Mary Sanseverino had used iNaturalist for many years on her own alpine adventures, but 2021 at the Mummery Glacier was her first time using it at a GMC. Read about her experience and how you can use iNaturalist on your own adventures.
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The Bugaboo Section of the ACC came to life this spring with a mission to serve the thriving mountain community of the East Kootenays from Cranbrook to Golden, BC.
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“Solid ground was way below me and the weight of my pack felt awkward. We were on the Holy Ridge traverse in Taiwan, and the Sumida Cliff stood between us and our hut for the night. “
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“This place is amazing! What’s the club doing to make sure it’s just as beautiful when we leave?”
The General Mountaineering Camp (GMC) has been a longstanding tradition of ours for the past 117 years. Learn about all the meticulous steps we take to preserve and protect the sites that host the GMC.
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The ACC is proud to announce that for 2024, we have begun a strategic partnership with RECCO.
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Mountains can be dichotomous. They can inspire and/or threaten. They can protect and/or imprison. Mountain names can be innocuous or politically charged. Tsar Mountain in Canada exhibits elements of this dichotomous nature.
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Take a peek inside Catherine Moorehead’s new biography of Doug Scott, and learn about how Scott’s mountaineering and climbing career overlap with the history and people of The Alpine Club of Canada.
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The beginning of a new year is a great time to take stock, reassess assumptions, and be open to change. The ACC communications team is taking the opportunity to reimagine how we can improve our delivery of the club’s stories to our members.
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I knew I wanted to go on this trip the moment I saw it advertised on the ACC website. I easily convinced my partner to join me; both fans of multi-day ski traverses, we had never tried a summer trip together before.
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Members of The Alpine Club of Canada Columbia Mountains Section are hard at work restoring the western side of an iconic trail.
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Isobel Pheobus, Sasha Yasinksi and Sara Lilley establish a new route on the southwest face of Gladsheim Peak in the Valhalla Mountain Range, supported by the Jen Higgins Grant for Young Women.
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Diversity, safety, equity and inclusion are an integral part of our culture at the ACC and also part of our 2022-2025 strategic plan. With this in mind, we implemented a comprehensive, club-wide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training course throughout the fall of 2023.
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