The Eagle Ski Club | Eagle Ski Club

The Eagle Ski Club is the UK's largest and most active ski touring and ski mountaineering club, with over 1300 members.

The club touring programme has over 60 ski trips a year, ranging from day tours and hut to hut tours in the Alps to ski expeditions further afield. Some are led by club members and others by professional guides. The programme also offers instructional courses to improve off-piste ski technique and to learn and improve other ski touring and mountaineering techniques - including avalanche awareness.

The club also runs a series of UK events, including Scottish skiing weekend meets (January to March); summer weekend meets for walking and climbing; and lectures and other social events. These events provide an excellent opportunity to meet other ski-tourers and plan future trips.

For more information about the club see Membership Benefits and How to Join, or if you would like to learn more about the sport see Introduction to Ski touring and Ski mountaineering.

2019 Touring Programme - Almost Full

The 2019 Touring Programme features a wide range of trips including off-piste training courses, day tours, hut to hut tours and adventurous trips to remote areas - running from December 2018 to May 2019.

The locations include the Alps, Pyrenees, Norway, Iceland, Greenland and Canada - hopefully there is something for everyone.

There are very few places still available, but keep your eyes open as a few vacancies do come up.

Note - you need to be a club member and logged in to the website to see the full details.

Scottish Winter Meets

The club runs a programme of Scottish Winter Meets from January to March 2019. Scottish meets provide their own flavour of adventure and whatever the conditions, they are normally great fun with excellent company. Scottish meets are normally based around a weekend, but may be extended.

There are some places still available on the Killin, Mar Lodge, ski camping and Ben Wyvis (Strathpeffer) meets. Don't forget the Scottish Day Meets, which are organised if conditions are suitable.

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Forthcoming UK Events

Date	Event
28 Jun	Swanage (Langton Matravers)

Brexit implications....

Although it seems that a no-deal Brexit on 29 March is unlikely, this is still the only certain option if nothing else happens. In the event of a no-deal Brexit on 29 March, there might be significant implications if you're out touring over that date or after it. If you're driving a car (your own or a rental one), you may need an International Driving Permit and if you're driving your own car you may also need a motor insurance green card. Also, your European Health Insurance Card may no longer be valid and your passport will need to have an expiry date of at least 6 months beyond the travel date (note that if you last renewed your passport before its expiry date then the difference of up to 9 months might also be added to this period - i.e. it may need to be valid for up to 15 months beyond your travel date). Last minute arrangements might, of course, be put in place to cover these issues in the event of a no-deal Brexit. In the meantime, to help you judge what you might need to do you can find more detailed advice in the Which? magazine and the Guardian. You can also visit www.gov.uk for advice on driving, passports, etc.

Alpine Ski Touring Training (Arolla) - cancelled

The Alpine ski touring training week in Arolla, with Andy Teasdale, which was to take place between 20-27 April has been cancelled.

New tour leaders wanted

We're looking for potential leaders to join the Leader Development Programme in 2019. If you're an enthusiastic and experienced ski tourer, with an interest in leading tours and can show leadership potential, then why not put your name forward? You'll need to have been a member of the Club for two years and been on at least two member-led club tours. If you're interested please drop Brian Horn an email at leaderdev@eagleskiclub.org.uk. The closing date for applications is 15 April 2019.

Purchase Carbon Credits

If you can't use low carbon travel, then purchase carbon credits from The Cochabamba Project to offset the environmental impact of travel - for ski tours on the club programme or any other purpose.