Coniston Mountain Rescue Team: 75th Anniversary Exhibition

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Coniston Mountain Rescue Team is celebrating 75 years since its first creation. As part of this, the team is working with the Ruskin Museum in Coniston to put on an exhibition of the history of the team and mountain rescue. The exhibition runs from Saturday 14th January until 26th March 2023. It contains a number […]

2023 Spring Meet at High Moss, Duddon Valley

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Spring Meet at High Moss, Duddon Valley. Sunday 16th to Friday 20th April (5 nights). Once again we are holding the popular spring meet at High Moss in the Duddon Valley. The sun will be shining (hopefully), the daffodils will be out and the lambs will be gambolling. Come and join us to climb, hike, […]

The Pre Music Meet – Let’s Go Up The Hills Meet (7-9th March)

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Greetings! This is the first meet that we have organised as Associate Members and we hope to make it a good one. As the name implies it is before the weekend of the Music Meet and as a midweek meet hopefully will appeal to all looking for something to do away from the weekends. We […]

Recent Rockfall Reported at Shepherds Crag

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pic view from shepherds crag

The details aren’t clear yet but it sounds like it has come from the broken area to the right of Brown Slabs. There are no popular routes in this area but climbers should be aware and take care when approaching Brown Slabs from either direction. From the post  on a UKC Forum on January 2nd: […]

Skye Meet – May 20th to 26th 2023.

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picture of Cuillin Mountains

The club has booked all 20 places in the Glen Brittle Memorial Hut for this week.  The hut is ideally placed for days out walking, scrambling or climbing in the Cuillins.  The rest of the island has plenty of other places to walk if the Cuillins are shrouded in mist and there is climbing on […]

“Good Intentions Meet” for 2023!

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Picture of snow covered lake district fells

This meet is a chance to kick-start the New Year after the eating and drinking fest!!!  Maybe you feel guilty about that extra mince pie? Not to worry.  Forget the gym and join me at Salving House and work off that Christmas cake on the beautiful Borrowdale hills.   As usual the activities will be decided […]

Inchnadamph meet – 6th to 13th May

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Inchnadamph meet   6th to 13th May David MacGillivray & Joanne Webster …………………………. Next year we are inviting you to join us on a wonderful, friendly, hotel meet in the attractive hamlet of Inchnadamph in Assynt in Sutherland. The area is north of Ullapool, near Lochinver, the Coigach and Assynt hills with Munro and Corbetts to […]

Winter Chronicle

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Do you know that the Winter Chronicle can be found on the club website, you will have to log in to the members’ area to find it of course. It has been on the website for several days waiting for members; the paper copies should soon be on their way. https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Chronicle-186sml.pdf

Kendal Mountaineering Club Ceilidh: 21st January

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Here’s the information for our forthcoming Kendal Mountaineering Club Ceilidh in January. All Welcome. Date: CEILIDH – Saturday 21st January 2023 Venue: Castle Street Community Centre, Kendal. 7-11pm. (https://www.castlestreetcentre.co.uk) Music: Striding Edge Ceilidh band as usual Tickets: Tickets bought before the end of December £18 per person including food. Tickets bought in January £20 per […]