What: Winter skills and Avalanche Awareness When: Date TBC Where: Meet at the main Cairngorm ski centre car park (Grid Ref NH 989 061) The Club has arranged some FREE winter skills and avalanche awareness training, led by Sandy Murray and Heavy Whalley. The event will probably be based in the Northern Corries of the Cairngorms (conditions dependent). What we do will depend on the level of skills and experience that people already have, the snow conditions; and what people want to get out of it. Such things that can be covered are: movement on snow using boot and ice axes crampons ice axe self belay and self arrest…
Winter Rope Work, Postponed
What: Winter rope work trainingWhen: TBCWhere: To be confirmed Winter rope work training led by Ben Gibson of Mountaineering Scotland. Further details to follow. Members only. To book your place email Alistair Jeffs. This event will comply with Mountaineering Scotland’s COVID-19 guidance
Christmas Meet, Cairngorms, 20 December 2020
What: Car Meet / Christmas (physically distanced) socialWhen: Sunday 20 December 2020, 09:00. (Picnic from 3pm)Where: Meet at Ciste Car Park (Grid Reference NH997074)Cost: No charge Sadly our Christmas Meet looks a lot different this year. However, we live in a beautiful part of the world and we’re lucky to have a great playground where we can be outside and enjoy each others company.This year’s meet is a little more rustic; think picnic, flasks of hot mulled apple (or wine) and mince pies. Instead of setting a walk, we can liaise together weather dependent closer to the time. Our start point and picnic point will be the Ciste ski car…
Change to the Constitution
The Club’s constitution was changed by at least two-thirds majority at the 84th Annual General Meeting on 26 November 2020. Refer to new Rule 3 regarding minimum age of members.
Hogmanay Meet: Corran Bunkhouse, 31 Dec 2020 **CANCELLED**
What: Potential Hogmanay Meet (Members only)When: 31 Dec 2020 for circa 3 nights (to be confirmed)Where: Corran Bunkhouse (circa 15km south of Fort William), Grid Ref NN 022635Cost: £25pppn The Club is considering organising a Hogmanay meet at the Corran Bunkhouse. There is room for 18 people in 9 rooms (which under current rules mean a maximum of 9 household bubbles allowed). Each room has an en-suite. Cooking facilities are regularly cleaned and there are screens between sofas & dining tables. This would not be a “normal” meet by any means at all. The only time you could socialise is when on an “organised walk” and not inside. You would…
Nature Awareness Day – By The River, 13 December 2020
When: Sunday 13 December 2020. 09:15 to 16:30Where: Meet at the Sluie car park, River Findhorn. Grid Ref NJ013525, Google MapsCost: £15pp Enjoy a day out along the River Findhorn. The day will be led by professional nature educator and conservationist Dan Puplett. Limited places. Members only. To book your place email Alistair Jeffs. This event will comply with Mountaineering Scotland’s COVID-19 guidance
Photography Day, 8 November 2020 (New Date)
When: Saturday 8 November 2020 (09:30 to 16:30)Where: Elgin and the Moray CoastCost: £15 per person Spend a day with local photography professional Gary Murison. Start from new or improve your photography skills. You will need to bring your own digital camera or phone camera. Contact Alistair Jeffs for further information and/or book your place. The event will comply with Mountaineering Scotland’s COVID-19 guidance. This is likely to mean that numbers are restricted.
Constitution Changes, Online EGM, 8 October 2020
The voting period for the online Extraordinary General Meeting concluded at 12:00 hours on 8 October 2020. All proposed changes to the constitution were passed by two-thirds majority. Full details will be communicated via email to members. The constitution posted on the website is updated to reflect the changes made at the EGM.
84th Annual General Meeting of The Moray Mountaineering Club, 26 November 2020
The 84th Annual General Meeting of The Moray Mountaineering Club will be held online on 26 November 2020, 19:30. Full details will follow here and by email to all members.
Weekend Meet, Seana Bhraigh, 30 October to 1 November
Friday 30 October to 1 November. The plan is to walk/cycle from Oykel Bridge through Strath Mulzie and camp at Loch a’ Choire Mhoir near to the north ridge of Seana Bhraigh. It is normally permitted to drive up Strath Mulzie as far as a “walker’s car park” about 500m short of Corriemulzie Lodge (Grid Ref NH328954), although that may have changed with Covid-19. This meet will coincide with date of the normal Halloween meet and therefore costume is recommended (“near mandatory”). Members are free to do whatever they like, but Seana Bhraigh and the Corbett Carn Ban are obvious targets. The event will comply with Mountaineering Scotland’s COVID-19 guidance. This…