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Trip Report: Backcountry Riders Mentorship Program (BRMP), Skills Weekend #1

[Author: Jordan Bell. Originally published March 2020] Participants: Andrew Fehr, Chris Day, George Sutherland, Jeff Mccurdy, Michael Stensby, Rene Villeneuve Mentors: Martin Schwangler, Dustin McLachlan, Jessica Ferguson, Jordan Bell. On February 01-02, the BRMP hosted its first skills weekend for the 2020 season, gathering in Lake Louise for two-days of ski touring to focus on avalanche terrain management, evaluating hazard, track setting, and group management techniques. The weekend followed a couple of months of online Read more…

By Jordan Bell, ago

Mount Alexandra – Queens Peak – Mount Fresnoy: An SMC Production

August 3-6, 2019 Spencer and I decided to attempt to tackle a second ascent of the traverse first completed last year by Vern Stice and his partner Jeff. We approached via the highline traverse, with key beta from Vern Dewit, H-Steven Song, and Ben Nearingburg. On August 2 we approached from Canmore via the Bush FSR to Rice Brook spur road. It was our first time that way and it is truly a drive everyone should do at some point. Read more…

By Steven Noel, ago

Stanley Mitchell Family Section Trip – By Forrest BG

My daughter and I recently had the pleasure of sharing 3 nights in the Stanley Mitchell hut with the Edmonton ACC Junior section. In the beautiful Yoho valley. We set off from the Takakkaw falls parking lot around 1100AM, amidst a light sprinkle of rain. Only an hour after we’d planned to get started. In family hiking this counts as an early start. The junior hikers ranged in age from 5 to 9 and the Read more…

By Francois Houle, ago

2nd Annual Ice Climbing Camp!

2ND Annual YEG ACC Ice Climbing Camp! March 23rd – 31st 2019 Overview Join us for the second annual YEG ACC Ice Camp! No more envy for all the ski camps – finally one for Ice Climbers! This camp will be low key, with participants responsible for their own food / transportation. Accommodations are included (see below for details). We have “Ice Leaders” for this camp, these are ACC members who are skilled, safe and Read more…

By Francois Houle, ago

Summer in the Mountains

Summer in the Mountains (SIM) is on Lectures start April 16, weekends are May 4, 5 and May 25, 26 or June 1, 2. SIM is a course designed for novices interested in learning the techniques necessary for safe travel on rock, snow and ice. The course will fit you to go on novice with experience club trips. Please contact rick.checkland@gmail.com to register or for more information. PLEASE NOTE. Rick will be away in the Read more…

By Francois Houle, ago

2019 Intro to Scrambling

Are you a competent hiker looking to expand your possibilities? Or a sport climber looking to gain confidence moving in un-roped terrain? Under the direction of the Alpine Club of Canada Edmonton Section, this combined lecture-field trip aims to introduce participants to scrambling, a poorly-defined sport which involves aspects of hiking, mountaineering, and climbing in the pursuit of summiting peaks without the use of ropes and other technical gear. The volunteer-led weekend will focus on Read more…

By Francois Houle, ago

Edith Cavel East Ridge

August 12th, 2017 Author: Steven Rockarts In early spring I was contacted by Craig Hartmetz asking me if I’d like to help co-lead a trip up Edith Cavel. I’d wanted to climb Cavel for quite awhile but usually in mid-August I’m climbing in the Bugaboos and hadn’t had the chance to attempt Cavel. I decided to take a break from the Bugs and give Cavel a shot, as an Edmontonian that visits Jasper on the Read more…

By Francois Houle, ago