"On my most recent effort, I realized that riding a bike the 12 kilometres up the road is much easier than waiting for the snow to fall and then skiing it. It seems that one of the most seasoned mountain guides in Canmore knows this little secret as well, as we met him and a friend on their bikes on their way in to The Alpine Club of Canada Neil Colgan hut and the climbs of Mount Fay."
Read MoreHelen Sovdat is one of Canada’s finest mountain guides and this year we honour her as our patron of the annual Mountain Guides Ball at Rimrock Resort in Banff, AB. Read about Helen's adventures and her road to becoming a guide in this feature article.
Read MoreThere is a fall's worth of interior construction work ahead, but the Louise and Richard Guy Hut was dedicated to it's namesake in a ceremony last Friday (September 11) under blue bird skies.
Read MoreTwelve days of blizzard have left the Louise and Richard Guy Hut buried under four feet of late summer snow. Crews of staff, volunteers and contractors worked furiously, and often in zero visibility, to get the hut's roof on in the extreme weather of the past couple weeks.
Read MoreDan Evans, Patrick Bruce, and Michelle Brazier depart for Sam Ford Fjord, Baffin Island, traveling by snowmobile and qamutik (Inuit hauling sled) on their 17-day search for big lines in Canada's north.
Read MoreAs the sixth week of construction on the new Louise and Richard Guy Hut continues, the hut structure continues to grow. Progress has been steady, with teams of ACC staff, professional contractors and volunteers working in all conditions.
Read MoreAfter years of planning and months of construction on infrastructure, the Louise and Richard Guy Hut is beginning to look like a hut. That's right, the Guy Hut has walls!
Read MoreThe structure of the Louise and Richard Guy Hut continues to progress as ACC staff, volunteers and contractors continue work at the Mont des Poilus work site.
Read MoreA major milestone was reached last week during the construction of the Louise and Richard Guy Hut with the completion of the hut's foundation.
Read MoreThe Bow Hut, the largest hut on the Wapta Icefields, saw some interior work this summer prior to the start of the main work at the Louise and Richard Guy Hut at Mont des Poilus. Our maintenance team took some pictures to document the renovation, shared here.
Read MoreHere's a selection of some of our favourite photos from this year's GMC - images that show the Stockdale Group area, the climbing, the great campsite (every year is something different) and the people and camaraderie that makes the GMC a unique camp. Thanks to all of the photographers who sent us images.
Read MoreCrews of ACC staff and volunteers continue their work at the site of the Louise and Richard Guy Hut on Mont des Poilus in Yoho National Park.
Read MoreAfter a couple of decades of ideas and concepts, and years of permitting and organizing and fundraising, construction began this week on the Louise and Richard Guy Hut at Mont des Poilus.
Read MoreThe team was at Abbot Pass this week fixing up the interior and the outhouse. The hut sits at 2,926 m (9,598 ft) and logs in as the second highest permanent, habitable structure in North America, making it an interesting challenge to keep in tip top shape!
Read MoreJune is a transition month in the mountains - the beginning of the month is still springtime with remnants of the winter's snow and by the end of the month it's full-on summer. Here's our list of five great bets for June - huts that are accessible, open and awesome.
Read More"I have seen the havoc wreaked by natural disasters on TV and in photos before, but I can tell you that it is entirely something else to see it in person. I came to Nepal over a month ago to climb a mountain, and am leaving with images of total human misery and loss burned into my memory." - Nancy Hansen
Read MoreAn update from Nancy about her experience with the Nepal earthquake: "Ralf and I had just started hiking to advance base camp (ABC) at 6,400m when the first earthquake hit. We didn't understand that it was an earthquake, despite having to run from huge boulders coming down from the slope above us. .."
Read MoreThe ACC is beginning work on a $500,000 capital campaign to build the brand new Louise & Richard Guy Hut at Mont des Poilus.
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