| Table 3.9 Clubs affiliated to the Mountaineering Council of Scotland 1997 |
| | Clubs | Club members |
| Scotland | 114 | 5,948 |
| Aberdeen City | 5 | 345 |
| Aberdeenshire | 5 | 500 |
| Angus | 1 | 74 |
| Argyll and Bute | 2 | 84 |
| Clackmannanshire | 1 | 18 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 2 | 61 |
| Dundee City | 5 | 390 |
| East Ayrshire | 3 | 62 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 3 | 83 |
| East Lothian | 1 | 16 |
| East Renfrewshire | 0 | 0 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 9 | 552 |
| Eilean Siar2 | 1 | 34 |
| Falkirk | 2 | 48 |
| FIfe | 12 | 435 |
| Glasgow City | 17 | 669 |
| Highland | 6 | 256 |
| Inverclyde | 0 | 0 |
| Midlothian | 0 | 0 |
| Moray | 1 | 150 |
| North Ayrshire | 0 | 0 |
| North Lanarkshire | 0 | 0 |
| Orkney Islands | 0 | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross | 4 | 174 |
| Renfrewshire | 4 | 89 |
| Scottish Borders | 3 | 105 |
| Shetland Islands | 0 | 0 |
| South Ayrshire | 3 | 120 |
| South Lanarkshire | 5 | 324 |
| Stirling | 2 | 235 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 0 | 0 |
| West Lothian | 0 | 0 |
| National Clubs/scattered1 | 17 | 1,124 |
| Source: The Mountaineering Council of Scotland |
| 1 Clubs with no obvious base eg Ladies Scottish Climbing Club. |
| 2 The former Western Isles Council changed its name on 2 September 1997. |
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