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The Vanishing Ice, a talk by Iain Cameron

Posted on 27 August 2023 by Grace

18th October 19:00, Elgin Town Hall The Moray Mountaineering Club presents Iain Cameron, author of “The Vanishing Ice”, shortlisted for the Great Outdoors Book of the Year 2021. As Britain’s foremost expert on snow patches, Iain will introduce us to the remarkable and little-seen relics of the Ice Age found in the high shady corners of the Scottish hills, the changes over time, and what this means for the world’s climate. Iain will have copies of his book available to buy, for more information see The Vanishing Ice – Adventure Books by Vertebrate Publishing For more information on Iain and Scottish snow patches see https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/seeking_the_sphinx_-_scotlands_vanishing_snow_patches-14013 Wednesday 18th October 2023. Doors and…

Save the date: Christmas Meet

Posted on 31 July 2023 by Grace

A date for your diary! – The MMC annual Christmas walk and dinner meet will be on Sunday 17th December 2023. Plans are being made for a bus meet west to Garve and possibly Ben Wyvis for a hill walk and or a low level walk. Low level walk from Garve to Dingwall or Conon Bridge – with shorter versions available – Rogie Falls, Contin or Strathpeffer back to Dingwall or Conon via woodland walks, Knockfarrel and the Cats Back. More details will follow in the autumn about walk options and the venue for the meal. Price TBC but around £40 – 50 for meal and the bus. This is…

20th August Bus Meet: Inverlael, Ben Dearg & Fannichs

Posted on 31 July 2023 by Grace

The next bus meet will be on Sunday 20th August to Inverlael, Ben Dearg or the Fannichs. This is a fantastic location with a large selection of hills and routes in this area! The bus can drop of at a few locations: There is also one trad climbing route listed on UKC at Diollaid a Mhill Bhris at the upper end of Gleann na Sguaib. All in all a bargain day out for £15 with the added bonus that you don’t have to drive! (plus we save the planet and all that) To sign up please use the google form: https://forms.gle/RSCW4Dfc5JLALQ1bA

2023 J. Alister Sword Mountain Photography Competition Gallery

Posted on 2 July 2023 by Grace

The annual J. Alister Sword Mountain Photography Competition is underway! There are two separate competitions – Scottish and Non-Scottish. Thank you to all who entered the annual MMC photo competition. All images entered are shown below with a caption. Please use the link below to the voting form. Voting closes on the 1st of August. Winners are to be announced at the AGM in November. Photographs submitted to the Scottish competition will be automatically considered for the 2024 MMC calendar. Winners of each competition receive a beautiful trophy made by local sculptor and former MMC President Illona Morrice to keep for the year and engraved with their name. Voting Form…

Bus Meets Update!

Posted on 25 June 2023 by Grace

An update on upcoming bus meets! It was agreed at the AGM to re-introduce Bus meets into the club calendar and Brent has kindly offered to take over planning these for the next while! We are planning meets for every month April to October and welcome suggestions etc. We try to be as flexible as possible with drop offs and pickups but remember our schedule is dependent upon the bus drivers permissible hours and the roads we can travel. For most meets we start in Elgin at 7am and return for 9pm, calling at Forres, Nairn and Inverness where we have been notified someone is waiting! We are trying to…

Weekend Meets Update!

Posted on 17 June 2023 by Grace

Hi Folks, Another update as to the year of meets – What a great list we have coming up! As always, keep booking up weekend meets, some are booking up fast. To book email weekend meets coordinator David. Meets coming up are: 7th – 9th July Ossian Youth Hostel – Still spaces remaining, please book up!! £24pppn. An amazing location at the head of Loch Ossian. Remember despite some members trying in the past, this meet is not accessible by car, and you should get the train to Corrour to get here. Some ideas as to what can be done can be found here: https://heavywhalley.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/a-wet-walk-into-loch-ossian-youth-hostel-a-wet-walk-a-short-day-on-beinn-na-lap-in-the-wilds-of-corrour-estate/ (Courtesy of Heavy Whalley) 4th – 6th August CIC Hut, Ben Nevis – currently full, however…

Upcoming Bus and Weekend Meets

Posted on 23 April 2023 by Lauren

2023 Day Meets Weekend Meets Climbing Other January 30th – 2nd Jan, New Year Meet, Ballater Tuesdays 7pm Aberlour 28th and 29th, Winter Skills with Sandy February 3rd – 5thInverardran Hut, Crianlarich Tuesdays 7pm Aberlour 11th and 12th, Winter Skills with Ben Gibson March 3rd – 5th Ling Hut, Torridon Tuesdays 7pm Aberlour April 16th – Luiblea, Loch Laggan 31st March – 2nd AprilCairndow Village Hall, Argyll Tuesdays – Cummingston May 21st – New Members Meet. 15km East of Glenshee Traverse 28th April – 1st MayCorrie & Sannox Village Hall, Arran Tuesdays – Cummingston 31st Book Club, Rum Doodle June 18th – Location TBC. Organiser TBC 2nd – 4thGrey Corries…

Weekend Meet Report – Cairndow, April 2023

Posted on 13 April 2023 by Lauren

A fine weekend was had as always with the Moray Mountaineering Club at the Cairndow Village Hall. What a cracking location to explore, a place where the club haven’t been for years! However it had been noted by a few members on this meet that more and more meets were taking place closer to the central belt. This certainly is just a coincidence, nothing to do with a certain weekends meet organiser living just one hour away from this venue. Given the distance for some members, Alan and Fiona decided to head down early on Thursday to climb one of the new ‘Grahams’ – Cruach Neuran. Nothing positive was said…

New Members Meet 2023! Bus Meet, Sunday, 21st May

Posted on 5 April 2023 by Lauren

On Sunday the 21st of May, the MMC is holding its annual New Members meet. We’d like to welcome anyone who is interested in hill walking and climbing. This is an excellent opportunity to meet current members and find out more about us. What’s going on?We are organising a bus meet with options for a hill walk or climbing at a crag. Hill Walk Our planned walk is a traverse of the East of Glenshee hills. This is 15 km long and covers 4 munros. We’ll start from the Glenshee car park. The first hill is Carn an Tuirc, then Cairn of Claise, then Glas Maol and finally Creag Leacach.…

Bus Meet – Sunday, 16th April, Luiblea, Loch Laggan

Posted on 4 April 2023 by Lauren

The first Bus meet of 2023 will be on the 16th April 2023. It was agreed at the AGM to re-introduce Bus meets into the club calendar. A commitment to have at least 4 meets plus a Christmas Bus Meet has been taken on by the committee members who will all take a turn. The initial plan of routes is on the website and you will see that we are trying to ensure that more traverses are possible and where we can a climbing location is available for those who like that sort of thing. Sunday April 16th 2023 – nominally this will be to Luiblea at by Loch Laggan…