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09 Oct 2024

Clubs

Understanding Combined Liability Insurance | Club Support Webinar |

This is a BMC webinar for all clubs to understand the BMC membership benefit of Combined Liability Insurance and how it supports the committee and other club volunteers.

12 Oct 2024

Huts

BMC Huts Seminar 2024

The biennial Huts Seminar will return on Sunday 12th October 2024. 

Governance

CEO Update | September 2024

Regarding membership fee adjustments for 2025, the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) are asking for feedback ahead of the Board meeting on the 18th September 2024.

12 Sep
3 min read

Governance

Roger Murray to step down as BMC Chair in November 2024

Today, Roger Murray has announced that he will not seek re-election as Chair of the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) following the conclusion of his term at the end of November 2024.

11 Sep
6 min read

Rock Destinations

Where to break your sport grade barrier abroad

Dreaming of big numbers this year? We reveal six sizzling holiday rock destinations that will send your grade through the roof. Whether your sight is on 6b or you're aching for 8a, here are Steve McClure's top picks.

09 Sep
2 min read
01 Oct 2024

Governance

Safeguarding Surgery | Tuesday 1st October

This next session of BMC Safeguarding Surgeries is an online open meeting for anyone who has any general queries regarding safeguarding, guidance or support, or would like to share good practice with others.

11 Dec 2024

Governance

BMC Members Forum

As part of our ongoing commitment in creating new opportunities for members to keep up to date with BMC news and activities we are running a series of Members Forum webinars.

Rock Destinations

Top 10 Via Ferratas in France, Italy and the UK

Think that you can't climb towers like these? Think again. Clip into our top ten via ferratas and reach heights that normal walks just can't reach.

05 Sep
4 min read

Rock Climbing

Climbing ban lifted in Carn Gowla, Cornwall

A peregrine survey by boat with high-quality photography organised by local BMC Access Reps Iain Peters and James Mann has helped to identify peregrine nesting sites so that a blanket ban on climbing at the Cornish climbing site of Carn Cowla can be lifted. A temporary ban had been put in place by the National Trust covering the cliffs between Tubby Head and Bawden Cliff, including major route locations up to and beyond the America Buttress. The ban has now been lifted so all sections are open, with only crag- and area-specific restrictions in place when necessary.

04 Sep
3 min read
21 Sep 2024

Hill Walking Events

YHA Festival of Walking | Ambleside Social Walk (September)

Join us for a social walk! It's the third year of the BMC joining up with the YHA's Festival of Walking and our guided social walks offer a safe and supportive space to get involved with walking and meet other walkers.

Huts

Review of BMC Huts Survey 2023

The 2023 Huts Survey was a follow up to the survey conducted in 2016 about mountain huts run by BMC affiliated clubs, and to the intermediary survey run in 2020 to better understand the issues huts were facing with the covid restrictions.

02 Sep
5 min read

Access News

Mend Our Mountains: BMC volunteers create 50m stepping stone path in Eryri (Snowdonia)

The BMC volunteers have been super busy this summer, with the latest Get Stuck In project seeing 12 of them create a 50m length of stepping stone path to make a more sustainable way through the bog below Tryfan, Eryri (Snowdonia), North Wales.

29 Aug
2 min read

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21 Sep 2024

Hill Walking Events

YHA Festival of Walking | Ambleside Social Walk (September)

Join us for a social walk! It's the third year of the BMC joining up with the YHA's Festival of Walking and our guided social walks offer a safe and supportive space to get involved with walking and meet other walkers.

28 Sep 2024

Hill Walking Events

YHA Festival of Walking | The Sill, Hadrian's Wall Social Walk | (September)

Join us for a social walk! It's the third year of the BMC joining up with the YHA's Festival of Walking and our guided social walks offer a safe and supportive space to get involved with walking and meet other walkers.

21 Sep 2024

Conservation Events

The Big Clean Up on Yr Wyddfa (Fully Booked)

On Saturday the 21 September the BMC with partners and volunteers across Eryri (Snowdonia) will head up to clean a large area near the summit of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon).

05 Oct 2024

Hill Walking Events

YHA Festival of Walking | Boggle Hole Social Walk (October)

Join a social walk. The YHA Festival of Walking's guided social walks offer a safe and supportive space to get involved with walking and meet other walkers.

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