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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"I experienced my first week-long summer camp this year with the Edmonton section at O'Brien Meadows in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park." — Story by Susan Courty.
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Summertime and the livin’ is easy – well, maybe not exactly easy, but certainly fun, exciting, and heart-staggeringly beautiful, especially if you get to spend time with ACC friends in a remote wilderness fly-in mountaineering camp high in the mountains of northwest Vancouver Island.
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This trip report, from Jonathan Taylor of the Rocky Mountain Section, captures both the day-to-day experience of the ACC's Leadership Program at the General Mountaineering Camp as well as the mindset of a participant questioning motivations and building leadership skills.
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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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Thanks to the alpine larch, officially known as Larix Lyallii, our mountains come alive for a few short weeks starting as early as mid-September each year. Here are five great hikes to do in the Rockies if you want to see them in full colour.
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I had felt stuck for the past year. Then, in the fall of 2015 an idea popped into my head - I was going to travel to Iceland. Not only that, I wanted to hike across the entire country, coast to coast, by myself.
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This 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.
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This annual camp of the Yukon Section enjoys an established basecamp, big ski lines and even bigger expanses of icefield, all in the land of the midnight sun.
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This trip report from the Saskatchewan Section gives a great look at the glorious Canadian tradition of the Spring Road Trip — the drive south in search of (trad and sport) adventures and warm rock in the hopes of jumpstarting the climbing season. This is why our members join local sections.
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Every 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.
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The TrailRider vehicle was conceived in the early 1990's by Sam Sullivan and Paul Cermak to allow Sam, a tetraplegic, access back into the wilderness he once loved to explore. The ACC's Vancouver Island Section has purchased one and it's being put to good use.
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The 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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Each year, the Rocky Mountain Section hosts a volunteer night to celebrate and honour the contributions of the many volunteers who make the section what it is. This story features our honoured volunteers for 2016.
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The mission for today is trail maintenance - or, as I've sold it to this group of volunteers organized through the ACC Vancouver Section, to hang out in the forest and dig in the dirt for an afternoon.
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This past winter, Ralf Dujmovits and I enjoyed a sport climbing and travelling trip to S.E. Asia for two months. This is part two of our adventure.
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This article on the Chic Choc Ski trip was generously provided by Toronto Section members Ray Rutitis and Stefan Kloppenborg.
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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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