The Alpine Club of Canada’s General Mountaineering Camp has been a tradition in the Canadian mountaineering community for over 100 years. Have you attended a camp? We're making a call for submissions for your stories and photos to help build an archive of these legendary events.
Read MoreDavid Dornian gives a behind-the-scenes update on the ACC's Adventure Camps.
Read MoreThis past August, the ACC's Yukon Section partnered with Parks Canada to explore a remote area of Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Northwest Territories in order to report back on the hiking and climbing potential in the area over the course of 12 days.
Read MoreThe John Lauchlan Award for 2015 was awarded to the team of Steve Holeczi, Jay Mills and Eamonn Walsh who will be supported by the JLA for their proposed trip into the Mt. Weisshorn area of Yukon’s St. Elias Range.
Read MoreGreat news! Long time member and friends of the ACC, Richard and Louise Guy, have made a significant donation towards the building of a new hut near the base of Mont des Poilus on the Bow-Yoho ski traverse.
Read MoreThat's right, summer. 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.
Read MoreKen Wylie's book Buried has just been published by Rocky Mountain Books and is in the ACC store. Read Ken's account of the book and why he wrote it.
Read MoreThe Alpine Club of Canada has teamed up with Wildsight to help promote their Look Outside Photo Contest. View a photo gallery of the winners here.
Read MoreIn May of 2014 Emelie Stenberg and a team of skiers travelled to Tajikistan Central Asia to cross the fabled Fedchenko Glacier on skis, entirely self-propelled and unsupported. The expedition was completed in 30 days and was supported by the Jen Higgins Grant. Read the trip report.
Read MoreFar from the Rocky Mountains, out on the eastern edge of the country you’ll find the small but busy Newfoundland and Labrador Section of the ACC. On one weekend in August, at one of the most unique and spectacular climbing crags in Canada, you’ll find the annual Flatrock Climbing Festival.
Read MoreThe summer of 2014 saw the completion of the second phase of a three-phase plan to renovate and upgrade the Abbot Pass Hut. Here's the story of what our team accomplished.
Read MoreThis is the time of the year when awesome photos start dropping on us from General Mountaineering Camp participants and staff back from their week all high on the blue skies, glaciers and camp camaraderie and looking to share what's in their cameras. This batch courtesy of Alison Dakin.
Read MoreEach year, Climbing Escalade Canada (CEC) selects a Youth National Climbing Team to compete in international competitions during the year. Read about this year's deserving team selections.
Read MoreThe site for the camp was selected last summer, preparations have been going on through the winter and spring and setup of GMC basecamp at Frenchman Cap was completed last week and the camp is now underway.
Read MoreAnother story in an ongoing series of articles about Nancy Hansen's journey and experiences in chasing down the climbs listed in the iconic guide/history book Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.
Read MoreNancy Hansen writes about the inspiration and vision behind her goal to climb Steve Roper and Allan Steck's Fifty Classic Climbs of North America, and describes the climb on her first objective: Mount Sir Donald.
Read MoreWithout trying to sound too much like a beer commercial, these "Canadiana"-themed photos capture qualities about who we are as Canadians and make us at the ACC proud to be Canada's National Mountain Organization: high summer in the alpine, crisp starry nights, year-round adventures.
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