Avalanche reports and Weather
Always check out snow and weather conditions before you venture out on the hills in winter (and in Summer!) updated in winter.
Ski-Visit Scotland has good information on ski and road conditions and weather.
Winter Highland is also a great site for description of snow conditions.
MWIS is providing definitive mountain weather condition reports in a pdf (acrobat reader) format.
Avalanche quiz from Glenmore Lodge. Essential download
BBC Radio Scotland (FM) has a hill weather report every weekday evening at 1915 hrs. Tune that car radio in now! You can listen to at any time on the BBC website (Radio Scotland) if you have broadband.
Welcome to Ancrum Mountaineering Club
Ancrum
Mountaineering Club is a small friendly club based in Dundee, Scotland.
The club has monthly weekend and day meets as well as long weekends in May
and October. Click here to find out more about
the background of the club
Lindsay Duncan will be pleased to give you more details on joining our club.
We
are affiliated to the Mountaineering
Council of Scotland
The Web Site
Compiled by Allan Brown. Please feel free to e-mail me with articles, news, photographs or anything else of interest. Or if you want to be informed of significant updates. Ideas for the site also appreciated. - It's your site not mine!
What's On
Avertical World
Dundee's brilliant indoor climbing venue
Meets List
Note that the phone-in night for day meets is now Thursday, and for Weekends it is now on Tuesday.
News
The Committee
They organise the club. You can buy them a pint. They organise a tasty curry night for the AGM. They encourage you (unsuccessfully) to attend the Mountain Mind Quiz. They moan at you for not filling in route cards. See the committee for 2009/2010. Click here to see your favourite committee member.
Photographs
Snapshots of AMC members in the coffee shop and occasionally on a hill
Safety
Be safe on the hills. Information pages on safety, gear lists and a route card.
Ancrum Outdoor Education Centre website with downloadable summer brochure
Hillphones - details of stalking. Don't end up as a trophy on someone's wall.
Disclaimer
The inclusion of a site or link or any other data in this web site is for information only. Ancrum MC does not endorse or approve equipment, accomodation or holidays. Climbing and other outdoor activities can be dangerous and you participate at your own risk.
Whats New
Website updated 28 May 2009
Photos from March weekend (Steall)
Photos from March day meet (Glenshee) 3 April
Day meets updated (5 Mar)
Photos from Oct day meet (Drumochter) - sorry for delay, I had lost the pictures
Avalanche quiz from Glenmore Lodge. Essential download
Working my way through updating the links pages. Now links to fitness and XC skiing (28 Jan)
Inver weekend meet photos (16 Sept)
Derry Lodge weekend photos (16 Sept)
Durness weekend photos (16 Sept)
Cannich weekend photos (1 June)
Glencoe MRT building dedicated to Graham Flatters (1 June)

