Meet Report: 12-14 September 2025. Despite the wild, windy and wet weekend weather the welcome return to the 3-way format Joint Meet at the Wayfarers’ Robertson Lamb Hut (RLH) in Great Langdale was voted a great success. Much cross-pollination occurred among the 15 present and more serious activity occurred than could have been expected. It […]
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 […]
Meet Report: 22-26 August 2025. On Friday the Chois and the Raines arrived first at Low Hall Garth to claim spots in the barn and the best bunks. After a quick lunch, the Raines set off on a bike ride and the Chois went to the Ruskin Museum to see the Bluebird. Dora and Arthur […]
Meet Report: 26 July – 9 August 2025. Ten members of the YRC travelled to the south of France for a two-week Alpine meet based at Ailefroide, in the Écrins National Parc. This is a stunning and rugged mountainous area, with the Parc itself located entirely within the borders of France. The village of Ailefroide […]
Meet Report: 19 July 2025. In a change from the usual weekend meets, the club decided to organise a day meet around the historic battlefield of Towton in North Yorkshire. After a lengthy spell of dry weather it was inevitable that the heavens would open on the day of the walk. And open they truly […]
Meet Report: 11-13 July 2025. This meet was based at Rockhall Cottage, the BMC’s Don Whillans Memorial Hut built against the rocks of The Roaches. The meet attracted both climbers and hillwalkers, filling all available places. The weekend officially designated a heatwave, it was bad news when Paul, Bill and Solvig arrived to find no […]
Meet Report: 20-22 June 2025. Based at Lowstern, the Long Walk this year went to places that most of us just look at, out of the cottage window. The full route was a tough 32 miles/52 km with 4800 ft/1460m ascent starting from Parlick. For those wanting a shorter walk back to Lowstern, there were […]
Meet Report: 11-18 May 2025. The Club has held at least ten previous meets on Skye, though this was our first since the 2006 meet (YRCJ 13-2) which saw overnight snow on the tops. Accommodation had been booked at the Croft Bunkhouse in Portnalong on the Minginish peninsula. The main hut had been block-booked for […]
Meet Report: 25-27 April 2025 This meet was accommodated in the Hebden Hey Scout Centre, nestled in the wooded valley above Hebden Bridge in Calderdale, West Yorkshire. This offered basic hostel accommodation with bunk rooms and a kitchen off a main communal room that could well double up as an activity space for scouts on […]
Most years the Club organises a week-long meet in the Spring to somewhere nice and warm as an antidote to our increasingly damp winters. Spain and Morocco are top choices. These popular trips attract climbers, scramblers and mountain walkers and recent venues include the Serra de Tramuntana in Mallorca (2026), the Costa Blanca mountains (2025, […]