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 09 June 2024
Similar to recent years, this will be a joint meet between the Alpine Club and Climbers Club.
Robert Gates on Dream of White Horses (HVS), Gogarth. Photo: Ian Bryant
From our base, we will have easy access to countless crags of numerous rock types and difficulty levels, from short desperate test pieces to long mountain classics. There are options for both trad and sport climbing. (The meet has also been scheduled to correspond with a suitable tidal range at Gogarth.)
The mountains of Eryri also offer endless opportunities for scrambling and hill walking if the weather does not shine on us.
As in previous years we will have a pizza night at Gallt y Glyn on the Wednesday and a meal at a local pub on the last Saturday.
The meet will be coordinated by Ian Bryant.
