In late August, four of us set off to the mystical realm also know as the Tonquin Valley, on a trip partially funded by The Alpine Club of Canada’s Jen Higgins Grant. On this all-women’s trip, our purpose was building leadership skills in alpine terrain, empowering each other, and documenting the impacts of climate change in the Tonquin Valley.
Read MoreWhen you operate the largest network of backcountry huts in North America, spread across a couple of different mountain ranges and with a couple dozen structures exposed to wild mountain conditions, staying on top of chores will keep a team busy.
Read More“This place is amazing! What’s the club doing to make sure it’s just as beautiful when we leave?”
The General Mountaineering Camp (GMC) has been a longstanding tradition of ours for the past 117 years. Learn about all the meticulous steps we take to preserve and protect the sites that host the GMC.
Read MoreMembers of The Alpine Club of Canada Columbia Mountains Section are hard at work restoring the western side of an iconic trail.
Read MoreThough alpine streams may be rapid, freezing, and cloudy, a small number of highly specialized species of algae thrive in these streams throughout the Rockies.
Read MoreEst-ce que nos enfants pourront skier la traversée de Wapta? Ça n'en a pas l'air.
Read MoreWill our children be able to ski the Wapta Traverse? It’s not looking good.
Read MoreThanks to a grant from The Alpine Club of Canada’s Environment Fund, Professor Dan Shugar and his team were able to visit Tweedsmuir Glacier in summer 2021 (postponed from 2020 due to COVID) to collect much-needed ice-penetrating radar data to determine how thick the glacier is, and to retrieve some instruments deployed in 2019.
Read MoreLast Friday, the government announced their intention to create eight new parks and protected areas in “Bighorn Country” which extends from the boundary of Banff National Park eastwards toward Drayton Valley. Think Kananaskis Country, but further north up the range.
Read MoreLearn about our most recent submission to the government of BC as The Alpine Club of Canada continues to take a hard line against development of an all-season ski resort in the Jumbo Valley.
Read MoreCelebrate highlights of the ACC's most exciting news and the big impacts in Canada's mountain community in 2017.
Community | Huts | Environment
Read MoreLearn how you can help the ACC in mapping your favourite alpine destinations (summer and winter) in Alberta's Bighorn region.
Read MoreWe are proud to support this year's winner of the ACC Environment Grant; the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS - Northern Alberta Chapter) for their ongoing caribou conservation work in northern Alberta.
Read MoreThe Mountain Legacy Project: exploring change in the mountains of Western Canada through historical rephotography.
Read MoreGreat 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.
Read MoreThis trip into Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve is a continuation of the Yukon Section's partnership with Parks Canada in 2014 when they helped explore the new boundaries of Nahanni National Park Reserve.
Read MoreEvery year the ACC awards a number of financial grants to help our community members get outside, follow their dreams and to protect the environment. This year, the ACC is proud to contribute $5,000 through the Environment Grant to the preservation of Kinnaird Bluffs in Castlegar, BC.
Read MoreThe Toronto Section of the ACC has become an integral part of the Escarpment Project cleanup as the many rock climbers in the section have a unique skill set when it comes to getting garbage out of high-angle terrain.
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