Public Website

A volunteer is sought to assume complete editorial control of the Club’s quarterly Newsletter from the end of 2011, soliciting content, selecting that which is most appropriate, liaising with our proof-reader and interfacing directly with the graphics designer who takes care of layout. If this challenge is of genuine interest to you, please contact the Club Secretary via the AAC(UK) Office for further details.  

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Membership includes at no extra charge:

  • Mountain Rescue Insurance: worldwide, without age limit and inclusive of repatriation;
  • Alpine Hut Rights; members' discounts at huts belonging to the national mountaineering federations.

Joining is easy and is explained on our Membership page

Benefits of AAC(UK)/OeAV Membership

Mountain Huts

Our members enjoy reduced accommodation rates In all mountain huts belonging to the national mountaineering federations of Austria, Germany, South Tyrol, France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Slovenia, Belgium, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. . A full list of the mountaineering federations to which this applies may be found on our Reciprocal Rights page and details of most of the huts can be found on our Hut Page.

In Category I and II huts there is always a Bergsteigeressen (Mountain Climbers’ Meal, a cheap but filling evening meal) for members, and only members have the right to buy jugs of Teewasser (hot water for making tea and other beverages).

AWS Annual Alpine Association Worldwide Rescue and Repatriation Insurance

The OeAV insurance policies under which OeAV members receive cover are provided by UNIQA Personenversicherung AG and GENERALI Versicherung AG , both Austrian companies and governed by Austrian law.

For a summary of cover provided by AWS (Alpine Association Worldwide Service) as part of OeAV membership, please refer to the AWS explanatory leaflets listed below.  NB this cover is primarily for mountain rescue NOT comprehensive travel insurance and you should read the leaflet carefully to ascertain whether you need to take out additional insurance to meet all your requirements.  If you have any queries please contact the OeAV direct as explained in the leaflet, not the AAC(UK) Office which is not able to answer questions which seek interpretation of the insurance cover, but do check the Insurance FAQs first.

The following leaflets are in Portable Document Format (PDF) and may be printed.  If you do not have a PDF Reader installed on your computer you may download one free of charge. 

[AWS 2011 Insurance leaflet in English]   
[AWS 2011 Insurance leaflet in German]

These leaflets are dated 1st January 2011. The insurance benefits have been improved over those provided previously. Please note that the previous conditions will still apply to trips that begin in 2010 and extend into January 2011.

In the event of your needing one, here is the Claim Form

Merchandise

We sell a range of merchandise to members only, through the AAC(UK) Office:

Other Benefits

  • Subsidised training courses in the Alps and UK;
  • Residential Meets, Day Walks, Lectures and Presentations in the UK;
  • Residential Meets, Treks and Expeditions in the Alps and other mountain areas of the world;
  • Quarterly newsletter with news and reviews of Club activities;
  • Expedition Fund  to help finance expeditions by AAC(UK) members;
  • Details of special discounts available only to members, from selected; mountaineering clothing and equipment suppliers such as Cotswold Outdoor;
  • Access to our password-protected Members’ Website, the breadth and depth of which you can appreciate from our website’s Site Map.

The AAC(UK) and the OeAV

You may find out more about the relationship between the AAC(UK) and the OeAV here

[click here to join or renew] 

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Last updated 21 December 2010