- Training Videos for Sport Climbing - We are collecting videos here on skills you might need when sport climbing. This is just a start so let me know if you would like to see more subjects ...
- Summer sport climbing in the Yorkshire Dales - We are planning a number of days out sport climbing in the Yorkshire Dales throughout this Summer. See the calendar for the dates and location. We will start out with a few obvious choices like Robin Proctor Scar, ..... ...... However also speak to Memuna and Dan for more information.
- April newsletter - The latest newsletter contains reports of meets at both our huts, good weather winter walking & cycling in Scotland, and rock climbing in Morocco.
- Weekend climbing meets – Spring / early summer - We have a couple of climbing meets coming up in the Lakes and at Gogarth - see links opposite for more information.......
- Morocco, Anti – Atlas in March 2024 - Details for Anti Atlas meet now posted in calendar for March 2024 – if you are interested best to book soon whilst accommodation still available. Speak to Mick if you ...
- York Sport 2023 – Yorkshire sport climbing supplement - A new sport climbing supplement has just been published for Yorkshire limestone - a good companion guide to the Wired Northern Rock guide. Published by the Yorkshire bolt Fund team, who continue to do a great job but rely on our contributions to support the bolting efforts. See links for copies and contributions.
- Meets and Events for 2023 - We have numerous events planned for the year ahead, with meets arranged at the Smithy, Ribblehead Hut, Derbyshire and Scotland. There are a few gaps in the calendar to be filled and we would welcome volunteers to step up and fill those gaps.
- The Phantom Line (ED+), Jugal Spire, 6563m climbed by Paul Ramsden and Tim Miller - October 2023 update: Just before Paul headed off to Nepal on his latest trip to Nepal, again with Tim Miller, he was told that they had been awarded another Piolet ...
- Northern Rock – Wired Guide published March 2022 - Northern Rock is published by the Yorkshire Mountaineering Club, the British Mountaineering Council, the Northumbrian Mountaineering Club, and the Cleveland Mountaineering Club. A beautifully colourful book presenting the best traditional ...
- El Chorro (sun rock meet) places available, 17-27 March - Accommodation and flights are booked – up to 3 places available in accomodation. Contact Mick Green if you are interested. El Chorro – spring sun rock
- Social media and the Gritstone Club - Hi All A facebook area has been identified for members of the Gritstone Club. It’s a private group so here we can discuss meet ideas/club issues etc. before or without ...
- Centenary Ale Available - Good news!!! The Centenary Gritstone Ale is now available for purchase form Jolly Sailor, from their on-line shop. It’s available as a 12 pack for £30.00. Here is the link ...
- Huts Usage Updated August 2021 – Restrictions Lifted from 1 September - The Governmemt has agreed to relax the rules regarding social distancing and mixing with people from 17 May 2021.........
- Huts Usage Updated 19 July – Restrictions extended until further notice - The Governmemt has agreed to relax the rules regarding social distancing and mixing with people from 17 May 2021.........
- Ribblehead Maintenance Meet - Repair sills of frames of opening windows.2. Repair gas lighting fitting near bunks.3. Service multifuel stove.4. Re-fix mirror in washroom.5.....
- Brian Melia completes epic run - https://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/2021/05/05/brian-melia-completes-continuous-run-of-wainwrights-a-pennine-journey
- Help Save Outdoor Education - Dear Gritstone Club, I am contacting you to ask whether your club and its members would be willing to support the #saveoutdoored campaign? Outdoor education centres around the UK are facing an existential threat due to the pandemic;
- October 2020 Newsletter - Link to October Newsletter
- Ingleborough summit shelter featuring Bill Hinde - Here is a link to a film documenting the restoration of the Ingleborough summit shelter
- Coronavirus and the Huts - We regret to inform members that due to the coronavirus the committee has taken the decision to close the huts until further notice.
- March 2020 Newsletter - Link to March 2020 Newsletter
- December 2019 Newsletter - Link to December 2019 Newsletter
- September 2019 Newsletter - Link to September Newsletter
- July 2019 Newsletter - Link to July Newsletter
- April 2019 Newsletter - Link to April Newsletter
- December 2018 Newsletter - Click on link to open
- October 2018 Newsletter - Click on link to open
- Smithy Porch Extension Drawings - The proposed drawings for the porch extension are listed below. Click on the link to view the drawing 02 Rev A Proposed Plans and Site Plan 03 Rev A ...
