Spring has sprung in the Ottawa Valley and Ottawa Section members are looking forward to hiking and climbing, close by and further afield (hello Adirondack and Appalachian Mountains)! They’ve had a busy calendar of events this winter, all while navigating lingering COVID pandemic effects, the closure of the US border, and disruptions from the trucker protest.
Read MoreAprès 45 minutes passées sur la route de service de Blaeberry Forest, près de Golden, notre convoi ralentit pour s'arrêter dans une clairière. Les lourdes averses de la nuit ont rempli la vallée d'un brouillard emmêlé d'une fumée persistante à la suite d'un été d'intenses incendies forestiers.
Read MoreReflections on an adventurous week up at the 2021 General Mountaineering Camp at Mummery Glacier.
Read MoreVolunteers are quite the special breed, donating one of life’s most precious assets: time. They’re there for beliefs beyond monetary reward, and we can’t thank them enough for it! They are the ACC’s heart and soul.
With several sections across Canada, there’s countless events and operations that span across these unique communities. There’s a lot going on, with so many hidden heroes, so we need your help finding out who they are!
Read MoreMountain Hardwear is a long-time partner of ours and is the headline sponsor of our annual GMC Photo Contest. Participants submit photos from their week and then we have the honour of picking the top three to win a tent, sleeping bag and a pack, courtesy of MHW.
The winners, finalists and their backstories are all available in the 2021 Winter Gazette. Below is a collection of the other wonderful entries we had to help paint a picture of how awesome the camp was!
Read MoreMember stories in the ACC Gazette often get accompanied with some pretty amazing photos, and more often than not, we can’t fit them all in there - which is a shame, since there’s awesome material that may never see the light of day. To help provide some bonus content and shed daylight on a few unprinted gems, we’re introducing “Photo Insiders” to the Aspects blog.
Read MoreIn this piece Lawren Hall takes a deep dive into our program Girls On Ice Canada (GOIC) in a very creative way with her zine.
The zine features some very personal insight into the program as well as some beautiful imagery - read on!
Read MoreOur programs and camps wouldn’t be what they are without the help from our mountain partners - they provide plenty of fresh gear and funding, facilitating some pretty rad adventures!
We are absolutely psyched to have Mountain Hardwear and YETI join us for the Summit Bid this year - learn more about them and see what’s available to bid on.
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
Read MoreExperiences 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
Read MoreBecause our national office is based in Canmore, we've been able to work closely with local organizations to provide a wide selection of auction donations specific to the Rockies. This year, we've decided to highlight these local businesses with their own auction dates this year during the Summit Bid.
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
Read MoreThe ACC’s Leadership Development Course (LDC) is a heavily subsidized course that aims to provide leaders (and potentials) with an opportunity to further develop their skills, available in both a 1.0 and 2.0 format. Read about Pam Paylor’s entertaining first-hand experience!
Read MoreAmidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve all been asked to #stayhome in order to help flatten the curve - only going out when absolutely necessary. While this may not be much of a change for some, for the mountain community, it goes to the absolute heart of what we love and care about.
Read MoreReaders of Aspects will remember a story we published on Valentines Day in 2017. about finding and nurturing romantic love at the club’s General Mountaineering Camps. This is the conclusion of the story. Best wishes, Natasha and Colin.
Read MoreAbout a year ago we opened up a new position at the ACC for a Lead Winter Guide, and we’re happy to say that Doug Latimer filled that role. He has over 20 years of guiding experience behind him as an ACMG ski guide and an ACMG apprentice rock guide. As well as his private guiding he has spent a number of years working for the UoC where he taught a range of instructional programs in avalanche training, crevasse rescue and backcountry ski and ski mountaineering.
Read MoreFor 2020 we’re proud to announce Intro to Mountaineering Body Inclusive, a new program for plus-sized women which came from an idea brought to us by Diandra Oliver. The camp is sold out at the time of this post, however we thought it would be helpful to shed light on why we feel that camps like this are important for the fat-identifying outdoor community and for the ACC.
Read More2019 was a banner year for us here at the ACC. New huts, new partners, new programs, a new section, and more - it’s a lot to take in! To review, and to catch you up if you missed anything, we’ve rounded up all the year’s biggest pieces of ACC news here.
2019 was certainly one to celebrate, and we also can’t wait to see what arrives in 2020.
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