UBMC is a Guild of Students society which offers students the chance to enjoy traditional climbing, sport climbing, bouldering and mountaineering. We offer an equally impressive social calendar with events running fortnightly. The club warmly welcomes all novice and experienced climbers. All the necessary gear and training is provided along with a healthy dose of enthusiasm and encouragement.

Spring Term

Happy 2012 everyone!

UBMC wants you! If you have never climbed before this is an ideal opportunity to try your hand at rock climbing. We are a very active club and climb indoors every week and outdoors every fortnight. On Wednesdays we normally meet outside the Guild of Students on campus and travel together to our local climbing centre, Red Point, which is situated in the north part of Birmingham city centre (http://www.redpointclimbingcentre.co.uk/). It's a short train ride and a bit of a trek to get there, although we usually get taxis from campus or car pool. Every other weekend we try to get outdoors for weekend trips, which can be just about anywhere in the UK. Our personal favourites are Wales and the Peak District but we're always looking for new places to explore. We aim to make your climbing experiences as diverse, exciting and as cheap as possible. As a fellow stoat it's customary to join us on our fortnightly socials, which are held on Wednesdays and often consist of going to the pub together. That said, our social secs work very hard to keep us all on our toes with their costume and theme ideas. At the end of the day we are probably going to find ourselves in snobs one way or another...

As one of the largest Guild of Students societies you can be guaranteed to meet like-minded individuals with similar interests and abilities.

With membership fixed at the meagre sum of £30 UBMC is the most affordable sporting group to join at the University of Birmingham. Combine this with free use of the extensive stock of club gear and you’ve got maximum fun for minimum cost.

Follow us on the forum and on facebook (University of Birmingham Mountaineering) to keep up to date with all of our events, socials and trips.

Saturday 4th February -Birchen Edge (Peak District)

This is set to be the first day trip of the year and has already received a massive amount of interest. Set in Derbyshire and overlooking the Derwent Valley, this is an excellent gritstone crag that promises an awesome day of climbing. It's also an ideal trip as an introduction to outdoor climbing as there are plenty of classic low grade routes, such as The Crow's Nest, Top Sail, Sail Buttress, Trafalgar Wall and Nelson's Nemesis. If you would like to join us put your name down and follow the thread on the forum.

For information on all of the above or anything else UBMC related check out the forum section of the website or drop an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Happy climbing!