The AAC(UK) is one of the largest UK Mountaineering Clubs with over 16,000 UK and overseas members. The principal benefits of membership, at no extra charge, are:
- Rescue, medical expenses and repatriation insurance; worldwide without age limit. Click for more information.
- Alpine Hut Rights; discounted accommodation costs in alpine huts belonging to the National Alpine Mountaineering Federations. Click for ÖAV/DAV alpine huts in Austria. Click for alpine huts belonging to other organisations and in other countries.
- Alpine Skills, Leadership & UK Training courses with grants available to eligible members with 2 years’ current, continuous membership.
In addition, membership brings many other benefits. If you are interested in any aspect of mountaineering, we warmly invite you to join.
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2020 membership is now available! Click to apply or nenew to receive continued benefits including Insurance.
Say NO to the plan to build on glaciers of the Pitztal and Ötztal. Click for more information about this petition to prevent the desecration of this popular alpine area.
Climate Crisis Please visit our new page about how the AAC(UK) and its members can contribute to tackling the Climate Crisis.
Photo & Sketch Competition 2018 Results! Winners have been chosen and informed. The Photo and Sketch competiton 2019 is now open!
alpenvereinaktiv.com phone app available to members only with ÕAV and DAV maps: the most useful tool for planning and taking with you on tour. For more information Click here.
Log in to enter the Online shop All FREE ITEMS are subject to availability.
FREE ÖAV 2020 CALENDAR Offer….Receive a FREE 2020 CALENDAR when making a minimum £10 donation to the Hut Fund via the online shop. Visit the Online Shop for more details.
FREE ski tour Stop or Go cards (subject to availability), please request in the comments section when applying for membership, or visit the Online Shop A small wallet-sized booklet, in English, focussing on 10 recommendations for ski touring. Also available in German for Bergwandern, Hochtouren, Klettersteig, Mountainbike, Sportklettern, PDFs of each are available.
FREE hut maps (subject to availability), please request in the comments section when applying for membership, or visit the Online Shop. The 1:500,000 map locates and names all the huts in Austria, gives contact details, elevations, and shows whether they are accessible by ski, foot, bike etc!
Alpenverein Hut Opening times for Winter 2019/20. A complete list of opening and closing dates for specific huts in Austria, provided by ÖAV. Also, for more information and contact details check out the Hut Finder link provided by ÖAV.
AAC(UK) Members’ Facebook group. This new Facebook group is run by members, not the Club, so that they can contact each other about short notice activities, sales and other items of interest. For more information click here.
ÖAV Equipment recall notice – this may affect your safety!
Photo of the month
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If paying by cheque, please make payable to “Austrian Alpine Club (UK) Limited”: please use this name exactly.
AAC(UK) Office
AAC(UK) Office address: AAC(UK), Unit 43, Glenmore Business Park,
Blackhill Road, Holton Heath,
Poole, Dorset. BH16 6NL
Tel: (+44) (0)1929 556 870
email: aac.office@aacuk.org.uk
Usual Office Opening hours:
Monday – Thursday: 09:00 – 17:00
Friday 09:00 – 13.00
Saturday, Sunday and UK Bank Holidays: Closed
Insurance
For Insurance queries – members should contact KNOX Versicherungsmanagement GmbH:
Tel Austria: 0043 512 238300-30
Fax Austria: 0043 512 238300-15
email: av-service@knox.co.at
If there are any changes for UK based members of the AAC(UK), relating to the EHIC (as a result of Brexit negotiations), KNOX has confirmed that medical insurance would be as it is for any member who doesn’t have access to EHIC. Medical costs would be covered as per the AWS document.
[Updated 02 December 2019]