A meet at the club's hut in Eryri

BBQs , charcoal and fire lighters will be provided. Just bring some food to cook

12 spaces have been booked by an LMC member.
The 4 loft spaces have now been booked by LMC members.
This is a mid-week booking.

12 spaces have been booked by the Rockhoppers MC. The 4 loft spaces have been booked by LMC members. The hut is full.
This is a mid-week booking.

Staying at the Alpine Club's George Starkey Hut in Patterdale, at the foot of Helvellyn.

22 bunks booked for Friday 22nd to Monday 25th August

£20 per person per night.

Bookings are non-refundable, but if you need to drop out you're welcome to find someone else to take your place and reimburse you the hut fees directly.

Participants are welcome to stay an extra day or so either side of the meet if they want. Please let the meet steward know if you do this and we can arrange an additional payment to the Alpine Club for any extra nights.

Activities: Climbing, Scrambling, Bouldering, Hiking, Swimming, 

Travel Notes: Possible to take a direct train from London Euston to Penrith. It takes 3 to 4 hours one way depending on the service. Possible to pick up people who use this method of travel from Penrith at a pre determined time. Please DM me if interested in traveling this way. 

There is a Whatsapp group for the meet at the LMC Whatsapp Community so that participants can add themselves.

A family friendly long weekend in South Wales that all members are welcome to attend. Sea cliffs, sandy beaches and a short drive from London. There is something for everyone.

Camping at the Pitton Cross campsite near Rhossili
https://www.pittoncross.co.uk/

We have been allocated 10 pitches and you would need to make your own booking with the campsite with ref : LMC 2025 and inform the meet steward.
Possibility to extend the stay either side of the long weekend.

Good trad, sport climbing and coastal walks in the area.

Guidebooks:
Rockfax South Wales Sport Climbs (book and app)
Rockfax Pembroke and Gower Trad (book and app)
Gower Rock: Selected Climbs (book)

A Whatsapp group for the meet will be added to the LMC Whatsapp Community so that participants can add themselves. A link to it cannot be added here for data security reasons.

El classico, the LMC Fron Meet. Ropes. Routes. Rain (or sun). You know the score. We’re heading west for a no-fuss climbing meet in the Welsh hills. Big days on the rock, laid-back nights—bring your grit and a sheep-spotters guide. Let’s make the most of the weekend, one pitch at a time.

Good for newbies and experienced climbers alike. Get in touch for climbing buddies lifts and join the Whatsapp chat

CANCELLED DUE TO LOW DEMAND

Based in/around Cortina, an abundance of incredible rock and alpine climbing, via ferrata and hiking in the beautiful Dolomites.

ACCOMODATION
A lovely apartment in Cortina is booked that accommodates 8 people. The cost for the whole week would be £300 pp if all spaces are taken. Please pay the accommodation deposit by Mid July to secure your space.

TRAVEL
Airport Venice Marco Polo is the best option for flying based on firstly travel convenience and price. It's a 2 hour drive away from Cortina.
Currently following BA flight is going for under £200 incl. hold luggage:
7.05pm LHR- 10.15pm VCE
9.30pm VCE- 10.45pm LHR

ROUTES
We’re spoilt for choice of where to climb in Cortina.

Cinque Torri has a range of excellent cragging, multi pitch trad and via feratta across all the grades from 3-8.

GUIDEBOOKS
Rockfax dolomites is available in print and on the Rockfax app.

As well, Falesie a Cortina d'Ampezzo contains many crags not contained in the Rockfax version.

A Whatsapp group for the meet will be added to the LMC Whatsapp Community so that participants can add themselves. A link to it cannot be added here for data security reasons.

Sport Climbing in Portland

Staying at the Portland Bunkhouse https://www.portlandbunkhouse.com/

£20 pppn.

We can't offer refunds in the event of cancellation. But if you need to cancel and someone takes your place they can reimburse you directly.

A Whatsapp group for the meet will be added to the community in due course. A link can't be added here for data security reasons.

A meet at the club hut in Eryri

Celebrate Guy Fawks night at the hut, watching a local fireworks display.

A long weekend of bolt clipping in the sunshine.

We will be going to Calpe again staying at Villa Solpadel which is a short walk from the town centre (similar to Villa Perles). Most rooms are twins so booking will be on the basis of sharing a twin and it sleeps 16 people. The villa has a small pool too if weather permits!

Flights to Alicante are plentiful from a number of London airports. In order to co-ordinate car-shares, suggested approximate flights: Arrive Friday night, leave Wednesday night.

