Welcome to the website of the
British Association of International Mountain Leaders

BAIML is the professional membership organisation in the UK and Ireland for holders of the International Mountain Leader (IML) award from Mountain Training UK and Ireland (MTUKI), and also for people from other nations who hold a UIMLA IML diploma and become resident in the UK and Ireland.

BAIML has approximately 500 members of whom over 350 are qualified and active IMLs.

BAIML is a founding member of the Union of International Mountain Leader Associations (UIMLA).

Delivery of the IML award in the UK and Ireland is by MTUKI and the training and assessment courses are delivered for them by the National Mountain Centres, Plas-y-Brenin and Glenmore Lodge.