The diary shows dates and venue of our planned home and Alpine meets. Click on reports for reports on our recent meets.

Meets 2008 - Home and Abroad

Date
Meet and Venue
 Meet Leader
June 20 - 22
Oread Hut, Rhyd Ddu, North Wales
 Ed Bramley
July 13 - 19
Neustift, Stubaital
 Alasdair Andrews
July 19 - 26
Mandarfin, Pitztal
 Alasdair Andrews
July 26 - August 9
Innerkirchen,Eastern Oberland - Joint AC/ABMSAC/CC/FRCC Meet
 Mike Pinney
Sept 6 - 13
Julian Alps Trek
 Ed Bramley
Sept 19 - 21
George Starkey Hut, Patterdale
 tba
2009 Centenary Year Meets
July 18 - Aug 8
ALPS 2009 CENTENARY MEET SAAS VALLEY
 Alasdair Andrews

Meet details and contact numbers are in the Newsletter or Journal.

 Details of the London Lecture programme are in the news section.

Below are the forthcoming meet details and meet leaders to contact. Please book direct with the Meet Leader, unless otherwise stated.

13 to 20 July: Stubaital, Tyrol - The meet will be based at Neustift, 993m, a large village situated nearly halfway up the Stubai Valley about 20 minutes drive from Innsbruck.

There are numerous walks around Neustift and several cable cars and other uplift facilities which enable the ascent of via ferrata and 3000m peaks to be completed in a day.

Accommodation will be in the 3* Hotel Bellevue which is situated in a quiet spot on the outskirts of Neustift. The hotel is managed by a certified mountain guide and his American wife. The cost for seven nights Dinner, Bed & Breakfast will be 280 euros (the single supplement will be 35 euros). All rooms have private facilities. There is ample space for parking. The hotel’s website is www.bellevue-tirol.at

20 to 27 July: Pitztal, Tyrol - The meet will be based at Mandarfen, 1675m, a small village situated near the southern end of the Pitztal.

There are many walks and climbs around Mandarfen and a gondola car and the underground railway from neighbouring Mittelberg provide access to the glacier routes leading to the Wildspitze and other peaks. .

Accommodation will be in the 3* Hotel Rifflsee which is situated not far from the supermarket and a bank. The cost for seven nights Dinner, Bed & Breakfast will be 245 euros (the single supplement will be 70 euros). All rooms have private facilities. There is ample parking space, some under cover. The hotel’s website is www.rifflsee.at

Fact sheets for both meets are available from Alasdair Andrews.

26 July – 9 August: Innertkirchen, Eastern Oberland - This is the annual camping meet that is run in combination with the Alpine Club, Climbers Club and the Fell and Rock Climbing Club, this year to be based at Innertkirchen in the Eastern Oberland. The campsite is yet to be finalised.

In addition to access to the Eastern Oberland peaks, Innertkirchen is a good centre for the rock climbs in the Susten and Grimsel passes. Your contact for this meet is Mike Pinney.

6-13 September: The Julian Alps of Slovenia - As with previous walks at this time of year, this trek will involve a hut to hut walk in the Julian Alps of Slovenia. Starting at the resort of Kranjska Gora and exploring the heart of the Julian Alps, including the highest peak in the area – Triglav (2864m). Whilst the facilities at the huts are reasonable, you should expect facilities to be a little more basic than in the main Alps. The route is currently being finalised and whilst we will include a break day to explore the main peak, you should be comfortable with carrying all your gear on other days between the huts. Twelve places are available – to reserve a place or for more information please contact Ed Bramley.

19-21 September: George Starkey Hut - This will be our annual trip to Patterdale just after the Alps Meets. The committee uses this meet for an excuse to have a committee meeting but all are welcome to attend the meet.


ALPS 2009 CENTENARY MEET SAAS VALLEY- Saturday 18 July to Saturday 8 August 2009

Last year Bill Peebles wrote a paper which was circulated to members with the April Newsletter. In it he indicated that the Committee had agreed that the Association’s centenary would be celebrated at a meet to be held at one of the resorts in the Saas valley. The dates would be 18 July until 1 August for a hotel based meet and 25 July to 8 August for a camping meet. Members were invited to indicate their interest and about 30 members expressed interest in attending the first week and about 50 members for the second week of the hotel meet.

Later that year the Committee agreed that Mike Pinney would organise the camping meet and that Alasdair Andrews would organise the hotel meet.

Initially the preferred venue for the hotel meet was Saas Fee or Saas Grund but no suitable offers were received because our chosen dates were for the peak season when hoteliers can easily fill their hotels. Then an offer was received from the 3* Hotel Monte Moro in Saas Almagell. Alasdair visited the hotel recently and was impressed by the warm friendly reception, the quality of the facilities and the close proximity to the centre of the village. Saas Almagell is an expanding village, last visited by the ABMSAC in 1973, with a frequent bus service to Saas Grund and Saas Fee.

A fact sheet for the hotel meet is available from Alasdair (it will be sent to those members who responded to Bill’s note).

Further info re the camping meet will be available from Mike Pinney later in the year.