Tours & Events
🧭 New here? Understand the 4 tour types and who's responsible for what before you book.
Every trip on our Events board falls into one of four types. They look similar on the board, but who actually plans the skiing day-to-day — and what the Club's insurance covers — is very different. Shown once when you first open Events, and always available from any tour listing.
| Tour type | Who organises it | Who plans the actual skiing | Club insurance coverage | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Tour | A professional, qualified guide or instructor, contracted by you (or via the Club) | The guide — route, pace and daily plan are theirs, under their professional qualification | Guide's own professional insurance, not the Club's | Haute Route with an IFMGA guide |
| Club Tour | A Club leader (Leader Development Programme), appointed by the Club | The leader plans and leads the route day-to-day, under participative leadership | Covered by the Club's Mountaineering Scotland insurance | Pyrenees Hut-to-Hut Tour |
| Club Meet | A Club-appointed organiser — arranges location and accommodation only. Alps, Scotland, anywhere — same model. | You and your self-formed group — the organiser doesn't plan or lead the skiing, just the base you ski from | Covered by the Club's Mountaineering Scotland insurance | Argentine Meet, Las Leñas |
| Member Tour | Any member, entirely independently | You — the organiser is not "leading" the trip, and the Club has not vetted them, the route, or the plan | Never covered. Member Tours are not Club insurance business — you're organising and participating entirely at your own risk, whether it's public or a private WhatsApp group | Chamonix long weekend, proposed on the forum |