Remote hut maintenance poses its challenges, as described in the story below about a maintenance trip to Glacier Circle Cabin by ACC Staff member, Nicole Larson.
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The ACC maintenance team and volunteers took advantage of the shoulder season to spend seven days at Bow Hut giving the hut a thorough makeover from May 30-June 5, 2017.
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We're out of firewood! The trials and tribulations of a full winter backcountry hut service at Fryatt Hut near Jasper.
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Jennifer Annesley is a Canadian artist from Edmonton, Alberta. Her charcoal and watercolour paintings are based on the exploration of historic architecture and landscape at home and abroad, through backcountry exploration and travel.
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Take a peek at some our favourite winter photos of Bill Putnam (Fairy Meadow) Hut and you'll see it's no wonder this legendary lodge is listed as number 4 in the top ten backcountry ski huts in North America!
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ACC staff and volunteer crews work their tails off to clear the Fairy Meadow trail to allow for summer access. Alders, be damned.
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It's now officially time to start planning for next year's hiking and flower season at the Elizabeth Parker Hut at Lake O'Hara.
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The ACC's 55+ Camp - our annual summertime, hut-based climbing and hiking adventure designed for participants with a few grey hairs - has been running for a number of years now. Here we've got a summary of the highlights of the past five years.
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This article and photographs on the modernization of the Keene Farm was generously provided by Luc Massicotte, the president of Keene Farm inc. This version is translated from Luc's original article in French.
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Cet article ainsi que les photographes témoignant la modernisation des installations Keene ont étés fournis par la générosité de Luc Massicotte, président de Keene Farm Inc.
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For 50 years the Bon Echo Hut has been providing rock climbers a place for comfort and camaraderie after an exhilarating day exploring the 100-metre granite cliffs of Mazinaw Rock. The ACC is raising funds to upgrade the hut and we'd like to ask for your support.
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There 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.
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Twelve 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.
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As 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.
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After 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!
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The 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.
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A major milestone was reached last week during the construction of the Louise and Richard Guy Hut with the completion of the hut's foundation.
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The 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.
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