26th February 2015 – Indoor Meet – Shayla Rao, Mar Lodge Estate
Shayla Rao will give a talk about the management of the estate and it’s wildlife. 8pm at Royal Hotel, Stonehaven. All Welcome.
New Facebook Photo Album Upload Guide
For step by step instructions on uploading photo albums and images to the Facebook page. Facebook Photo Album Upload Guide As a club member and facebook user, if you are not yet registered to post on the SMHC page and wish to add your own photo galleries please contact us …
Northern Constabularys New “Going to the Hills” Form
A form that climbers and hillwalkers are encouraged to fill out before heading into Scotland’s hills has been made available online. The Going to the Hills contact form has details that would be useful to police and mountain rescue teams in the event of an emergency. Once filled out, the …
John Barton Brown 07.04.1923 – 06.06.2013
John famously announced that he would retire from the Club Committee on his 80th Birthday. It seems incredible that he did just that over 10 years ago. I can’t quite remember when John joined the Club but I do know that it was sometime in the mid 1980’s that he …
26th April – 3rd May 2014 – May Week, Corran Bunkhouse, Oyne
(Map No 20, Grid Ref 351703) There are 12 spaces available, (£15 pppn.) in this 4 Star Hostel on the A861 down the slip to the Corran Ferry, 8 miles south of Fort William and 7 miles north of Glencoe. Fully equipt kitchen, bedding provided. Tel no. 01855 821000 and …
21st July 2013 – Glen Shee
(Map No 43, Grid Ref 139782) A chance to hone up on your wild life skills. Dr Peter Darvill of the British Trust for Ornithology will escort us on a day on the hill and give us instruction on identifying and reporting back on what we see when out and …
28th/29th June 2013 – Ochils Club Hut Weekend – per Peter McDonald
Karen and Paul Yarnold are back in the UK at the end of June and at their request we are organising a weekend in the Crianlarich / Tyndrum area. It will be a great opportunity to catch up with Karen and Paul and I’m sure a weekend to remember. We …
Welldone Karin! Finally famous…
Welldone to Karin Marshall who’s recent photograph of Lochnagar, from our walk on the 17th February, made it into the Evening Express picture of the day (published on the 6th March) in the centre pages of the paper. If you would like to enter your own photographs, please email them …
27th March 2014 – Club AGM
The Club’s AGM followed by Member’s slide show. Royal Hotel, Stonehaven
28th February 2013 – Indoor Meet – Sarah Barker – Cycling in India
Sarah will present an illustrated talk on her recent cycling tour of the Indian sub continent. Royal Hotel, Stonehaven.
31st January 2013 – Indoor Meet – Roger Owen – Europe’s High Points
An illustrated talk about bagging some of the peaks from the list of the highest point in all the counties of Europe, summer 2012, particularly those in Luxembourg, Lichtenstein and Austria. Royal Hotel, Stonehaven.
8th/9th March 2013 – Aultguish Inn Bunkhouse
12 spaces available £16 pppn Location – Main Road, Garve, Ullapool, V23 2PQ (In the lea of the Glasgarnoch Reservoir about 8 miles out of Garve, heading for Ullapool). Bunk rooms are all en-suite with central heating and come with bottom bed sheet only. If you wish bed-linen it can …
Big Thank You to Neil McDonald (Climbing for a Cure)
We would like to say a big thank you to Neil McDonald (climbingforacure) who gave a fantastic talk on his ascent of Mount Everest earlier this year, including a promotional video, a slideshow of photographs and a selection of kit used during the expedition. Neil’s epic challenge was inspired by …
24th / 25th January 2015 – Burns Supper
(Map 43) Rucksacks Hostel, 15 Mar Road, Braemar, AB35 5YL. Telephone 01339741517 Bed linen will be provided on a first come first served basis. Please bring your own sleeping bag as not all beds have bed linen. More details to be added soon.
27th April – 3rd May 2013 – May Week
(Map 33 Grid Ref 220559) Morvich Outdoor Centre, Kintail (Grid Ref 220559). Based at Morvich, a superb location in the heart of one of Scotland’s most mountainous areas. Many Munros and Corbetts and Grahams are within walking distance of the front door, while 100s more are only a short drive …
Forthcoming Talks and Slideshows
During the Winter months we hold several indoor meets where members and associated groups are invited to give slideshows or talks on some of their recent expeditions and trips. This year we have Chris York from Cairngorms Outdoor Access Trust, Neil McDonald (climbingforacure) from E-Blast in Kintore who successfully completed …
Anatomy of Walking
Stumbled upon this and thought it was quite interesting. Every Body Walk! is working to spread the message accross America that walking 30 minutes a day, five days a week really can improve your overall health and prevent disease.
OS Openspace Maps
OS Openspace Maps works using the [[osmap]] shortcode anywhere in your post. It allows maps with markers and gpx or kml files to be shown like the example at the foot of this page. The following parameters can be passed: height=”xxx” sets the height of the map div width=”xxx” sets …
Hill Lists Free iPhone/ iPad App
For all iPhone/iPad users check out Hill Lists, a new App which provides hill data for a number of popular UK and Ireland hill lists including Munros and Munro Tops, Murdos, Corbetts and Corbett Tops, Grahams, Donalds, Donald Tops and New Donalds, HuMPs (NEW), 3000s, Wainwrights and Outlying Fells, Birketts, …
Cycling Trips
Many club members – perhaps a majority – enjoy cycling in some shape or form. Cycle trips are less formally arranged within the club cycling fraternity. When it comes to hill walking some hills sit well away from the road. As a result we sometimes like using a mountain bike …