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TheFédération Française des clubs alpins et de montagne (FFCAM) is a federation of clubs promotingmountain sports. It offers multiple training programs and courses to help people understand mountains and manages 142mountain huts, mostly in theAlps and thePyrenees.
It has evolved and grown greatly since its creation in 1874 as theClub alpin français (CAF). It was renamed on 30 January 2005 during its 5th congress, inChambéry. It has become a sport federation with 430 affiliated associations, bringing together some tens of thousands of people in a single group. About 110,000 people are licensed through it to date.[1] Regional and departmental committees relay the actions of the federation on a local level.
It is one of the founding members of theInternational Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (commonly known by the French name,Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme, or abbreviation,UIAA).
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