York Alpine Club Blog

Well if the blog title included 'AGM' you wouldn't read it 😉

Another year has flown by, and the club AGM at the end of November came around far too quickly prompting the usual rush from myself as secretary to pull together some notes and an agenda!

Thanks to those who came along to the pub and helped us get through a Christmas sized box of quality street and a […] Read the rest

Great to see so many members out for the club Christmas meal, which was once again a curry at the fantastic Yak and Yeti Gurkha Nepalese restaurant in York.

There's a reason why we returned for another year – very tasty food and surrounded by artwork of the Himalaya on the walls to keep the mountain theme going, which prompted a few trekking 'bucket list' conversations! A lovely way to […] Read the rest

And once again a week of cold sunny weather was replaced by a weekend of cloud and rain. But undaunted, 13 of us joined the club meet in the excellent Lowstern hut just outside Clapham for a weekend of activity and eating.

Saturday was due to be the better day of weather so most people headed off for an ascent of Pen-y-ghent and Plover Hill – where the forecast turned […] Read the rest

This year we tried out a new (to us) bunkhouse in the village of Flagg a few miles south of Buxton. It was quite basic but comfortable (despite the resident mice!) and with fine views. We had the hut for 3 days and all of us chose to stay on until the Monday.

After the traditional week of sunny weather, the autumn camping meet started with low cloud and drizzle. Undaunted (well maybe slightly) we set off for the mile's walk from the campsite to the nearest crag, Kyloe. Wet grass meant that we mostly had soaked feet by the time we arrived, and of course much of the crag was wet.

We'd expected to have a quick look for routes before moving […] Read the rest

As the 3-day Laggan meet grew near, were were treated to the traditional mega-thaw that put paid to any thoughts of winter climbing, and to make matters worse Storm Otto was on its way.

But luckily worst of it came through overnight Thursday, so with a late start and staying away from the highest tops we managed a fine loop over Creag Ruadh, a Graham above the head of Loch […] Read the rest

As is traditional, the weekend before our January meet saw the Welsh hills covered in snow, but a turbo thaw soon put paid to that. But at least we had light winds, dry days, and even a bit of sunshine.

We were staying in the Cae'r Frân hut, a new one to the club, set high above Llanberis on the slopes of Snowdon. a 5 minute walk from the road. […] Read the rest

For this New Year's meet the 26th to the 1st YAC members headed to Mill Cottage, the mountaineering Scotland hut located near Feshiebridge on the edge of the Cairngorms.

The forecast looked a bit mixed but in the end was much better than expected with some fresh snowfall and two amazing blue sky days with beautiful views of the hills.

13 Members attended with a whole range of activities taking […] Read the rest

Cold weather arrived last week and the forecasts predicted cold but settled weekend conditions so a last minute plan was hatched and bags hastily packed for a quick getaway after work on Friday – time to head to Scotland! 

Parking up in a layby it was a cold, crisp and clear Friday night, with some spectacular stars out, something I […] Read the rest

The club headed to the Yorkshire Rambler’s club Lowstern Hut, just outside Clapham village in the Yorkshire dales for the November meet, and thanks to Louise for coordinating this one. A decent turnout with people bringing kit for whatever the weather allowed, including climbers, mountain bikers, fell runners and hillwalkers. Friday evening was the usual chatter of catching up with people, and planning the next day’s activities.