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 MemberLectures
Here is a list of lectures at the Alpine Club. Select additional pages using the numbers at the bottom.
The lectures provide a good opportunity for AC members to meet one another and exchange news, views and information. New members and prospective members are particularly welcome. Prospective members are asked to contact the AC office before attending. Lectures generally start at 7:30pm.
For the lectures in London, non-members are asked to register their attendance in advance either by filling in the relevant form on the lecture page or by contacting the office at admin@alpineclub.org (Please note that a donation is requested on entry).
Anyone who has had an interesting trip and would be prepared to lecture is invited to contact the AC Office or the lecture organisers.
Each event includes a clickable map with the address of the venue.
Events Calendar
To Sunday 29 March 2020
Due to the Corona virus situation this meet has been cancelled
Alpine Club Chamonix ski mountaineering meet. We will be using skis and mountain huts and winter rooms for access to winter mountaineering objectives and mountain rock routes. You need to have some prior ski touring experience including glacier travel to apply for this trip. The specific plan will be weather dependent to keep options open.
If you are interested or have any questions contact Tom Bell on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 07970749329 for more details.
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