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 Friday 15 August 2025
Members of the AC and ABMSAC will be meeting for a three-day meet which mixes maintenance work on the George Starkey Hut with opportunities to explore the hills around Patterdale where the hut is located. Accommodation at the hut is made free for all attendees of the meet as a thankyou for giving up your time and energy to keep the hut in good condition.
There is always quite a lot that needs doing (painting, cleaning, pruning, digging, scrubbing, tidying etc) but you are only expected to work some of the time and will have the opportunity to get out on the hill on at least one day.
There will be a communal meal on Thursday evening. For other days the White Lion is open again for eating out, and of course GS Hut kitchen is available too.
Please book places on the Maintenance meet nights through the warden, Marian Parsons on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
If you wish to stay on for extra nights, please use the Hut Booking system.