- 96th Annual Dinner Meet, Grassington 2018 - This years dinner meet was once again held at Grassington. 18 people took advantage of the excellent accommodation offered at the Grassington Bunk Barn, but numbers were severely down on ...
- Meet Report: - Stunningly beautiful in its bleakness, the Upper Coquet valley is one of the most remote parts of Northumberland - Barrowburn nestles beneath the imposing flanks of Shillhope Law, in the Northumberland National Park.
- 5 – 7 October – Gritstone Club Annual Dinner, Grassington -
- HERRIOT WAY - Carol Pettifar and Ian Hargreaves are doing the Herriot Way 15-18 th October 2018. Everyone is welcome to join us for all or part of it. If you are interested ...
- June 2018 Newsletter – click the link to open - June 2018 Newsletter web
- Smithy Easter Meet 2018 (30 March – 2 April) - There was a low turn out for the meet, which we can blame on the appalling forecast for the weekend. Attendees – Andrew Dyson, Peter Haigh, Lynn and Alan Moss ...
- Lakes Winter Meet 2 – 4 February 2018 - Friday’s forecast was good so headed to Tilberthwaite to climb Wetherlam, Swirl How, The Carrs then back via Little Langdale – perfect weather but cold Saturday was not so good ...
- Grits Party Meet weekend 7-9 December 2018 - Christmas 2018 is already approaching. Dennis Chapman is looking to book the Bishopdale Bunkhouse, Thoralby, Bishopdale, North Yorkshire (www.thestreetheadinn.co.uk/old-school-bunkhouse.php). Let Dennis know ASAP
- Smithy Winter Meet 2 : 16 – 18 February 2018 - Meet is being coordinated by Nigel Calaghan. Hopefully conditions will improve. Nigel has offered to provide a meal on Saturday evening ............
- Jack Bloor Moor Races – 8 May 2018 - Welcome to the Jack Bloor Races and Fund Ilkley Moor Next Race: Tuesday 8th May 2018 All profits from the Jack Bloor Races go to the Jack Bloor Memorial Fund, ...
- Gritstone Club 95th Annual Dinner Meet, October 2017 - Accommodation was secured at the Grassington Bunk Barn for the weekend. The accommodation was excellent. The only draw back is the location which is about a mile up a rather ...
- Grande Traversata delle Alpe (GTA) - With 9 days walking planned at the beginning of September we met up at Quincinetto which is in the Aosta Valley in the Piedmont region of Italy.
- Ultra Tour Monte Rosa - I have wanted to run The Monte Rosa as a 170km 12000m D+ race for three years now. It began at 4 pm on Thursday 7th September, starting in Grachen (Switzerland).
- Annual Dinner 2017 - The Annual Dinner is to be held at The Black Horse in Grassington on the weekend of 6-8 October. Menu: Carrot & coriander soup, home-made roll Chicken & duck ...
- Smithy Family Meet 3 August – 6 August - There is a Family Meet from Thursdat 3 August to Sunday 6 August. Please be aware that there will be a number of children at the Smithy!!!
- Duddon Valley – High Moss. 9 – 11 June - The Duddon really is a very pleasant and unspoilt valley with plenty of low level paths and access from High Moss to the hills and crags
- Midsummer Meet 23 – 25 June at The Smithy - On Saturday, Andy and David drove over to the fastest drying crag that came to mind, namely Raven Langdale. The rest of the party had beautiful walk over Rannerdale Knotts beside Crummock Water.
- Fairy Cave & Northern Dales Meet - Haggs Bank Bunkhouse and campsite at Nenthead was the venue and provided excellent modern facilities. Saturday saw the 4 cavers enjoy a 6 hour trip up the very long and wet but beautiful Fairy Hole Cave in Weardale
- Montenegro 7 – 21 June 2017 - Where’s that I hear you ask! It is a country, which was formerly a state in the old Yugoslavia, bordering on Albania to the south. Montenegro is a very mountainous ...
- Run Rabbit 100 Steamboat Springs Colorado 16th September 2016 - I headed over to Steamboat Springs Colorado for a new adventure in trail running. This is not a race on most Ultra Trail runners list, but I had thought over winter about getting out there or Lake Tahoe. In the end I summed up the courage to enter Run Rabbit 100…
- Smithy Easter Meet 2017 - The weather was mixed over the weekend, wind rain and sun in various quantities. On Friday it pored down when the rain abated Peter Haigh walked from Grasmere back to the hut via Dunmail raise. The Ospreys are back...
