University of Galway Mountaineering Club

UGMC is one of the most popular in the college, and is currently one of the biggest with a membership of over 1000 people.

Membership in the Club is open to ALL members of Uni Galway; undergraduates, postgraduates, staff and alumni. This variety of membership gives the Club an interesting social mixture and a wide-ranging appeal.

Hiking
Each Sunday, up to 50 members of the Club get together and travel to various locations from the Burren to the Twelve Bens to Nephin and Achill. Every week we have between 2-3 different hikes, each aimed at different levels of fitness and skill. We always try and pass on some knowledge about navigation or local history to our walkers.

Climbing
The Club runs climbing wall training sessions at our climbing wall here at UGMC, Galway to help teach people the basics of climbing such as knot-tying and belaying.