NEWS

Ben Nearingburg and Eric Coulthard have written a guidebook to scrambling in the northern Rockies. Both long-time active Edmonton Section members, Ben and Eric will be hosting a slideshow and book launch at our May Monthly Meeting. Here’s a short interview with them, make sure to come out on May 23 to meet them in person! A Peakbagger’s Guide to the Canadian Rockies has something for everyone looking to enjoy the splendour of Canada’s mountains.  What originally drew each Read more…

NEW MEETING TIME!!! 7:00PM INSTEAD OF 7:30PM! From Bushwhacking to Book WritingAn Evening with Ben and Eric of“A Peakbagger’s Guide to the Canadian Rockies: North” Ben and Eric will share some slides of interesting and amusing moments from trips in the book and share some tidbits of extra info. Their book will hopefully be just hot off the press and available for purchase (and autographs) too! “Ben Nearingburg is an instructor, author, and guide who Read more…

The UofA Wilson Climbing Center’s high wall is closed from April 4th – April 12th. As a result there will be no roped climbing for our upcoming free climbing afternoon on Sunday April 9th. We hope to see you every Thursday night at VIRG for our informal climbing night!

Back in December, eight exceptional volunteers were nominated for the ACC’s national-level leadership and service awards. We are thrilled to announce that all of these nominations were successful! Read below for details and some highlights from their nomination entries. The Silver Rope for Leadership Award was awarded to both Robert Denson and Rick Checkland, for demonstrating technical skills and leadership abilities of a high caliber in mountaineering (alpine, ice, rock, and ski), over many years. Read more…

April Monthly Meeting – Tuesday April 18th @ 7pm-9pm NEW MEETING TIME!!! 7:00PM INSTEAD OF 7:30PM!  Moulins Exploring a Glacier from the Inside Out Kevin comes to talk to us about his moulin journey. What’s it like down there? When’s the best time to explore them? What are the biggest risks and how can you mitigate them? What can these moulins tell us about the glacier as a whole?  Kevin Abma has been exploring moulins Read more…

The Section has developed a new course subsidy policy for Section Volunteers that can be viewed here or on the website at accedmonton.ca/training/coordinating-trips (scroll to bottom).  A few highlights: Total available subsidy funding has been doubled for 2017. This is a great year to take a course and expand on your first aid, leadership, and technical training! A new $200 subsidy for Wilderness First Aid is introduced, to promote the minimum required training for trip coordinators. Equivalencies Read more…

Great opportunity for aspiring and active Trip Coordinators here! The ACC’s National Leadership Development Committee is offering a free training course, Top Rope Rock Climbing Leaderership, to be held in Canmore. And yes, it’s free!  This course is intended for experienced or aspiring ACC volunteer leaders who wish to lead successful top rope rock climbing outings for their Sections, and who are interested in serving as a resource within their Sections for training other volunteer Read more…