- Gritstone Winter Smithy Meet 17 – 19 Feb 17 - The majority of the attendees started arriving on Friday afternoon, but sadly none had brought with them any weather forecasts other than utterly abysmal! However, a merry evening was had in the Smithy with the woodburner lit discussing.......
- Torridon Winter Meet 2017 - The Gritstone Club had arranged accommodation at The Log House on the Damph Estate for 14 people. 12 people arrived during Sunday. The sunset that evening was spectacular! A good omen? The three big ridges.....
- A snowy weekend in the Lakes (18-20 November) - This impromptu meet at the Smithy was threatened with mixed weather (the MWIS forecast was 'appalling') which did not deter those present from venturing out.......
- Annual Dinner October 2016 - The dinner was attended by 40 people including 3 guests - John and Carol Whalley from Yorkshire Ramblers and Alison Cairns from the Pinnacle Club.
- Great little film of Nick and Pauls recent first ascent in Tibet. - In October 2016 Nick Bullock and Paul Ramsden made the first ascent of Nyainqentangla South East
- Smithy Meet 19 -22 November 2016 - Saturday was a bit img_0030mixed weather wise but we made the best of it with a hike into Keswick.......
- Can any members help out with this? - CROWS Help wanted Dick Lane The path at Dick Lane (½ km East of Stoodley Pike) is an important route linking Mytholmroyd and Cragg Vale with the pike. It has been deteriorating for many years.......
- Paul Ramsden, first ascent in Tibet Oct 2016 - Paul got back from Tibet a couple of weeks ago having made the first ascent of the North Buttress of Nyainqentagla South East (7047m). He is back in Saudi now........
- Paul Ramsden and Mick Fowler make first ascent of Gave Ding, Nepal - Just got back from an excellent trip to far West Nepal with Mick Fowler. Managed to make the first overall ascent of Gave Ding (6571m) via its very impressive north buttress.
- Wind Turbines at Almscliff – response before 11th June - Your assistance needed. 2 x 48m high wind turbines are proposed very close to Almscliff Crag – something we cannot allow. Please place your objections ASAP following the instructions below. Every response ...
- Hot Rock 7 – 14 April 2015, Roquebrun, Languedoc - The climbing, the walking, the accommodation and the weather were spot on.
- Peter Sugden – Obituary and Funeral - See link for obituary. His funeral will be held at Grenoside Crematorium, Sheffield, on Wednesday 4th February at 2:00 pm & afterwards at Cubley Hall, Penistone. Please let Andy Causer know if you are able to come.
- 2015 Forthcoming Meets - Please see the Meets Calendar for details, and contact the coordinators if you are interested in taking part.
- First Ascent on Hagshu - More than 20 years after first setting eyes on the peak & noting its potential objective, Mick Fowler & Paul Ramsden have succeeded on first ascent of north east face of Hagshu.
- Paul Ramsden to attempt North face Kishtwar - Paul Ramsden will set off with Mick Fowler in mid-September to attempt first ascent of north face of Hagshu (6,515m) in East Kishtwar region of Indian Himalaya.
- Western Cape a climbers paradise - The Western Cape is a climber’s paradise. There is world class bouldering, sport climbing, trad, & big wall opportunities within 5 hours drive from Cape Town.
- We went in search of Trolls, the Great White Silence and Norwegian Stoves - Where better to prepare for a week’s Norwegian Ski Touring than icy Scotland?
- Ariege 2014 - Our third Easter meet in the South of France took us to the Ariège region of the Midi Pyrenees.
- 2015 Meets Calender - Susan Melia is compiling the Meets Calendar for 2015. Any suggestions for meets by members are welcome, including for 2016 or further into the future.
- Wood supply at the Smithy - The Smithy wood supply is in need of replenishment. If you have some suitable timber, please bring it along!
- November 2013 Newsletter - Click on link to download November newsletter in PDF format
- Ribblehead Maintenance Meet 7/8th September 2013 - The Ribblehead Maintenance Meet got off to a flying start.....
- Crack threatens Lakes landmark - BBC news article re Castle Crag from Tyne and Wear
- Ramsden and Fowler – first ascent of Kishtwar Kallash - See link for news on Paul's first ascent
- July 2013 Newsletter -
- GR221 Bimbling through the mountains of Mallorca - A high-level traverse of the dramatic Serra de Tramuntana mountains in Mallorca, from south to north in May 2013
- Spring Bank Holiday Meet, May 2013 - Older and wiser Grits will nod sagely when Carnmore is mentioned, eyes will glisten and breath will be taken through pursed lips.....
