The 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!
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The Columbia Mountains include the Monashee, Selkirk, Purcell and Cariboo mountain ranges. This new section has filled a long-standing gap in the otherwise extensive network of ACC sections across the country. Now one year after its inception, the section is really picking up momentum, with 230 affiliated members, and counting.
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Amidst 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.
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“Cottage Nuts” is a slang term for Cabin Fever. Its roots have been traced back to Chamonix France and Jean-Guy Rapatel’s innocent and humourous translation of the term. Technically speaking, Cottage Nuts is the claustrophobic reaction of a person or group shut in for an extended period of time, something many of us now experience as we self-isolate to flatten the Covid-19 curve so we can get back out in the world as soon as safely possible.
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Richard Kenneth Guy died on March 9, 2020, at the age of 103. Richard often said “I count myself as the luckiest person in the world. I was married to the best wife in the world for 70 years and I was paid for doing what I like doing.”
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While you were out minding your own business, the ACC was getting busy creating some of the most iconic fashion to have ever graced the mountain style circuit. And then we got busy forgetting all about it. This is the story of one legendary t-shirt’s miraculous revival.
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With the ACC’s growing network of backcountry huts, it can be quite difficult to have a consistent set of eyes and ears on the ground. While we do have seasonal custodians at a few of them, and the maintenance team visits the huts on a regular basis, it’s still quite sparse for the coverage that’s sometimes required - enter the ACC Hut Ambassador Program.
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What’s all the rave about climbing and trekking in Chamonix? Well, ACC Ambassador Nancy Hansen has written a perfect overview about why it’s so good. From speedy cablecars, flawless granite, to luxuries at altitude, Chamonix aims to tick all the boxes.
Whether you’re getting a little tired of long approaches and Canadian Rockies choss, or you’re just looking forward to planning your next overseas vacation, read on to get all the details on Chamonix!
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Readers 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.
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From historic ascents, to stories about friends and ethical debates, the Canadian Alpine Journal has always been the permanent record for all-things-related to Canadian climbing. With today's quick-burn media and plethora of online platforms, it's more important than ever to have a consolidated record of mountain experiences to share with our future.
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About 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.
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The Jacques Lake Cabin is open! Here, Marilyn Campbell describes the first trip to the ACC’s newest Jasper hut with members of the Jasper-Hinton Section.
We’ve received a lot of interest in the cabin for its first season as an ACC facility, but we still have space for those keen to explore this historic corner of Jasper, particularly for those you can get away mid-week. Enjoy!
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Big mountain adventures and dreams are sometimes impossible without extra financial support, so we’re very proud to say that we maintain and administer several permanent funds to help make those mountain initiatives a possibility. Each year the ACC grants over $10,000 through these grants.
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For 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.
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