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Dear Member,  In 1944, Geoffrey Winthrop-Young, President of the Alpine Club, brought about a motion to create the BMC, a representative body to represent and speak on behalf of all climbers in Britain. As we turn the corner on our 80th year it’s important to remember our history and the vision of our founding member clubs as we look to what better looks like for the BMC in 2025. 

Annwyl Aelod,  Ym 1944, cyflwynodd Geoffrey Winthrop-Young, Llywydd y Clwb Alpaidd, gynnig i greu'r BMC, corff cynrychioliadol i gynrychioli a siarad ar ran holl ddringwyr Prydain. Wrth i ni droi'r gornel ar ein 80ed flwyddyn mae’n bwysig cofio ein hanes a gweledigaeth ein Clybiau a oedd yn aelodau sefydlol wrth i ni edrych i weld beth mae ‘gwell’ yn ei olygu i’r BMC yn 2025. 

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported the Mend Our Mountains campaign from the BMC's Access & Conservation Trust (ACT) - here are the 2024 highlights! 

Three impassable paths in the Cotswolds National Landscape have been fixed thanks to funding from the BMC Access & Conservation Trust's Mend Our Mountains campaign. Here are three great walking routes using these new paths.

Dear Member,  In 1944, Geoffrey Winthrop-Young, President of the Alpine Club, brought about a motion to create the BMC, a representative body to represent and speak on behalf of all climbers in Britain. As we turn the corner on our 80th year it’s important to remember our history and the vision of our founding member clubs as we look to what better looks like for the BMC in 2025. 

Annwyl Aelod,  Ym 1944, cyflwynodd Geoffrey Winthrop-Young, Llywydd y Clwb Alpaidd, gynnig i greu'r BMC, corff cynrychioliadol i gynrychioli a siarad ar ran holl ddringwyr Prydain. Wrth i ni droi'r gornel ar ein 80ed flwyddyn mae’n bwysig cofio ein hanes a gweledigaeth ein Clybiau a oedd yn aelodau sefydlol wrth i ni edrych i weld beth mae ‘gwell’ yn ei olygu i’r BMC yn 2025. 

The BMC, Mountaineering Ireland and Mountaineering Scotland are pleased to present the Youth Climbing Series Grand Final 2024. Please note, this is an invitational event only.

The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) is pleased to announce that the British Boulder and Lead Championships, the pinnacle of the domestic competition calendar, will take place in Manchester in early 2025. 

As 2024 comes to a close, we're reflecting on the year gone by, and what a year it's been!

Dear Member,  In 1944, Geoffrey Winthrop-Young, President of the Alpine Club, brought about a motion to create the BMC, a representative body to represent and speak on behalf of all climbers in Britain. As we turn the corner on our 80th year it’s important to remember our history and the vision of our founding member clubs as we look to what better looks like for the BMC in 2025. 

Annwyl Aelod,  Ym 1944, cyflwynodd Geoffrey Winthrop-Young, Llywydd y Clwb Alpaidd, gynnig i greu'r BMC, corff cynrychioliadol i gynrychioli a siarad ar ran holl ddringwyr Prydain. Wrth i ni droi'r gornel ar ein 80ed flwyddyn mae’n bwysig cofio ein hanes a gweledigaeth ein Clybiau a oedd yn aelodau sefydlol wrth i ni edrych i weld beth mae ‘gwell’ yn ei olygu i’r BMC yn 2025. 

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported the Mend Our Mountains campaign from the BMC's Access & Conservation Trust (ACT) - here are the 2024 highlights! 

Three impassable paths in the Cotswolds National Landscape have been fixed thanks to funding from the BMC Access & Conservation Trust's Mend Our Mountains campaign. Here are three great walking routes using these new paths.

26,000 plastic bottles have been rescued from landfill to create a new bridge for walkers and climbers at Cressbrook Mill, partly funded by the Mend Our Mountains campaign from the BMC's Access & Conservation Trust.

As 2024 comes to a close, we're reflecting on the year gone by, and what a year it's been!

