a level of perceived risk and for which specialist qualifications would normally be required.

Who can provide Adventurous Activities

• suppliers who are registered on Aberdeenshire Council’s list of approved providers of

adventurous activities

• or by suitably qualified and experienced Aberdeenshire staff and

volunteers.

Which activities are classified as Adventurous

• All upland, hill, and mountain activities regardless of form of travel.

• All indoor and outdoor climbing related activities, ropes courses, coasteering, abseiling,

Tyrolean traverses, bouldering

• All water sports and water related activities such as stand-up paddle boarding, sea & river

kayaking, open canoeing, rafting, sailing, wind surfing, water skiing, wave boarding, gorge

walking, coasteering, and open water swimming.

• Cycling and mountain biking, both on & off road. (Cycling Proficiency/ Bikeability Scotland is

not notifiable).

• Trekking on horseback.

• Quads, trail bikes and any form of motorised activities in natural terrain.
• Airborne activities such as kite surfing, snow kiting, gliding, hang gliding, paragliding,

parachuting.

• Any other activities of an adventurous nature where participants are on water, or more than

one metre above the ground and where specialist equipment and qualifications would

normally be required to safeguard progress.