Fédération Française des clubs alpins et de montagne

It offers multiple training programs and courses to help people understand mountains and manages 142 mountain huts, mostly in the Alps and the Pyrenees.

It has evolved and grown greatly since its creation in 1874 as the Club alpin français (CAF).

It has become a sport federation with 430 affiliated associations, bringing together some tens of thousands of people in a single group.

[1] Regional and departmental committees relay the actions of the federation on a local level.

It is one of the founding members of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (commonly known by the French name, Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme, or abbreviation, UIAA).