Experiences are the lifeblood of why we get out into the mountains - check out these top experiences on our Summit Bid! Guided days in the mountains, VIP experiences and adventures you didn't even know were on your bucket list.
We’re proud to present the following art sponsors for the Summit Bid / 2019 Mountain Guides Ball.
Read MoreArt is important to the way we understand our outdoor spaces - it inspires us to get out and protect the places we play in. We've gathered a variety of work that instills that feeling.
We’re proud to present the following art sponsors for the Summit Bid / 2019 Mountain Guides Ball.
Read MoreIt’s undeniable that good gear will help boost the enjoyment of an outdoor experience - the further you get out there, the more important it becomes!
We’re proud to present the following gear sponsors for the Summit Bid / 2019 Mountain Guides Ball.
Read MoreThe 2019 Girls on Ice Canada (GOIC) program recently wrapped up at the Wheeler and Asulkan Hut!
We sent out our ACC Services Director, Sarah Karasiuk, to join the girls for a day along the Illecillewaet Glacier - these are her photos.
Read MoreSean Isaac’s been a long-time ACMG Alpine Guide that often joins us on ACC Adventures, whether it be leading our Early Season Ice course, Hut Discovery programs or teaching technical rock skills. His passion has already helped many people improve their technique and push their grade.
In an effort to help our guests learn more about the background of their guides, we thought we’d sit down for a few short questions with Sean.
Read MoreThis past Sunday, we hosted our annual Open House at the ACC Clubhouse - with this year’s theme being “Environmentalism & Sustainability”. Dozens of organizations and exhibitors from the area gathered at the Clubhouse to share their initiatives and a little about themselves.
Read MoreBecause Girls on Ice Canada is aimed at underprivileged young women who have never been on glaciers and who aren’t kitted out for mountain travel, we’re collecting gently-used gear for them.
If you’re looking to clear out some of your old gear to make room for new this summer, please consider a donation to Girls on Ice. The drop off is at Gear Up Sports in Canmore on June 6, 2:00 - 5:30pm.
Read MoreBeginning with our summer 2019 issue of The Gazette, we'll be specifically featuring and highlighting adventure stories from our members, with each issue will including three feature articles from different parts of the country and abroad.
The ACC Gazette is our club’s stories told by our members for our members.
Read MoreTake 10 teenage girls from diverse communities and backgrounds, base them in the wilderness for 12 days with female scientists, artists and guides, and what happens? Pure mountain magic.
Read MoreWe recently had members of the SMCC National Team up at the Bow Hut to conduct their training with ACMG Guides Aaron Chance and Andrew McNab. The Wapta Icefield provides the perfect terrain to help brush up on mountaineering skills as well as terrain management on skis - and you can bag a few peaks!
Read MoreThe newest section of the ACC, designated at the Club’s board meeting in late October, is based out of Revelstoke, BC, a mountain town with deep roots in exploration and guiding. The section will represent a hugely historically important mountain area and will fill in the space on the ACC membership map between our Okanagan (BC) and Rocky Mountain (Alberta) sections.
Read MoreThey say to invest in experiences because they’ll carry on for the rest of your life - we tend to agree! We’re proud to present the following experience sponsors for the Summit Bid / 2018 Mountain Guides Ball, without them events like this wouldn’t be possible - thank you!
Read MoreIt’s undeniable that good gear will help boost the enjoyment of your outdoor experience - the further you get out there, the more important it becomes!
We’re proud to present the following gear sponsors for the Summit Bid / 2019 Mountain Guides Ball.
Read MoreMountain art puts to paper the feelings we get when we’re outside, inspiring us to preserve and protect our wild places. We’re proud to present the following art sponsors of the Summit Bid / 2018 Mountain Guides Ball, without them, events like this wouldn’t be possible - thank you!
Read MoreThroughout the summer months the ACC Conrad Kain Hut is hosted by one of our two custodians; for this season our custodians will be Heidi and Alistair.
We met up with Heidi and Alistair recently for a brief interview on what it's like to be a custodian, things they'd like visitors to know and climbing in The Bugaboos.
Read MoreNancy and her partner Ralf Dujmovits, go inside for science – into a “hypoxia chamber” in Cologne, Germany - to be guinea pigs for a study on the positive benefits of extreme hypoxia on human beings. This is the final part of her journey.
Read MoreDuring the 2018 Annual General Meeting our board members unanimously voted for the creation of its newest section: Great Plains. The new ACC section will serve the "Treaty Four Lands of Great Plains" which encompasses the majority of Southern Saskatchewan with its operating centre in Regina.
Read MoreNancy and her partner Ralf Dujmovits, go inside for science – into a “hypoxia chamber” in Cologne, Germany - to be guinea pigs for a study on the positive benefits of extreme hypoxia on human beings. This is Part II of her journey.
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