Alpine Club (UK)

The Alpine Club
Formation22 December 1857; 166 years ago (1857-12-22)
Founded atLondon, England, United Kingdom
Headquarters55–56 Charlotte Road,
Shoreditch, London,
England, United Kingdom
WebsiteAlpine-Club.org.uk

The Alpine Club was founded in London on 22 December 1857 and is the world's first mountaineering club.[1] The primary focus of the club is to support mountaineers who climb in the Alps and the Greater Ranges of the world's mountains.[2]

  1. ^ The Alpine Club website. Retrieved 2018
  2. ^ The Alpine Club Journal 2014