For more information about the meets for this year, including location and co-ordinators, please see the tables below.
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Evening Meets

Throughout the winter, the club meets at the Climbing Wall in Penrith Leisure Centre from 7pm followed by a pint in the Fell Bar.

EDEN VALLEY MOUNTAINEERING CLUB
EVENING MEETS - 2026
Wednesday Evenings
Date		Crag Location	Time to crag from Penrith	Refreshment location	Meet Coordinator
April	1	Cowraik Quarry	10	The Cross Keys	Mike Dean
April	8	Armathwaite	30	Fox and Pheasant	Heather Guy
April	15	Kings Meaburn	23	White Horse Inn	Ron Kenyon
April	22	Shepherds Crag	40	Borrowdale Hotel	Carly Raine
April	29	Bramcrag Quarry	25	White Horse	Al Davis
May	6	Carrock Fell	27 / 33	Mill Inn - Mungrisdale	Ian Philips
May	13	Scawgill Bridge Quarry	45	Coledale Hotel	Alastair Rutherford
May	20	Castle Rock (Thirlmere)	30	White Horse Inn	Steve Goodwin
May	27	Quayfoot Buttress/Wodens Face area	38	Borrowdale Hotel	Al Hanna
June	3	Windmore End	35	The Wilding	Rob Illingworth
June	10	Shepherds Crag	40	Borrowdale Hotel	Al McCaig
June	17	Crag Lough/Peel Crag (Roman Wall)	70	Once Brewed	Belinda Lloyd
June	24	Kirkstone Buttress	55	Brotherswater Hotel	Dana Bratu
July	1	Reecastle / Goats Crag, Watendlath	45 / 50	Pheasant Inn	John Howarth
July	8	Swirl Crag - Upper and Lower	40	Kings Head, Thirlspot	Ben Heinrich
July	15	Swindale	65	Mardale Inn	Jane Meeks
July	22	Trowbarrow	65	George Washington	Steve Hartley
July	29	Black Crag - Borrowdale	55	Borrowdale Hotel	Phil Blanshard
August	5	Shepherds Crag	40	Borrowdale Hotel	Gary Baum
August	12	Bramcrag Quarry	25	White Horse Inn	Howard Mawson
August	19	Brough Scar	50	The Wilding	John Bland
August	26	Castle Rock (Thirlmere)	30	White Horse Inn	Kate Arnold
September	2	Head End Crag - Ireby	32	The Old Crown - Hesket	Jamie Partridge
September	9	Armathwaite	30	Fox and Pheasant	Eric Parker

Day Climbing Meets

Day Climbing Meets are normally planned for the first Sunday and the third Saturday of the month but if the weather is more suitable on another day, they may change. Venues listed are a starting point but it is the meet coordinator’s prerogative to change venues to accommodate the weather etc

EDEN VALLEY MOUNTAINEERING CLUB
ROCK CLIMBING AND WEEKEND MEETS
First Sunday and Third Saturday and Weekends
Month	First Sunday	Third Saturday	Weekend		Meet Leader	Suggested venue
January	4			Snowy stuff - wall	Co-ordinator need
January		17		Kendal Wall	Carly Raine
February	1			Kong Wall	Co-ordinator need
February			20/21	Ballachulish weekend	Phil Blanshard
March	1			Conservation Day	Co-ordinator need
March	8			International Women's Day Challenge	Dana Bratu	Peascod's Ladies
March			28/29	Roaches Weekend Meet	Stave Hartley	Roaches
April	5			Easter Sunday	Ron Kenyon	Clifton Crag
April			18/19	Northumberland Weekend	Graham Williams	Northumberland
May	3			Bank holiday weekend	Alastair McCaig	Buttermere
May		16		Langdale	Kevin Atherton	White Ghyll
June	7			Langdale	Kitty	Gimmer Crag
June			20/21	Classic Rock Round Challenge	Ben Heinrich
July	5			Langdale	James Hazley	Raven Crag
July		18		Wrynose	Gary Baum	Long Scar / Black Crag
August	2			Scafell	Phil Blanshard	Pikes Crag / Scafell
August		15		Dow Crag	Al Henna	Dow Crag
August			29/30	Ballachulish	Phil Blanshard
September	6			Borrowdale	John Howarth	Sergeant C rag Slabs
September			19/20	Eskdale	Ron Kenyon	Eskdale Crag
October	4			Langdale	Heather Guy	Raven Crag, Walthwaite
October		17		Duddon Valley	Danu Bratu	Wallowbarrow etc
November	1			Yorkshire or Ratho Wall	Mike Dean	Out or In
November		14		Kendal Mountain Festival
December	6			Kong Wall	Co-ordinator need
December		19		Wall or Snowy stuff	Co-ordinator need

Scrambling Meets

Scrambling Meets are normally planned for the fourth Saturday of the month but if the weather is more suitable on another day, they may change. Venues are the meet coordinator’s prerogative with venues chosen to accommodate the weather etc

EDEN VALLEY MOUNTAINEERING CLUB
SCRAMBLING MEETS
Fourth Saturday
Month	Fourth Saturday
January	24	Belinda Lloyd
February	28	Gary Baum
March	28	Phil Blanshard
April	25	Ian Philipps
May	23	Soo Redshaw
June	27	Steve Goodwin
July	25	Kevin Atherton
August	22	Robin Illingworth
September	26	TBA
October	24	TBA
November	28	TBA
December	26	Boxing Day (Blencathra)

Walking Meets

Walking meets will be on the second Saturday of each month.   Venues are the meet coordinator’s prerogative with venues chosen to accommodate the weather etc

WALKING MEETS
Second Saturday
Month	Second Saturday	Meet Coordinator	Venue
January	10
February	14
March	14	Mike Boswell
April	11
May	9	Stuart Chilton
June	13
July	11
August	8
September	12
October	10	Stuart Chilton
November	8	Ron Kenyon	Remembrance Sunday - Great Gable
December	12	Mike Boswell

                                    

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