BMC MM Weekend. 8th – 9th June 2019 Join top doctors for a weekend of UK and high altitude first aid in Hathersage this June. Now in its fourth year, the BMC/BMMS Mountain Medicine weekend offers climbers, hill walkers, mountaineers and skiers the chance to receive first aid training from mountain medicine experts. Spend Saturday and/or Sunday […]

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE Mountain Rescue England & Wales conference 2019 in association with Integro Entertainment & Sport is being held at Leeds Beckett University (Headingley Campus) on the 7th & 8th September. The aim of the conference is to bring the Mountain Rescue and wider Search & Rescue (SAR) community together. To review, reflect and […]

Finally it's here! Published below is the full programme for the British Mountain Medicine Society (BMMS) Science Day that's taking place in Bamford, at the Bamford Instiute, Main Rd, Bamford, Hope Valley S33 0DY on Wednesday 13th November 2019. The cost of the day (£70 BMMS members, £90 non members) includes - lunch, dinner and […]

30 Nov – 6 Dec. UK diploma of Mountain Medicine Plas y Brenin, Snowdonia. Module One

This will be the fifth year we have tun this very successful mountain medicine and ski course. Last year we took both of the magnificent delicious Mountain Chalets in Meribel but, for logistical reasons, in 2020 we will only take La Chouette with space for 15 people. These spaces normally get taken very quickly and […]

1-7 March UK Diploma of Mountain Medicine Scotland Course

8-11 March UK Trauma Care Conference. Stone Staffordshire ( BMMS mountain Medicine day is the 8th )

Tuesday 14 April at 19:30 The Eiger Challenge Jerry Gore takes us on a 25 minute bumble up the 1938 route on the North Face of the Eiger.  After his two very different experiences on this iconic route, Jerry gives us his take on how to prepare and train for a successful ascent. Jerry’s light […]

Cathy O’Dowd, Andy Perkins and Phil Wickens For those who think it’s more fun to descend your mountain on skis we have an evening of ski mountaineering in remote locations. Cathy O’Dowd kicks off the evening with peaks in the Canadian Yukon. Then Andy Perkins showcases first ski descents in a little known fjord on […]

Kendal Mountain Film festival with BMMS offering several lectures and an “Ask the Mountain Medicine Doctor”  surgery daily on the Jagged Globe stand. 19-22 November 2020

Fireside Chat is a new free webinar series designed for members to discuss various facets of wilderness medicine research, as well as to engage with and learn more about the WMS. These hour-long, non-CME discussions will be moderated by committee members and feature presentations as well as open Q&A.

Tuesday 15 December 2020 Sir Chris Bonington, John Porter and Andy Cave or Mick Fowler AC Librarian Nigel Buckley talks to Sir Chris about the first ascent in 1974, then John Porter takes us up the South Face in 1978, and finally Andy Cave or Mick Fowler tackle developments on the North Face in 1997 […]