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The Carn Dearg is a mountaineering club based in Dundee with members across Scotland and the UK. Members participate in many outdoor activities including hill walking, rock climbing, winter climbing, ski touring, sea kayaking and mountain biking. The club runs regular monthly day and weekend trips to some of Scotland’s most spectacular mountain areas.
Travel to venues is normally by private car sharing for weekend meets, and by bus for the day trips, however some weekends consist of a “walk through” where a mini bus is utilised. Accommodation for weekend meets is normally within mountaineering club huts or independent bunkhouses. During the summer some weekend meets involve camping or the use of open bothies.
One main benefit of becoming a member of the Carn Dearg Mountaineering Club is that it allows you to make use of mountaineering club huts that are not accessible to individuals and need to be booked years in advance. These huts are situated in prime locations such as Glencoe and the Scottish Mountaineering Club’s CIC hut 2500feet up Ben Nevis. The Carn Dearg also has it’s own club hut located in Glen Clova.
The club has approximately 80 members of all ages and experience, from this a smaller core of keen members are usually present on the meets. The club’s home town is Dundee but members are now spread across Scotland and England. Most weekend meets will include members from the Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee areas.
Activities are informally organised with small groups doing different activities on the meets. There are no set activities, members and guests will decide themselves what they wish to do, but club officials will be able to give advice on suitable routes and will always ensure that inexperienced members and guests have at least one experienced member within their group.
The meets are light hearted and friendly and the club characters always ensure there’s never a dull moment whatever the weather. If you would like to find out more about the club and attend a meet contact us here.