Our Club & Covid 19

Sligo Mountaineering club and its members ensure compliance with Covid 19 restrictions at all levels. Under the current Level 5 restrictions we are not operating weekly outings. This will be reviewed again once restrictions have been eased.

We hope to begin meeting again in February but that will only happen if restrictions ease sufficiently.

Sligo Mountaineering Club are following advice & guidance from Mountaineering Ireland. The latest available information was released on the 23rd of December 2020. We have reposted this updated below for convenience. You can see more real time updates by visting: https://www.mountaineering.ie/

Mountaineering Ireland Update

Title: COVID-19 Restrictions - Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland updates

Date: 23/12/2020

Recent surges in the transmission of COVID-19 has caused the imposition of increased restrictions in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

The key information for hillwalkers and climbers relating to these restrictions is:

	Northern Ireland	Republic of Ireland
Date	26th December onwards	From 27th December onwards
Travel	Avoid all unnecessary travel	No travel outside of your county
Hillwalking & rock-climbing	Only individual or household permitted	Non-contact in pods of up to 15 permitted
Club activity outdoors	No	Yes
Climbing walls	Closed	Open for individual training only

In Northern Ireland club activity should cease for the period of these restrictions. Club members can continue to go hillwalking or climbing outdoors as an individual or with members of their own household.

In the Republic of Ireland club activity can continue. The restrictions permit a pod of up to 15. Long-standing advice from Mountaineering Ireland is to limit the size of the group to 10 or less – this is for the purposes of group management, safety, parking etc.

Travel – stay within your own county, do not car-share
Parking – car parks may be busier due to no car-sharing
Planning – the days are shorter and the weather is changeable
Contact tracing – record details of all group members for contact tracing purposes
Social distancing – maintain distance before, during and after activity
Equipment – do not share equipment
Symptoms & contacts – stay at home if you have any symptoms or have been a close contact

For more information please see the Mountaineering Ireland COVID-19 Advice for Hillwalkers and Climbers document: https://www.mountaineering.ie/_files/2020820124331_5eed43f8.pdf.