Chance to sharpen your map reading and navigation skills - both by day and night. Suitable for novice navigators and wizard-like wanderers. This year with new helpers - and new ideas!

We will to focus on using maps, and then go out on the hill to practice navigation. We will all make use of traditional navigation (using a compass, the map and looking around!), and also discuss use of GPS-based devices.

Bookings open on 1 September, and will be limited to ten participants. We will organise a communal meal on the Saturday night (I'll be looking for a volunteer co-ordinator). The meet fees include an extra amount to pay for the communal meal.

Refunds in the case of participants cancelling are at discretion of meet steward.

This meet is recommended for experienced winter walkers and wild campers only.

Winter backpacking in the Cairngorms

Braemar - Aviemore, 60km, tent and bothy accommodation.

Flight to Aberdeen, return by day train.

A Whatsapp group for the meet has been added to the LMC Whatsapp Community so that participants can add themselves.

Cogne – One of the World’s Best Ice Climbing Venues

Located in the heart of Gran Paradiso National Park in northern Italy, Cogne offers easy access to dozens of single- and multi-pitch routes across all grades, with generally reliable ice conditions and stable weather.

This meet is suitable for both experienced climbers and those with at least some prior ice climbing experience. Ideally, participants will have completed an introductory course with a qualified guide.

That said, climbers will get much more out of the trip if they’re comfortable leading multi-pitch trad routes and have general winter mountaineering experience.

Beyond the ice climbing, the area also offers excellent opportunities for skiing—piste, cross-country, and ski mountaineering.

Some of us may also attempt a summit between 3,000–4,000 metres, which would involve an overnight stay in a winter room of a mountain refuge. These are unmanned but provide shelter, beds, and blankets—offering refuge from snow and wind. This will suit those with winter mountaineering experience and familiarity with snowshoeing or skiing. Possible objectives include:
- Gran Paradiso (4,061m)
- Gran Serra (3,552m)
- Punta Rossa della Grivola (3,630m)

Accommodation
The club has booked 18 spaces at Residence Château Royal, https://www.residencechateauroyal.com/en, located in the centre of Cogne. We’ll be staying in four apartments: three for four people each and one larger flat for six.
Cost: £275 per person for 8 nights.
Accommodation will be allocated in order of booking. Members are welcome to swap among themselves afterwards. Full payment is required on sign-up and accommodation fees are non-refundable. However, if you need to cancel your place, you're welcome to try and find someone to replace you (or if the meet fills up, there may be a waiting list to draw from).

Travel
Fly to Turin or Milan, then hire a car to reach Cogne.

Guidebook
Cogne Selected Climbs – Oxford Alpine Club.

More Info
For a detailed overview of ice climbing in the area, check out:
UKC article – Cogne: Icefall Climbing in the Italian Alps

Coordination
To help you find a climbing partner, share a rental car, and give me an overview of everyone’s plans, please fill in your itinerary, realistic ice climbing level, and any other relevant info in the live spreadsheet below:
[will be added]

This will really help with coordination and ensure everyone gets the most out of the trip.

Zoom Call – December
I’d also like to propose a Zoom call in December to go over plans, answer any questions, and give everyone a chance to connect before the trip.

This meet it best suited to experienced winter climbers.

5 Nights at the CIC hut situated at the foot of the North Face of Ben Nevis. The UK's premier winter climbing crag and home to a huge range of routes including many classics!

The hut is booked from the Sunday to the Friday morning so it's recommended to travel up on the Saturday, stay at the Fort William Backpackers' hostel, and then use Sunday to walk up to the hut with food and gear for the week and ideally do a climb that day as well. Every year there's talk of staying on after the Friday, but in recent memory this has never actually happened. 5 days straight of climbing and staying at the hut is normally enough to sate the rat.

The CIC hut is basic. It has a kitchen, toilets, running water and drying room, but no shower. For details on facilities, and the hut more generally, see https://www.smc.org.uk/huts/cic.

All gear and food needs to be taken up on foot from the Ben Nevis North Face Car Park which takes around 2hrs 30 mins and is a real slog. But once you're there, there are relatively short walk-ins to all the climbs on the North Face.

Early march is typically a good time for ice routes on Ben Nevis so you're likely to get more out of this meet if you're happy on this surface and can climb at least Scottish grade III, but there are enough easier routes to fill a week also. This meet is not recommended for those that favour winter walking as options for that activity are very limited.

The cost of a bed in the hut is £26 p.p.p.n. The full cost of £130 is payable on sign up. Unfortunately due to high demand for the CIC hut in the winter season the Scottish Mountaineering Club cannot offer refunds in the event of cancellation. If you need to cancel your place then please find someone else to take it and transfer you the money.

