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
AC member Colin has been climbing for over sixty years and continues to do so, despite increasing decreptitude. Colin has enjoyed many Alpine holidays, completing the Alpine 4000ers guideless in 2000 (Collomb list), often by their more serious classic routes. Following on from his last talk in 2019, Colin will describe a further selection of favourite Alpine routes, at various altitudes, mainly in the AD to D grades, in all regions of the Alps.
Morgenhorn, Wyssi Frau, Bluemlisalphorn Traverse. photo Colin Beechey
If you were unable to attend the lecture in person, members have access to a video recording of the talk via the 'Lecture Archive' section of the 'Member Login' drop-down menu. (You will first need to log into the website to see this).
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