2025 Annual Volunteer Appreciation BBQ

Each year, the Don Forest Service Award recognizes Alpine Club of Canada members who have provided significant service to their section through volunteerism, leadership, and dedication to the Club’s mission. This year, we are proud to announce that three members of the Edmonton Section received this prestigious recognition for their outstanding contributions: Michele Eickholt has been keeping the board organized as your section administrator (since 2018!) and keeps members moving as a nordic touring trip organizer.  Read more

Mount Edmonton

In 2012, members wrote stories of Edmonton section adventures and people to celebrate our first hundred years. Here is one of those stories, in which Ernst Bergmann recounts an expedition to replicate the first ascent of Mount Edmonton.  I don’t exactly remember where the idea came from or whose it was. I’m reasonably certain that beer consumption played a role in the genesis. In the end, it didn’t matter. Somebody had beaten us to it Read more

Trip Report: Kokanee Glacier Cabin Adventure, Sept 26-30 2025

From September 26th to 30th, ten adults and ten kids, ages 6 to 15, from the Edmonton Section embarked on a late-season adventure to Kokanee Glacier Cabin in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. Over five days, the group hiked 5–8 km daily with significant elevation gain, with the kids leading on classic alpine routes, hands-on scrambles, and plenty of mountain exploration through boulderfields, subalpine forests and lakes. Day 1 – The Hike InUnder clear skies the Read more

Remembering Margaret Gold Brine

In 2012, members wrote stories of Edmonton section adventures and people to celebrate our first hundred years. Here is one of those stories, in which Zac Robinson describes the life of Margaret Gold Brine, whose generosity benefited Edmonton and whose mountain climbing accomplishments were famous in the 1920’s. Margaret Brine (1898-1985) is a name that many Edmontonians are no doubt familiar with – and for good reason. During her life, the selfless benefactor of the Read more

Trip Report: Cataract Pass Backpacking and Scramble, Aug 21-24 2025

On August 21-24, four members of the ACC Edmonton section traveled to the White Goat Wilderness Area to scramble the remote Mount Willis and Mount Stewart.  To get an early start on Thursday, we spent Wednesday night in the DTC area at Wildhorse Creek campground. It was awesome to have a fun night getting to know the group and enjoy a nice meal around a campfire. Thursday morning, the group was in great spirits, and Read more

Outdoor Perspectives – The Annual Photo Comp Comeback

Photography has long been engrained in the culture of the Alpine Club of Canada. Opportunities to capture the outdoors were abundant during the annual camps and the numerous outings organized by members. The Edmonton Section hosted its inaugural photo competition in 1936 when Helen Burns, the first woman chairman of the section, offered up the first photography trophy. The section’s intent was to promote photography among its membership and to create a permanent collection. Archival Read more

Dr. H. E. Bulyea

“Artist, sculptor, photographer and lover of nature as well as an outstanding dentist.” Edmonton Journal, May 7th, 1942. I first learned of Dr. H. E. Bulyea as a Masters student. I was searching for traces of the University of Alberta (U of A) Varsity Ski Club at the U of A Archives, and came across several photos taken by Dr. Bulyea that depicted university life during the early 1900s. These photos were invaluable to my Read more

Trip Report: Krags and Kids, Aug 14-17 2025

Our First Annual Kids and Krags trip happened this past August 14-17. Our trip included 5 families with kids ranging from 0 to 12. With designs on some friendly cragging we arrived at Miette campground on Thursday with high hopes based on an improved forecast for the following day. Alas those hopes were dashed when we awoke to pouring rain with no signs of letting up. We made the best of it with a morning of Read more

Edmonton Section Huts – We built our own in the early years

Today the Alpine Club of Canada operates almost three dozen back country huts, with half a dozen built and run by individual sections. Edmonton also has a history of building its own huts, once including a hut at the east edge of Jasper National Park. In the early days of the club, travel to the mountains was a major process, involving the train or dirt roads to get to Jasper, and pack horses and hiking Read more

The Disaster Point Hut, 1935-1985

In the mid 1970s, I attended the ACC Edmonton Section’s “Summer in the Mountains” course, which included a series of weekend outings to Jasper National Park. A large group of ACC instructors and students used the Disaster Point Hut as a stepping-off point for our forays on rock, snow, and ice. Most participants chose to stay in tents or the veranda of the hut in preference to doing battle with the resident packrats, who had Read more

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