25-27th April 2025 at the Hebden Hey Scout centre. The hostel is on the south side of the wooded Hebden Water valley, just north of Hebden Bridge. We have sole use of the hostel which sleeps 30 so we’re hoping for a good turnout. As well as the wild moors of the Yorks/Lancs border there […]

21-23rd March 2025 at the Rucksack Club’s property, High Moss. The hut is situated near the village of Seathwaite at the foot of the Walna Scar track to Coniston. It is well off the road, accessed by a track and there is no phone reception. There is a good pub in the village (The Newfield […]

27th February to 2nd March 2025 at the Ochils MC Inverardran Cottage in Crianlarich. Located at the North end of Loch Lomond and a relatively short journey from Glasgow, Crianlarich is surrounded by Munros and not too far from Glen Coe or Killin. We have 18 places booked at Inverardran Cottage, a warm and comfortable […]

Meet Report 7-9 February 2025. Our party of eight gathered on Friday evening at Ty Powdwr, home of the Karabiner Mountaineeering Club.  Ty Powdwr sits across Llyn Padarn from Llanberis and is accessed from the village of Dinorwig via a rough track through farm buildings.  The sturdy nature of the structure can be explained by […]

Meet Report 17-19 January 2025. Mark Rothwell arrived early.  On Thursday, together with a friend from the Rucksack Club, he traversed the Helvellyn range from Dunmail Raise north to Sticks Pass in cold and windy conditions. On Friday they went up Stickle Gill, via a scramble on Tarn Crag to Pavey Ark. They climbed Jack’s […]

10-17th May 2025 at the Croft Bunkhouse in Portnalong on the West coast of Skye, 8 miles from Sligachan. The bunkhouse is within easy reach of the Cuillin and all the other attractions of the island. This will be our first visit to Skye for some years so we hope to attract a lot of […]

Here is the December Newsletter.  Contents President’s Message By way of introduction, especially for those who don’t know me, I’ve been around the YRC for quite some time. My journey with the Club began at the annual dinner in 1976 at the Cairn Hotel in Harrogate, where the illustrious Peter Boardman was the guest speaker. […]

Meet Report: 13-15 December 2024 Voice from the Kitchen: “Harvey!  You’ll be going into Settle, won’t you, would you mind picking up a couple of things for tomorrow’s meal?” Harvey: “’Course not.  What do you need?” Voice from the Kitchen: “Just fennel seeds and a bottle of white wine vinegar.” On the face of it […]

Meet Report: 15-17 November 2024. Held at the Falcon Manor, Settle and at Lowstern. A spell of calmer, drier weather than is usual for the time of year almost lasted long enough to include this meet, the largest gathering in the Club’s calendar.  It was also the closing meet of Becca Humphrey’s presidency and perhaps […]

Meet Report: 25-27 October 2024. Held at Carlswark Cottage. Stoney Middleton lies between the deeply incised White Peak valleys and wide-open moors of the Dark Peak offering climbers near endless climbs on both limestone and grit. All around are culturally significant locations including Eyam, Chatsworth, scores of Stone, Bronze and Iron Age sites, and old […]