At the core of the club are our trips to the mountains, and trip coordinators are the invaluable volunteers making them happen. Organizing fellow club members is a rewarding experience and we are focused on supporting our members with opportunities to lead within their comfort level.
Volunteer Today!
Volunteer with the Edmonton Section by completing this form, or sending an email to volunteering@accedmonton.ca
Trip Waivers
Edmonton section trips continue to require printed and signed waivers for each participant. You can view, download, and print trip waivers here.
Trip Coordinator Orientation
The section will occasionally host an orientation session to help aspiring trip coordinators understand the roles and responsibilities, club policies, what makes good leadership, and share trip management tips. Orientations are meant to be interactive discussions with Q & A where we share collective experience and learn from one another.
Coordinate a trip now!
Want to get right to coordinating trips? Well we’d like that too, so we’ve made it easy to get started; simply email safety@accedmonton.ca with a brief list of some of your relevant mountain accomplishments, training, and a bit about the type of trips you’re looking to lead and we’ll get you hooked up. The process for coordinating a section trip at an ACC hut can be found here.
Ease in by teaming up
Our training courses can always use extra mentors and by lending your hands here you can join in with the team leading the instruction. Get in touch with training@accedmonton.ca
If you want to coordinate a trip but wouldn’t mind some help doing so, there may be opportunities to co-coordinate or shadow another coordinator. We can help link you with other members to get you the assistance and advice you need. Let’s start working together, email volunteering@accedmonton.ca
Volunteer Subsidies
We recognize that trip coordinators benefit from development both for their own growth and to provide a better trip experience. That’s why the section offers annual subsidies to trip coordinators and volunteers through our Volunteer Subsidy Program. With this program, volunteers can apply to either earn subsidies toward courses for their own development or gift cards for use toward the gear they need. All inquiries and submissions for the volunteer subsidy program can be sent to volunteering@accedmonton.ca.
Emergency Response Plan
Some types of trips including large volunteer led courses, long hut based trips, and remote backcountry camps, require an emergency response plan. Please review the Emergency Response Plan Policy.