Amazing view of the Silvretta Alps (near Heidelberger Hütte, 2264m) – Pauline Robson
The AAC(UK) is one of the largest UK Mountaineering Clubs with over 15,000 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 & 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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The office will be closed on Monday, May 27 for UK Spring Bank holiday. Please ensure that all membership applications are with the office for processing by 11am on Friday May 24th.
Photo & Sketch Competition 2018 Results!
Winners have been chosen and informed. The Photo and Sketch competiton 2019 is now open!
Renew your membership for 2019 for continued benefits including Insurance. If you are travelling soon please ensure that the travel date field is completed on the application form to prioritise your application.
Improvers’ Training, Summer 2019 – Bookings can now be made for the Alpine Skills Improvers’ course
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.
The Online shop is now available Log in to enter the Online shop All FREE ITEMS are subject to availability.
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 Huts – Opening dates for Summer 2019. 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!: Wild Country Friends 2, 3 & 4.
Photo Competition Overall Winner – Denis Hicks
Dolomites from Innerodelgungge – Denis Hicks Photo Competition Overall Winner 2018
If you have taken part in a recent Club Activity and would like to feature above please email photos and descriptions to the Website Editor.
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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 staff
From left to right:
Cat, Laura and Hanna
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
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 leaflet.
[Updated 22 May 2019]