- JACK BLOOR RACES MAY 14th - We were lucky again for conditions for the races. My thanks go to all who gave their time so willingly.
- Smithy – Vets and Beginners Rock 4th/5th May - The original objective of this meet was to enable members - who had not climbed for some time and others who had never climbed but might wish to try - to get onto the rock. In the event it turned into a ‘Past Presidents’ meet!
- April 2013 Newsletter - April 2013 Newsletter Click on the link above for the latest Newsletter
- Day Walks - Day walks have come thick and fast in the dark days of winter, with more frequent walks in Derbyshire being added to the list:
- Muirshearlich, Scotland - We were blessed with perfect winter conditions – hard-packed snow on the tops, and for the most part bright sun blazing out of a blue sky, with not much wind
- Meets Calendar – Weds Eve walking map links sorted - The problems with the web links for the maps on the most recent Wednesday evening walks have been corrected. Just click the NGR and a new window will open with ...
- JB@80: a weekend of walking and feasting at the Smithy - The weekend was a great success.
- New Year Meet - This meet was one of the wettest and dullest of any of the Smithy New Year Meets.
- Fairhead climbing – joint meet with the Pinnacle Club - Fairhead is one of the UK's more impressive TRAD climbing venues - by the sea but more akin to a large mountain crag - interesting approaches and big quality routes. This is a week long trip from the 25th May.
- Multiple club membership refund - If you a member, of more than one BMC affiliated club, you can reclaim additional payments.
- BMC – Clubs Civil Liability Insurance - The BMC summary of Clubs Civil Liability Insurance is available for 2013.
- Discounts, cheap gear, entry fees and use of climbing huts - There are many financial benefits available to members of the Gritstone Club including gear, climbing walls and the use of huts.
- BMC leading ladder sessions - The suggested leading ladder venues are uploaded onto the calendar. Keep in touch to arrange.
- Winter evening climbing starts - See the calendar for varying locations
- Provence 2012 - Hot Rock Meet, Provence, 29 March - 6 April: Based in a villa near Brignoles the climbers in our party of 11 visited a clutch of excellent limestone crags and a granite gorge The walkers traversed several ridges and spent one day on the island of Port Cros.
- BMC Alpine lectures - Line up of Nick Bullock and Tim Neill in April and may: - covering best areas to visit; glacier travel; weather; huts & bivis; avalanche awareness; route selection; and the dark art of moving together.
- Jack Bloor Races – May 8th - This year's Jack Bloor races, Ilkley Moor on Tuesday May 8th.
- Lake Tahoe – California – Nigel Calaghan - It is the middle grade traditional climbers dream crag. Fantastic rock with the reknowned Dykes, horizontal ribs of rock - ‘Dyke Hiking’ is the essential art.
- Rock-climbing from The Smithy (up to E1)-Andy Causer - The Smithy (the Lakes hut) uniquely well-placed for quick access to Lakes climbing. This article provide a summary of the low to mid-grade climbing
- Mammoth Lakes – California – by Nigel Calaghan - Mammoth is a good base to explore the crags on the eastern side of the High Sierra. Superb granite crags include Dike Wall, Crystal crags and slightly further south is the sub alpine Patricia Bowl.
- Tuolumne Meadows – California – by Nigel Calaghan - The climbing is on fantastic granite ranging from slabs to cracks and walls. The rock is quite smooth but with good friction and provided with knobs that stick out of the rock and provide useful holds. On the domes there is a lot of smooth featureless slabs and the routes follow natural features such as grooves and cracks.
- BMC Leading Ladder entries by Gritstone members - A number of the members have entered the BMC leader ladder competition again encourage by Phill Mitchell’s win in the middle category last year. See the BMC web site for ...
- Prospective/member TRAD climbing experience – weekend 26th, 27th May in the Lake District - The Gritstone Club is running a TRAD EXPERIENCE WEEKEND for existing and aspirant members from the Friday evening to the Sunday evening of the 27th May in our Lake District ...
- Memories Of Dolphin - Memories of Dolphin — OUT NOW — Price £11.99 including DVD of early ascents Arthur Rhodes Dolphin was the foremost climber of the 1940’s, until his untimely death in the ...
