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 02 June 2024 - 09:30pm
The purpose of the meet is to provide young members with the opportunity to meet- and climb with - other young members. Therefore this meet is open to all aspiring, ambitious and experienced members under the age of 40, whether aspirants, full members, or ACG.
Held at the club’s hut, the George Starkey Hut in Patterdale, the meet will also be attended by Nick Kekus, International Mountain Guide who is based in the Lake District and the Alps. Nick will be in attendance to offer mentorship and advice. Nick has made more than 30 expeditions to the Himalaya and South America – many resulting in first ascents.
Please complete the following form to sign up for the meet:
https://forms.gle/gTbiTkjkuMJqYyBV7
The meet coordinators are Joe Robertson and Richard Ive.
If you have any questions please get in touch with Joe on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and include "AC YM Meet" in the subject.