The Alpine Club, the world’s first mountaineering club, was founded in 1857. For over 150 years, members have been at the leading edge of worldwide mountaineering development and exploration.
With membership, experienced and aspiring alpinists benefit from a varied meets programme, regional lectures with notable guest speakers, reduced rates at many alpine huts, opportunity to apply for grants to support expeditions, significant discounts at many UK retailers, extensive networking contacts, access to the AC Library and maps - and more!
Becoming a MemberMeets
Here is a list of Alpine Club meets. Select additional pages using the numbers at the bottom. A list of past meets is can be seen by clicking here.
The Meets programme provides great opportunities for fellow members to get to know each other in the climbing areas of the UK and the mountains of the world. UK meets in particular offer the chance for members to drop in, even if it's just for an evening drink.
New members have often attended meets as guests of members before they joined and their presence on meets is particularly welcome both to widen their circle of acquaintance and to assist with maintaining that tradition of openness to prospective members. Non-members may attend meets as guests of members at the discretion of the meet coordinator.
Before attending please read the Meet Guidelines.
Interested in organising a meet? It's easy! Click here to find out more.
Events Calendar
To Sunday 20 July 2025
Imagine a venue with sport, trad and alpine routes. All on pristine (not polished) limestone. You are thinking of Gran Sasso d'Italia, a big limestone mountain in the middle of Italy famous for its enormous pocket-infested limestone slabs. All this with Italian weather, food and wine.
After a successful 2024 meet,k we are returning to the mountain in 2025 for more high quality alpine rock routes and even higher quality Italian cooking.
Adele Long leading out on the Corno Piccolo - Gus Morton
We will be based at the Rifugio Cima Alta, Prati di Tivo at a cost of 50 Euros per day.
The meet is open for max. 12 persons. Prices and availability will be confirmed in January.
Contact: Gordon Chisholm - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.