September 2025 registrations are open!!!!!!

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Welcome! If you are studying in Utrecht and interested in joining our student mountaineering club you will have to enroll in our introduction period. On this page you can find important dates as well as some information about the membership costs. It is really helpful if you attend the required introductory activities. If you have any trouble to enroll in certain activities you can contact the ab actis (ab-actis@usac.alpenclub.nl). You can enroll on this page from the 1st of August to the 31 of August 2025. If you have any trouble you can e-mail the ab-actis, but try to fill in the form as best as you can. Exchange students that are already skilled climbers have the option to enroll at other times during the year. However, if USAC has already reached the maximum capacity of members it can happen that it becomes impossible to register at a later date.

Register here

Important dates september introduction period 2025:

Below are all the dates of the 2025 introduction period. Put them in you calender as they are all mandatory

Before the draw:

  • 2 september: IntroClimbing, you will be given a shift
    • shift 1 = 16:30-18:00
    • shift 2 = 18:00 tot 19:30

If the draw falls in your favour:

  • 4 september: Registration day (during the day, somewhere on the Science Park/Uithof)
  • 8 september: Introcafé
  • 9 & 16 OR 11 & 18 september: Indoor Toprope Course: 17:00-19:00
  • 20-21 september: Introduction weekend in NL
  • A weekend at the end of september/beginning of oktober: Introweekend Belgium (to be decided at the registration day).

Costs

Yearly contribution is 45 euro’s (30 euros if you enroll in the spring). The outdoor introduction weekend (in Belgium or Germany) is approximately 55 euro’s. The Olympas-membership is 160 euro’s (for most students). You can buy this on the USAC-page on the Olympos website (https://www.olympos.nl/nl-nl/sportaanbod/verenigingen/alleverenigingen/details.aspx?sportgroep=KLIMMEN#Vereniging). Only do this after you are a definitive member. This membership is only mandatory in your first year at USAC. It also allows you to join other sports/activities at the university gym. You will need some climbing insurance. In the Netherlands we have the NKBV (Dutch Royal Mountaineering Club). They offer a membership for 44 euro’s and insurance for 39.95 euro’s. For your outdoor weekend we can also offer a temporary insurance but if you plan on climbing outdoor more often, you should have an insurance that covers climbing activities. You can ask board members for further insurance information as an international student as it could differ slightly from what is offered to Dutch members. Starter set If you don’t have any climbing gear yet, klimmuur Utrecht has a climbing starter set especially for USACers. You can purchase this at the climbing wall for €104,50+-109,50 and it includes the following: Black Diamond Harness Momentum (harness), Jul2 van Edelrid (belaydevice), HMS strike screw Edelrid (karabiner). For €15,-  you also get a chalk bag and a chalk ball.