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 MemberLectures
Here is a list of lectures at the Alpine Club. Select additional pages using the numbers at the bottom.
The lectures provide a good opportunity for AC members to meet one another and exchange news, views and information. New members and prospective members are particularly welcome. Prospective members are asked to contact the AC office before attending. Lectures generally start at 7:30pm.
For the lectures in London, non-members are asked to register their attendance in advance either by filling in the relevant form on the lecture page or by contacting the office at admin@alpineclub.org (Please note that a donation is requested on entry).
Anyone who has had an interesting trip and would be prepared to lecture is invited to contact the AC Office or the lecture organisers.
Each event includes a clickable map with the address of the venue.
Events Calendar
Fresh Footsteps in Antarctica
In January 2013 Jamie Goodhart and six other climbers from the Alpine Club set off from Argentina in a chartered sixty foot yacht. The compass was pointed south and the aim was to cross the Drake Passage and land on the Antarctica peninsular.
A week later the team landed by gigantic ice cliffs, where the Trooz glacier meets the sea and skied into an unexplored glacial system towards the mountains. When they could no longer ski they walked and when they could no longer walk, they climbed. Come along to see what gems were climbed.
This photographic lecture will cover sailing, skiing, exploratory mountaineering and the wildlife encountered by the expedition.
