British Association of International Mountain Leaders

In Britain, BAIML represents over 400 members who either hold the full International Mountain Leader carnet or are working towards it, and the number continues to grow each year. It has its place along side the other professional mountaineering associations and governing bodies in the UK, British Mountain Guides (BMG), Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI), the British Mountaineering Council (BMC), Mountain Training and others.

BAIML represents the UK at UIMLA, the Union of International Mountain Leader Associations, which has its current administrative headquarters are in France. BAIML works with its sister organisations in Andorra, Belgium, France, Poland, Spain and Switzerland as the international governing body, to develop and promote its worldwide standard for training and assessment, and common professional ethic for those choosing to lead individuals and groups in the mountains of the world.

Go to the British Association of International Mountain Leaders website.