Alpine Club

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The Alpine Club was:

a club of English gentlemen devoted to mountaineering, first of all in the Alps, members of which have successfully addressed themselves to attempts of the kind on loftier mountains.

Today, Alpine clubs stage climbing competitions, operate Alpine huts and paths, and are active in protecting the Alpine environment. The oldest is the UK Alpine Club [link], a gentlemen's club founded in London in 1857/58, (see List of London's gentlemen's clubs).

Today there exist Alpine clubs in many countries:

Deutscher Alpenverein (DAV) - Germany
Österreichischer Alpenverein (ÖAV) - Austria
Schweizer Alpen-Club (SAC) - Switzerland
Club Alpino Italiano (CAI) - Italy
Alpenverein Südtirol (AVS) - South Tyrol
Club Alpine Francais (CAF) - France
[Alpine Club] - United Kingdom - see Alpine Club (UK)
Alpine Club of Canada - Canada
American Alpine Club - United States
Slovenska Planinska Družba (SPD) - Slovenia
Planinska Zveza Slovenije (PZS) - Slovenia
Nederlandse Klim- en Bergsport Vereniging (NKBV) - Netherlands
Japanese Alpine Club - Japan
Mountain Club of South Africa - South Africa

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