About Us
You love the outdoors and want to explore the most beautiful places in the UK with a bunch of young and friendly people? You found the right place!
We are the University of London Mountaineering Club aka. ULMC – hosted by Birkbeck
We are open to students and recent graduates of all experience levels from all London Universities!
Our activities in general include trad climbing, sports climbing, bouldering, scrambling, hiking, mountaineering, and Alpine mountaineering.
We run monthly trips (often with professional guides), climbing days, socials, and a regular Wednesday evening climb at Westway from 6 PM.
The highlights every year are our winter mountaineering trip to Scotland the summer meet in the Alps – if that sounds like something you would enjoy, get in touch and come along for a climb!
The best way to get in touch is via our Whatsapp group for new members: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IUuV7Jhmuv877DjXU7g6eX
Check out all of our pretty photos on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ulmc_
See our upcoming events on Native: https://birkbeck.native.fm/group/1636/university-of-london-mountaineering-club
We host indoor climbing socials every Wednesday at Westway Climbing Wall 16:00 - 20:00!
Drop us a message if it's your first time joining us! Beginners welcome, no skills needed, we can show you the ropes!
We also organise:
- Regular socials: Slacklining, karaoke, pub crawls, picnics in the park- there's something for everyone!
- Day walks and climbs in various locations, just a short train journey out of London.
- Monthly weekend trad climbing and mountaineering trips across the UK. You must be a member to come on trips. Cost is ~£70 which covers food, accommodation, and transport for the weekend - BARGAIN! We also hire and subsidise guides for beginner courses - so a great opportunity if you want to try outdoor climbing for the first time.
- Big summer trip to the Alps, with glacier mountaineering courses, multipitch climbing and alpine scrambling.
- Winter trip to Scotland - we hire a guide and stay for a week to do some winter climbing, walking, and mountaineering.
What you get when you join and pay membership:
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Access to go on all of our trips, socials and any other events.
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Free borrowing from our extensive climbing and camping gear store.
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Discounted booking rates at ULMC/ULGMC club huts!
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BMC membership and insurance.
- Friends for life <3
Joining ULMC:
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Come along to one of our weekly climbing socials and introduce yourself.
- Buy membership below (students and recent graduates from all London Universities welcome!)
We charge a membership fee to help fund the group's activity. This is heavily subsidised by Students' Union funding, as we continue to make extra-curricular activity at Birkbeck as accessible as possible - as it should be! If you are a student from another UoL instution, a Birkbeck alumni, staff member or guest, we ask you contribute a slightly larger amount to ensure a fair and transparent deal for Birkbeck students, and to keep groups affordable and sustainable.
Membership Tiers:
- Standard - for Birkbeck students
- UoL - for students from any member University of the University of London (just sign up with your insitution's email!)
- Affiliate - for everyone else
Please note that if this is the first club membership purchased though Birkbeck this year, then a Activities Federation Membership fee may be added to your purchase.
