Clubs

Winter trip Mt Buller 2018

Mountaineering isn't exactly a big thing in Australia. There's a slight lack of alpine peaks ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  If you want to get started or connect with fellow mountaineers, a club is always a good point to start. Here's a brief overview of mountaineering related clubs and associations:

• Alpine Search and Rescue Victoria - alpineSAR
  They are a bunch of outdoor enthusiasts who provide searchers - like any other bushwalking club - to Bush Search and Rescue.
• Alpenverein Melbourne
  The Austrian Alpine Club finally set foot into Australia! The OeAV has a long history of being great club for families and it comes with a great insurance.
• Army Alpine Association - AAA
  You obviously need to have some ADF connection to join these guys. They're up for some big adventures.
• Melbourne University Mountaineering Club - MUMC 
  The classic university club with a wide range of outdoor activities
• Mountain Sports CollectiveThe MSC is Australia's Backcountry Usergroup Association. They deliver an Alpine Travel Advisory. It's the place to go for  a streamlined and concise picture of the conditions, in one single easy view but they also have other things in the pipeline.
• Mount Bogong Club - MtBC
  These guys take care of the Cleve Cole Memorial Hut as well as the Michell Refuge. They only organise working bees but becoming a member makes Cleve Cole is a great base for your backcountry adventures.
• New Zealand Alpine Club Australia Section - NZAC
  This is the big mountaineering associations from across the ditch with the Australian members roughly evenly spread between NSW and VIC.
• RMIT Outdoors Club - ROC
  The ROC has also a mountaineering program beside many outdoor activities.

What about Mountaineering Melbourne? We're not a club but the blog you're on 😋 Our mission is to bring Mountaineers together no matter to which club they belong!