When it comes to gift-giving, we know the best things in life aren't always 'things'! Team BMC have been hard at work putting together a list of really great Christmas gift ideas that are a bit ‘outside the box’...

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.

Planning an adventure? Remember to pack BMC Travel Insurance. We’ve got your back: from bouldering in France to trekking in India, sport climbing in Kalymnos to new routes in the Himalaya. Here are five reasons why BMC Travel Insurance is built for the mountains.

A climbers’ meeting this week expressed their opposition to the continued ban on climbing at Symonds Yat, Herefordshire, imposed by Forestry England.

This weekend the BMC joined Avon Access Rep Ben Darby and his team of volunteers near Bristol to install 28 new belay stakes on Main Wall so that climbers no longer need to rely on the wobbly old iron fence as an anchor point. Vegetation was also cleared and a thorough litter pick was carried out.

Fancy giving climbing a go but don't know where to start? Follow these five easy steps to kick off a lifetime of vertical adventures.

The BMC Incident and Near Miss reporting system helps to promote reflection and effect behavioural change to reduce the potential for future incidents.

As 2024 comes to a close, we're reflecting on the year gone by, and what a year it's been!

With the theme of this year's International Mountain Day, Wed 11 Dec, being “Mountain solutions for a sustainable future – innovation, adaptation and youth”, we share our 11 top tips for upping your winter game from the experts, speaking at three universities as part of the BMC Winter Lecture Series this year.

Five of Chamonix's leading ski guides tell us their favourite beginner ski tours in and around Chamonix.

Planning an adventure? Remember to pack BMC Travel Insurance. We’ve got your back: from bouldering in France to trekking in India, sport climbing in Kalymnos to new routes in the Himalaya. Here are five reasons why BMC Travel Insurance is built for the mountains.

Want to know everything you need to know about how to climb the Breithorn - one of the classic "4,000ers". Mountain Guide Andy Perkins offers his insider tips.

Dyma’ch rhestr o rai o’r camgymeriadau cerdded gaeaf mwyaf cyffredin a sut i’w hosgoi.

Get the inside knowledge: IFMGA Mountain Guide Caroline George offers some beta on route-finding, gear, and tackling the cruxes of Chamonix's classic AD alpine route, Cosmiques Arete.

Get your hands and feet on rocky slopes and snow, taluses and airy gendarme-studded ridges. Why not challenge yourself to reach the summit, or traverse one of our top 10 alpine peaks this summer?

Dear Member,  In 1944, Geoffrey Winthrop-Young, President of the Alpine Club, brought about a motion to create the BMC, a representative body to represent and speak on behalf of all climbers in Britain. As we turn the corner on our 80th year it’s important to remember our history and the vision of our founding member clubs as we look to what better looks like for the BMC in 2025. 

Annwyl Aelod,  Ym 1944, cyflwynodd Geoffrey Winthrop-Young, Llywydd y Clwb Alpaidd, gynnig i greu'r BMC, corff cynrychioliadol i gynrychioli a siarad ar ran holl ddringwyr Prydain. Wrth i ni droi'r gornel ar ein 80ed flwyddyn mae’n bwysig cofio ein hanes a gweledigaeth ein Clybiau a oedd yn aelodau sefydlol wrth i ni edrych i weld beth mae ‘gwell’ yn ei olygu i’r BMC yn 2025. 

The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) has been awarded £2.775 million by UK Sport to invest in the development of a new Paraclimbing programme and to further enhance the Sport Climbing programme ahead of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) can today announce the athletes who have been named as part of the GB Skimo Squad for the 2024/25 season.

Ahead of the 2025 Boulder, Lead and Speed season, the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) have made changes to how they define age categories.

Climbing sensation Iggy Rinaldi is on a mission to prove that height is not the be all and end all in her sport.

The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Laura Needham as its new Head of Performance.

The IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup 2024 series concluded with a spectacular finale in Arco, Italy, marking the end of a competitive series that also included events in Salt Lake City, USA, and Innsbruck, Austria.