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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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The ACC maintenance team and volunteers took advantage of the shoulder season to spend seven days at Bow Hut giving the hut a thorough makeover from May 30-June 5, 2017.
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Inside The Alpine Club of Canada's adventurous AGM in the Yukon this year.
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Relatively little known to Canadians but very popular with Texans, this small area of northern Mexico boasts over 600 sport routes many of them multi-pitch climbs including the longest climb in North America, The Time Wave Zero.
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Behind the scenes as Nancy Hansen and her partner German alpinist Ralf Dujmovits climb the south-west ridge of Cholatse (6,440m/21,123') from April 7 to 14, 2017.
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We're out of firewood! The trials and tribulations of a full winter backcountry hut service at Fryatt Hut near Jasper.
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Jennifer Annesley is a Canadian artist from Edmonton, Alberta. Her charcoal and watercolour paintings are based on the exploration of historic architecture and landscape at home and abroad, through backcountry exploration and travel.
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