Who are we?
We are an Edinburgh based hillwalking, rock climbing, winter climbing, ski-mountaineering and general activities club.
The Jacobites Mountaineering club has a large, active and broad-based membership carrying out a wide range of activities at all levels. We organise weekend meets throughout the year and evening activities in the summer. We meet every Thursday evening from 8:30pm, at The Old Bell Inn, Causewayside, Edinburgh
New members are always welcome! Information about joining the club can be found on the membership page.
What do we do?
The club includes hillwalkers, Munro baggers, scramblers, indoor and outdoor climbers, winter climbers, skiers, and mountain bikers and cyclists. On most weekend meets there will be people doing a range of these activities, depending on the weather. The club is a great place if you are a hillwalker, for instance, who wants to go out in winter for the first time or a Munro bagger who fancies having a go at climbing as there are always old hands willing to show novices “the ropes”.
Social
We have an active social calendar. We have an Annual Dinner somewhere in the highlands (or occasionally the Lake District) where we eat drink and make merry. We also have a Burns Supper, Mid-Summer BBQ, and other events throughout the year.
We can always be found every Thursday evening from 8:30pm, at The Old Bell Inn, Causewayside, Edinburgh.
Membership
Our membership ranges from people in their 20s to retirees and from novice to seasoned mountaineer. Benefits of membership, aside from being able to come on meets, include free use of our club hut and access to the club gear. The club is affiliated to the Mountaineering Scotland and gets discounts at many outdoors shops.
For more information see our membership page.
History
The club was founded in 1974 and from the outset was open to everyone – the first club in Edinburgh to allow women to join. We have tried to keep that open and welcoming philosophy ever since. Legends abound about the origins of the club name. The simplest explanation given by founder members is that it simply had a suitably Scottish feel; that and by the time it had been suggested the meeting was more interested in adjourning to the bar!