Forth Valley Mountaineering Club

Forth Valley Mountaineering Club A page to provide a gateway to the FVMC club for prospective new members. Welcome! Anyone is welcome to come along.

Welcome to the Forth Valley Mountaineering Club (FVMC)

Our club is informal and sociable and has around 40 members. We are active in the Scottish and other mountains in all seasons, covering walking, climbing, scrambling, camping, biking and ski-touring. About the Club
We are one of the clubs based in Central Scotland, with members mostly from the Falkirk, Stirling, Linlithgow and West Lothian ar

eas - although a few live further afield in the UK and abroad. Our activities
The club organises Day Walks and Weekend Meets, with members also doing their own trips to the hills in between. The number and diversity of independently arranged trips are perhaps the greatest strength of FVMC. Mountaineering Scotland (MS) membership
As a member of the FVMC, you also become a member of MS, a benefit of which allows you to arrange individual hut accommodation for your own excursions. What are the benefits of joining a mountaineering club?
- shared experiences, knowledge, skills
- getting out with others more regularly
- access to club booked huts or bunkhouses
- access to booking huts for your own trips
- lower costs by pooling transport
- MS third party liability insurance
- joining trips abroad (walk, ski, climb, trek...) Why Join the FVMC?
- informal, friendly culture where everyone knows each other
- space enough on meets so that normally anyone can book onto future events
- relaxed enough so that everyone can do exactly what suits them in the hills
- established enough so that there's a huge bank of experience and advice to pick from
- big enough to have a complete programme of day walks and weekend meets

A few updates and reminders from the FVMC:Check out our latest meet reports from May's Day Walk: https://www.fvmc.club/p...
30/05/2026

A few updates and reminders from the FVMC:

Check out our latest meet reports from May's Day Walk: https://www.fvmc.club/post/day-walk-chapelgill-hill-donald-scottish-borders-sunday-may-17th-2026
and May's weekend meet:
https://www.fvmc.club/post/weekend-meet-morvich-campsite-in-kintail-may-22nd-24th-2026

Pub night at Four Marys, Linlithgow is this Tuesday June 2nd from 19:30.

And finally, remember to sign up for the 50 Year Anniversary Day walk (Blackhope Scar Circuit, Sunday June 7th) if you're interested in joining.

Two members (MMon & MMcE) attended the camping meet at Glen Shiel. Weather was mixed but overall a successful weekend with several hills being climbed. On Sunday the weather was too poor (see last photo) to venture out. Friday, May 22nd 1. MMon - Ciste Dhubbh and An Fhuarail from Clunie Inn 1. MMcE....

Please note that the location for the day walk scheduled for tomorrow (May 17th) has been UPDATED. The walk will now be ...
16/05/2026

Please note that the location for the day walk scheduled for tomorrow (May 17th) has been UPDATED. The walk will now be Chapelgill Hill (south of Biggar), https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=73391

Contact CS or BR (or the club) for more details.

Chapelgill Hill is the last of my Donalds in the Culter Hills, on the Lanarkshire, Scottish Borders border. 2017-06-20 @ 08-17-34.gpx I've...

Lots of action at FVMC:1. The day walk meet report from last weekend's walk at Ben Donich is now available to read: http...
04/05/2026

Lots of action at FVMC:

1. The day walk meet report from last weekend's walk at Ben Donich is now available to read: https://www.fvmc.club/post/day-walk-ben-donich-sunday-26th-april-2026

2. A new day walk has been advertised for Sunday May 17th. Please see our website for more details: https://www.fvmc.club/club-meets

3. A reminder that our regular pub night at Four Marys in Linlithgow has come around again. Members of the club will be there tomorrow, Tuesday 5th from 7:30 onwards.

This year marks 50 years of our walking club, and we’re celebrating the way we know best — by heading for the hills. Whether you have been in the club for decades or are new to the club, you are welcome to join us. This walk will take us over the sweeping ridges of the Moorfoot Donalds, taking i...

The FVMC members covered a lot of ground last weekend from Mile House, Kincraig. You can read the weekend meet report he...
19/04/2026

The FVMC members covered a lot of ground last weekend from Mile House, Kincraig. You can read the weekend meet report here:

Attendees: AS, MMcE, MMon, CS, SP, PF, TF, IH, IM, CMFriday, April 10thTwo groups of hikers got in some walking on the way to the hut.1. CS and MMcE went up Creag Dubh at Newtonmore. “We walked south along the road for a short distance, then found a lovely access path through old woodlands. We jus...

This year marks 50 years of the FVMC, and we’re celebrating the way we know best — by heading for the hills. Whether you...
15/04/2026

This year marks 50 years of the FVMC, and we’re celebrating the way we know best — by heading for the hills. Whether you have been in the club for decades or are new to the club, you are welcome to join us. We will be walking the Blackhope Scar Circuit on Sunday, June 7th. This walk will take us over the sweeping ridges of the Moorfoot Donalds, taking in Blackhope Scar, Bowbeat Hill, and Dundreich on a full, rewarding circuit (~18km). For more details, please see our website: https://www.fvmc.club/club-meets
Please contact C. Sutton or - for new members - get in touch with the club by Messenger or via the website if you're interested in attending.

Please advise organisers of your intention to attend. Transport arrangements will be advised a couple of days ahead of the trip. Any interested new members should contact the club via the Home page.

04/04/2026

We'll be at the Four Marys in Linlithgow on Tuesday evening the 7th, from 7:30. Do feel free to come along and join us!

22/03/2026

You can now read about our March weekend adventures on the Meet Reports section of our website:

There are a couple of day walks planned for late March and April: https://www.fvmc.club/club-meetsPlease get in touch if...
10/03/2026

There are a couple of day walks planned for late March and April: https://www.fvmc.club/club-meets
Please get in touch if you are interested in attending. Prospective new members welcome!

Sunday, March 1st - Ochils from Dollar. It will probably be around 3-4 hours. Prospective new members welcome! Please message the club or TF directly if you are interested in joining.​

Here's what the FVMC club got up to on the February weekend meet in Glen Etive:
08/03/2026

Here's what the FVMC club got up to on the February weekend meet in Glen Etive:

Attendees: BR, MMcE, MMon and CS. Saturday 20th Saturday’s low cloud base, persistent rain and a forecasted high risk of avalanche did not hamper the club spirit. All members embarked on a pleasant but damp walk along the north shore of Loch Etive with views of Allt Coire an Larach flowing down fr...

We had a fun - if somewhat damp - walk in the Ochils today. Great to get some new walkers out with us!
01/03/2026

We had a fun - if somewhat damp - walk in the Ochils today. Great to get some new walkers out with us!

TF led a day walk in the Ochils from Dollar Glen, attended by 6 additional walkers (ARob, CS, BR, SP, AM, JMcC), including two prospective new members. It was a wet day from the beginning until almost the end, but that didn’t stop the group from taking on a nearly 6 hour walk, covering 15 km and a...

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