Welcome to the YRC
Formed in 1892, the club is unique in being involved not just in one outdoor 'activity' but in exploration in its widest sense. So whether you are a caver, climber, mountaineer, scrambler, walker or ski-tourer the club has plenty to offer you.
We have an active programme of meets throughout the year both in the UK and internationally. The wealth of experience and expertise of members of the Club can be counted on to provide help for those wishing to pursue their activities at home or abroad.
Exploration has always been a key part of the club's ethos both in formal expeditions and through members organising their own trips. Recently the club has:
The Annual Dinner is rather more sedentary and has now taken place for over a hundred and twenty years. Members of the Club have been entertained by some of the leading climbers and explorers of the day including Geoffrey Winthrop Young, Harold Tilman, Eric Shipton and Professor Noell Odell and the later generations of Peter Boardman, Sir Chris Bonington, Chris Brasher, Simon Yates, Kenton Cool, Alan Hinkes MBE and John Porter.
If you are interested in joining an active club with a wide scope of activity at all levels of difficulty why not contact our Membership Secretary.
What's on the site
The YRC has a long history of achievements and this is recorded in our Journals where you can read:
We also have an extensive digital image library where you can see images from the dawn of photography through to the modern day.
We also provide resources for like-minded individuals such as Google map showing most of the huts that BMC members can use, as well as TomTom 'poi' files to download and use to avoid that Friday night panic to find the hut before the pub shuts.
Lake District, Low Hall Garth - Fri Jan 10 to Sun Jan 12 |
N Wales, Ogwen, Helyg - Fri Jan 31 to Sun Feb 02 |
Scotland, Crianlarich, Inverardran Cottage - Thu Feb 20 to Sun Feb 23 |
Morocco, Anti Atlas - Sat Mar 07 to Sat Mar 21 |
Dales, Hubberholme - Fri Mar 27 to Sun Mar 29 |
Dales, Lowstern Maintenance - Fri Apr 24 to Sun Apr 26 |
Ireland, Donegal, Derrylahan Hostel - Sat May 09 to Sat May 16 |
Lakes, Newlands, Stair Cottage - Fri May 29 to Sun May 31 |
Pyrenees, hut to hut - Sun Jun 14 to Sun Jun 21 |
Lakes, Low Hall Garth Maintenance - Fri Jun 26 to Sun Jun 28 |
Cornwall, Bosigran, The Count House - Thu Jul 02 to Sun Jul 05 |
Long Walk, S Wales, Beacons Way - Fri Jul 17 to Sun Jul 19 |
Kamchatka, Eastern Russia - Thu Aug 13 @12:00 to Thu Sep 03 @12:00 |
Family Meet, Dales, Lowstern - Fri Aug 21 to Sun Aug 23 |
Scotland, Arran, Lochranza SYHA - Thu Sep 03 to Sun Sep 06 |
Lakes, Langdale, Robertson Lamb Hut - Fri Sep 18 to Sun Sep 20 |
Northern Pennines, Teesdale - Fri Oct 09 to Sun Oct 11 |
Peak District, Stoney Middleton - Fri Oct 30 to Sun Nov 01 |
AGM and Annual Dinner - Fri Nov 27 to Sun Nov 29 |