Guidebook: Scottish Winter Climbs - SMC (available in paperback or to download on the Rockfax app)

Scottish Winter Climbs West - Scottish Mountaineering Club

Travel to Ben Nevis: The drive is about 10 hours from London and can easily be done in a day.

Enjoy a long weekend in Wild Ennerdale (or longer, if desired - the meet steward is likely to be staying on for a week) - one of the Lake District’s best kept secrets. Tucked away between Buttermere and Wasdale and only accessible by car to those staying at the hostel, Ennerdale is a Rivendell-esque oasis of wilderness. A conifer forest and the river Liza run the length of the valley and the mighty fells around it include Great Gable - home of the iconic Napes Needle - Haystacks, Kirk Fell Steeple, and Pillar, home of iconic Pillar Rock - for which the Ennerdale hostel offers by far the shortest approach.

With hiking, fell running, climbing, bouldering and wild swimming opportunities galore and before the midge season starts, Ennerdale offers the chance to get away from everything except peace and quiet.

SIGNUP & PAYMENT

Signup deadline is 1 January for the meet to run.
All payments are non-refundable, if the meet runs. But if you're not able to make the meet, you can try and find someone to take your place and reimburse you the accommodation fees directly.
The total cost for the barn is £810 for 3 nights (Friday-Monday). A minimum of 8 members is needed for the meet to run; however the signup payment is the total divided by 12, assuming the meet will fill. If the meet runs but we have fewer than 12, any remainder of the £810 outstanding to the club will be divvied up between participants and paid to LMC to recompense the barn cost. This will not be more than £40 each.
If the meet fills, you can book a bunk directly with the hostel nextdoor and still participate - the payment button will be removed after the first 12 signups!

The Misty Isle beckons for another LMC adventure, our 3rd in a row.

The first 9 beds reserved are now gone, so participants will now have to reserve their own bed at the hostel or find alternative accommodation. There’s also the Glenbrittle Memorial Hut a minute’s drive away, and the Glenbrittle campsite at the end of the valley. Just remember your midge nets!

The youth hostel is well situated with a beach and the famous Fairy Pools nearby, and has parking and a drying room on site.

There will be opportunities for walking into famous sites such as Corrie Lagan, as well as fantastic climbs on the Cioch as well as the Cuillin Ridge itself.

Cost of accommodation is £28 pppn. The full cost (£168) is payable on sign up.

Book early to avoid disappointment - and don’t forget your midge nets!

CANCELLATION TERMS

Although the hostel does offer refunds for individual bookings as long as cancelled 24h or more before arrival, due to the charge this incurs, we strongly recommend finding someone to take your place on the meet instead.

This meet it best suited to experienced winter climbers.

5 Nights at the CIC hut situated at the foot of the North Face of Ben Nevis. The UK's premier winter climbing crag and home to a huge range of routes including many classics!

The hut is booked from the Sunday (16th Feb) to the Friday (21st Feb) morning so it's recommended to travel up on the Saturday (15th Feb) and then use Sunday to walk up to the hut with food and gear for the week and ideally do a climb that day as well

The CIC hut is basic. It has a kitchen, toilets, running water and drying room, but no shower. For details on facilities, and the hut more generally, see https://www.smc.org.uk/huts/cic.

All gear and food needs to be taken up on foot from the Ben Nevis North Face Car Park which takes around 2hrs 30 mins and is a real slog. But once you're there, there are relatively short walk-ins to all the climbs on the North Face.

Late Feb is slightly earlier that previous years, however the hut is in high demand and already booked out. This time of year is typically a good time for ice routes on Ben Nevis so you're likely to get more out of this meet if you're happy on this surface and can climb at least Scottish grade III. This meet is not recommended for those that favour winter walking as options for that activity are very limited.

The cost of a bed in the hut is £28 p.p.p.n. The full cost of £140 is payable on sign up. Unfortunately due to high demand for the CIC hut in the winter season the Scottish Mountaineering Club cannot offer refunds in the event of cancellation. If you need to cancel your place then please let the meet steward know asap. They can help find someone else to take your place (who will transfer you the money), though replacements aren't guaranteed and you will be liable for the costs if replacements can't be found.

Guidebook: Scottish Winter Climbs - SMC (available in paperback or to download on the Rockfax app)

Scottish Winter Climbs West - Scottish Mountaineering Club

Travel to Ben Nevis: The drive is about 10 hours from London and can easily be done in a day.

Please reach out to the meet steward (Will Osborn) if you have any questions prior to signing up.