What We Do

The Mountaineering Club is one of the most active clubs in the University, with activities to suit all abilities and skill levels! Whether your interest is walking, climbing, scrambling, orienteering, winter mountaineering, or simply enjoying the great outdoors, BUMC has something for you!

Trips

We run regular weekend and day trips throughout the year for walking, climbing, mountaineering and orienteering. We visit amazing locations all over the UK such as Snowdonia, the Peak District, Dartmoor, Portland… the list is endless! There are also trips to France during the Easter & Summer breaks and Scotland during ISB.

Read our previous Trip Reports

Climbing

As well as trips, the club goes climbing at 5 different indoor walls and bouldering centres in Bristol on Wednesdays, Saturdays and evenings mid-week. We also run several teaching sessions to learn belaying and lead-climbing. In warmer weather, we can often be found climbing outdoors at local crags.

Find out more about Climbing

Walking

As well as running walks on our weekend and day trips throughout the year, we also run “Sunday Walks” every fortnight. These are a relaxed walk in an area near to Bath that normally takes around 3 hours. They’re free and open to all students, staff and friends (you do not need to be a BUMC member to come along).

Find out more about Walking

Orienteering

Orienteering is an adventure sport focused on navigating whilst running or walking - the fastest person to visit a series of checkpoints in order is the winner! We run fortnightly navigation training sessions on Saturday mornings based from campus, with regular weekend events at local fells, forests and urban races, as well as eagerly looking forward to hosting the English Universities Orienteering Cup (EUOC) in Bath in early 2025.

Find out more about Orienteering

Socials

We meet at a different pub every Thursday for a relaxed evening social, whilst also having regular larger socials, including sober socials. (Don’t worry, we never put pressure on drinking alcohol, and there are always non-drinkers at our socials.)

Find out more about our Socials

BUCS & Competitions

We enter teams into BUCS for both Climbing and Orienteering who represent the uni at competitions. We also regularly enter local competitions that are open to all skill levels.

Reasons to Join

Come and Meet Us

We’ll be happy to answer any questions you might have via email or social media. Alternatively, come and meet us at one of our upcoming socials or events.

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What's On?

To see what's on, you can add our Google Calendar by clicking the button.

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Club members will also be emailed every Sunday with details of all the week's activities.

Our Committee

Chair

Treasurer

Media Secretary

Social Secretary

Orienteering Secretary

Secretary

Gear Secretary

Climbing Secretary

Walking Secretary

Photos

Photo Competition Winners 2012
9 photos
Updated Mon 13 Aug 2012
2017 BUMC Photo Comp
13 photos
Updated Wed 16 Aug 2017
2016 Isle of Portland
19 photos
Updated Sat 30 Jul 2016
2015 Lake District
17 photos
Updated Sat 30 Jul 2016
2012/13 Trips
11 photos
Updated Sun 03 Feb 2013
2018 ISB
20 photos
Updated Thu 08 Feb 2018
2016 Gower Peninsula
25 photos
Updated Sat 30 Jul 2016
Mountaineering
27 photos
Updated Thu 31 Jul 2014
2015 Snowdonia
11 photos
Updated Sat 30 Jul 2016
2014/15 BUMC
9 photos
Updated Fri 04 Sep 2015
2016 Yorkshire Dales
45 photos
Updated Sat 30 Jul 2016
2018 Cornwall
12 photos
Updated Mon 11 Jun 2018
2016/2017 Photos
39 photos
Updated Sun 11 Feb 2018
A year in the life of the BUMC
31 photos
Updated Sun 22 Feb 2009