The Cairngorm Club

Based in Aberdeen, the Club was founded in 1887 and is the oldest and one of the largest hillwalking and climbing clubs in Scotland. Its coat-of-arms was granted in 1965. It is a registered UK charity.

Its objectives are “to encourage mountaineering, with special reference to the Cairngorm mountains; to promote competence, safety, knowledge and responsibility of attitude amongst mountaineers; to offer opportunities to engage in that pursuit in company with others; to impart information concerning mountains; to keep under review rights of access to Scottish mountains; and to issue publications.”

Its members have from time to time included a number of climbers of repute, but most are simply hillwalkers with interests ranging from cross-country walks, through more strenuous hillwalking (and unashamed Munro-bagging), to serious rock and ice-climbing.

Today we are simply a group of enthusiasts who love the mountains and activities carried out in the great outdoors, enjoying nature and the wilderness.