2nd February 2018 is Solihull Mountaineering Club’s (formerly Solihull YHA) 60th Birthday and we’d like as many folk as possible to come along to celebrate. 19:30 at the Old Eds on Friday 2nd February 2018. We will have a founder
2018 Ski Trip
As many of you know we organise an annual ski trip in Europe which are always well attended and fabulous fun, whether or not you can ski or snowboard. For the 2018 trip, an apartment has been booked in St
BMC Area Meeting
An important BMC Area Meeting will shortly be upon us. Instead of our usual mountaineering speaker & slide show, several staff from the Manchester Head Office will be there to give details, and answer questions about the organisational review, which
SMC 60th Anniversary
The diligent group of SMC anniversary planners have been busy making plans for the club’s 60th anniversary in 2018. After several meetings we can reveal that the year is beginning to shape up nicely and you can start thinking about
BMC Midlands Area Meeting – Guest Speaker Shirin Shabestari
Join Guest Speaker Shirin Shabestari Growing up Iran, childhood trips to the mountains with her father gave Shirin a taste for adventure and a sense of freedom. Now living in London with a young family, Shirin shares her love from
Cratcliffe Bouldering Day
The next Sollihull day trip is on Sunday 9th July, though this may move to the Saturday (8th) if the weather is going to be better that day. We will be having a bouldering day at Cratcliffe that is situated
SMC Diamond Jubilee
On the 2nd February 1958 the first committee meeting of the Solihull YHA Club met. This club later changed its name to the Solihull Mountaineering Club, and so in 2018 the SMC will be celebrating 60 years of hitting the
SMC Climb Spain
So what happens when you take 14 SMC members, send them to Spain, surround them with mountains, and give them 9 days of blue skies and perfect temperatures – a lot that’s what! Things started with a game of hunt
Beginners and Improvers Day
We have just had a fantastic beginners and improvers day, blessed with warm sun, cool rock and cake! 21 members old, new, and prospective descended on Harborough to walk, climb and eat cake and scones. People did their first outdoor
SMC at a Charity Climbathon
On Saturday 11th March a group of SMC members joined other users of Creation Climbing Centre and local families in a charity climb to raise money for a Forest School for St Martin de Porres primary school. We also raised