Expeditions
The Alpine Club, the world's first mountaineering club, has members from around the world. Since it was founded in 1857, members have been at the leading edge of worldwide mountaineering development and exploration. We aim to be the club of choice for all mountaineers, providing a forum for sharing experiences and information.
Alpine Club members are constantly researching, organising and participating in expeditions to mountains around the world, so it will come as no surprise to find that amongst our members there is a massive wealth of knowledge about remote areas and expedition organisation. The Alpine Club provides a number of resources that will be useful for those planning or researching expeditions. This page provides links to these resources, and to other sites that are invaluable to expedition planners.
Alpine Club Expeditions
The Alpine Club organises annual expeditions, which are often to remote and little-known mountain areas. These expeditions are open to all members, subject to qualifying criteria and numbers. They can be subsidised by the Montane Alpine Club Climbing Fund. This fund also supports expeditions privately organised by club members. .
Read more about Expedition Reports
Many expeditions will have been awarded Mount Everest Foundation grants and provided reports. There are some details on the MEF website but the MEF does not hold actual copies. These are distributed to the AC and the organisations listed below (but not the Kew archives).
Royal Geographical Society
The RGS holds copies of all MEF reports as well as many others. Searching is very straightforward and summaries are provided. Reports cover the period 1965 onwards and are very comprehensive. They can be consulted by visiting the RGS library, or copies can be e-mailed.
National Archives at Kew
Not the easiest source of information. The National Archives holds many older documents deposited there from multiple sources.
British Mountaineering Council
This is still in beta form but has some impressive features. It is easy to search although not comprehensive. It includes summaries, and you can download many complete reports as PDFs. The BMC is currently the only readily available source of this information. The AC is working towards publishng a comprehenve expeditions database which will be be available on-line in due course.
Alan Rouse Sheffield Library
Sheffield library holds a comprehensive archive of mountaineering material, including copies of MEF and other expedition reports. There is a PDF catalogue which can be searched; one of the best ways of quickly identifying peaks and leaders. At present it is up to date only to 2010.
Events Calendar
To Sunday 19 May 2024 - 05:00pm
Following a successful AC meet in Aladaglar in 2023, the Club is planning to return to this spectacular mountain region in central Turkey in 2024.
The Aladaglar 2024 meet offers both rock climbing in a unique mountain setting and alpine style mountaineering up to 3800m. There are many bolted single pitch routes as well as alpine style multi-pitch rock climbing requiring trad gear. Descriptions for these routes are available in English language guidebooks. In addition, those who are interested in alpine style climbing can warm up on the sport and trad climbing lower down before undertaking some of the ridge traverses and snow couloirs for which the area is known.
Meet organiser Efe Tunç has produced a useful overview of the area's alpine climbing.
Dates: 4-19 May 2024 - When the days are not yet hot, while valleys are blooming with spring flowers and there is still snow on alpine peaks and in the couloirs.
For more information CLICK HERE
The indicative cost is £600-700 – inclusive of flights from the UK, car hire and half board accommodation.
The maximum number of participants is 12.
To book your place please email the meet organizer Efe Tunç at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Please briefly state your preferred accommodation option, climbing experience, preferences and abilities, whether or not you have a climbing partner and any previously attended AC meets.
