July/August 2026, 150 years after Slingsby’s seminal ascent of Store Skagastølstind This advance notification of the ‘meet’ allows members to plan and liaise with others as it is likely that there will be higher than usual demands made of the limited local resources.  When and where to go can be very flexible. Cecil Slingsby’s solo […]

11-18th April 2026 at the Hotel Eden Nord, Port de Soller. The North West of the island of Mallorca is home to the mountain range of Serra de Tramuntana with a wealth of spectacular limestone peaks and ridges, providing excursions at all grades. There is also extensive sport climbing on sea cliffs and mountain crags […]

Meet report 13-15th February 2026 at the Midland Association of Mountaineers’ hut Glan Dena in the Ogwen Valley. The forecast promised a short respite in this wild, windy and wet winter. A few people braved the rain and had short coastal walks on the way, whilst Peter Baker drove up to Cwm Eigiau with the […]

27-29th March 2026 at the K Fellfarers property, High House in the hamlet of Seathwaite. Just off the Styhead track, it is ideally situated for access to all the Central Fells and, should the spring weather prove clement, the Borrowdale crags are a short distance away. We have sole use of the 26 bed hut; […]

Meet Report: 16-18 January 2026. By Friday evening eight members and three PMs had assembled at our Low Hall Garth cottage. For two PMs visiting LHG for the first time it was a leap of faith driving down the track in the dark and the others were becoming somewhat anxious as to their whereabouts.  Nevertheless, […]

Thursday 5th – Sunday 8th March 2026 at the SYHA’s hostel in Aviemore, a short walk from the town centre and within easy reach of the ski car parks for access to the Cairngorm 4000s and the extensive and varied climbing in the Northern Corries. If snow conditions are going to be good, it’s going […]

Mon 16-Wed 18th March 2026 at the Bank House Farm bunkhouse in Glaisedale on the Eastern side of the Moors. Glaisdale offers a different perspective of the North York Moors compared to recent meets which have been held further west in Carlton-in-Cleveland. Walks and MTB routes in and around Glaisdale itself can be started from […]

13-15th February 2026 at the Midland Association of Mountaineers’ hut Glan Dena, in the Ogwen Valley. One of the best situated huts in Wales, you step out of the door onto the slopes of the Carneddau whilst crossing the road lands you at the foot of Tryfan’s North Ridge. With daylight increasing towards the spring, […]

Meet Report: 12-14 December 2025. Based at the Boarshurst Centre. Run by Saddleworth Outdoor Pursuits Association, this is an Independent hostel in Greenfield which we last visited in 2021.  Until 1974 it was in Yorkshire’s West Riding, but Greenfield was then redesignated as Greater Manchester.   Whatever one calls the area, there’s always been rock […]

9-16th May 2026. This is a meet with two bases. We sail from Mallaig to Rum on Sunday 10th May in the morning to stay at the Rum Bunkhouse, a purpose built facility in the only hamlet on the island. We return to the mainland on Wednesday 13th May in the late afternoon to stay […]

Meet Report: 14-16 November 2025. This year’s Annual Dinner Weekend made it the tenth based on Lowstern and the Falcon Manor Hotel, and following the same format: Saturday afternoon Annual General Meeting, immediately followed by an illustrated lecture by a principal guest, then gathering at the hotel for a formal meal including a couple of […]

Meet Report: 24-26 October 2025. Challenged to place a bunkhouse in England and in “the middle of nowhere”, you wouldn’t go far wrong by putting it 5 miles down a single-track road at the end of College Valley where you will find Mounthooly Bunkhouse nestled beneath the Pennine Way as it descends from The Cheviot.  […]