Facilities available at IMF
The complex consists of the offices:
- Library cum Reading Room
- Computerised Documentation and Information Centre
- Conference Hall
- Auditorium
- Dormitories
- Canteen
- Equipment Store
- Museum
- Tata Climbing Wall
Library cum Reading room
The IMF library cum reading room set up in the complex is intended to provide facilities for research work and also to serve as an information window to cater to the needs of Indian and foreign expeditions, the press and others interested in the mountain sports. The library also maintains, up-to-date maps, photographs and films and acts as an information and documentation center having data base on peaks.
Auditorium
IMF has a 200 capacity air-conditioned auditorium called Sarin Hall where film/slide shows, lectures and seminars are held.
Canteen
A canteen in the Complex provides messing facilities for Indian and foreign mountaineers and trekkers.
Museum
A two-tier hall houses the Tenzing Norgay Museum in which exhibits, pictures, panoramas and dioramas etc. depict various facets of the Himalayas, history of exploration, survey of the mountain peaks and development of mountaineering. The focus has been on mountaineering in the Indian Himalaya, with a section on Documentation and Information. It includes prominent sections on maps of the Himalayan states of India with a unique "professional class centre" of maps, panoramas and climbing and trekking routes.