In the Fall of 2017, The Lady Alliance came together for a long weekend at Wheeler Hut in Rogers Pass. Read their story here.
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The Mountain Legacy Project: exploring change in the mountains of Western Canada through historical rephotography.
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The ACC team spent five days this summer doing repairs and maintenance at the Great Cairn hut in the northern Selkirks. Construction projects in the alpine often require our team to use creative problem solving, and we had plenty of challenges on our hands with this one.
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In August 2017, the ACC maintenance team spent nine long days at the Fairy Meadow Hut renovating the kitchen, staining exterior structures and giving the hut a much needed deep clean.
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The ACC maintenance team and volunteers spent two days clearing the "trail" to Fairy Meadow: the alders were trimmed, deadfall was bucked and cleared and additional trail markers were added at key points. It was a big job even for a great crew!
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Mountains 101 is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) teaching a comprehensive overview of Mountain Studies. Learn more and sign up for the free course at the bottom of this article.
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Great news! In June of 2017, the ACC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Royal Canadian Geographic Society (RCGS) that lays out a path for our organizations to work together on mountain projects.
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ACC member Chris Jensen will be keeping us updated with photo galleries on the progress of the building of the ACC’s newest hut that, once complete, will expand the western edge of the ACC’s hut network by more than 150km.
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Our newest ACC hut is being built by Vancouver Island Section members and volunteers and will provide access to extensive summer alpine hiking and superb winter skiing in the area around Triple Peak, from its location 35km west of Port Alberni.
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Long-time ACC Ambassador Nancy Hansen writes here about some choice long rock routes that she's been on this summer with her partner Ralf Dujmovits.
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Each year we run a contest for the duration of our General Mountaineering Camps. This year we had over 100 photo entries. Below is our short list, featuring our top three winners.
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The ACC facilities team have incorporated new digital technologies to help manage hut inventory and maintenance/capital projects needs. Here is a list of the capital projects undertaken in 2017.
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A photo gallery of the 2017 First Summits camp, led by Peter Amann, a long-time Alpine Club of Canada trip leader and guide who has also been chosen as the Patron for this year's Mountain Guides Ball.
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A message from Sean Isaac, editor of the Canadian Alpine Journal, reflecting upon the evolution of the CAJ as we reach our 100th issue of the publication.
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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 Vancouver Island section challenged themselves to reach new heights by climbing 150 summits celebration of Canada 150. Their story below.
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A feature on the many ways the ACC celebrated Canada 150 in the Yukon this year.
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