The nominations are officially in for our four open board positions! As a reminder, the positions we are looking to fill are Treasurer, Social Chair, FUBAR (Urban Activities) Chair and Communications & Membership Chair.
Join us for our AGM – each current board member will give you a short report on their activity over the past year and have time to answer any questions the membership may have.
Are you a competent hiker looking to expand your possibilities? Or a sport climber looking to gain confidence moving in un-roped terrain? Well this might be for you!
This is our annual social event for the club. Come out and enjoy the beautiful weather (we have indoor if the definition of beautiful has been stretched too far)! Meet fellow members, enjoy a fabulous meal, play some games and have some ice cold beverages!
We’ve got space available on this weekend’s, May 13-14, Emergency Mountaineering First Aid course held HERE in Edmonton. Don’t forget we have special subsidies for trip coordinators taking first aid courses!!
May 17, 7:00 pm @ McKernan Community Hall. Click here to RSVP! The Edmonton Section of the ACC is hosting an open-door Trip Coordinator Orientation and Trip Planning session for members and the public. This event is geared towards current and aspiring volunteers interested in the following topics: Coordinating and Read more…
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 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 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 Read more…