I first heard of Helen Burns during my Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) Edmonton Section photo competition research this past summer and was intrigued by her climbing and club accomplishments. She was the first female Chair of the Edmonton Section, but little else was written about her. Intrigued, I set Read more
Modern day avalanche safety is a focus for the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) and is far different from early attitudes. Read the Avalanche Safety Training and the Edmonton Section article for more information. The winter of 1937-38 was a bad one for avalanches in the Canadian Rockies. With growing Read more
Heading out this winter for skiing or ice climbing or snowshoeing? Avalanche safety is important for everyone venturing into the snowy mountains. Avalanche Safety Training Level 1 (AST 1) covers avalanche formation and release, identifying avalanche terrain, trip planning, using avalanche forecasts, mitigating risks, travel techniques and companion rescue. Once Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
“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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Members of the Edmonton section have shared stories of their adventures since the section first met in 1912. Some of the stories are fun, some tell of reaching summits, and some recount near misses and tragedies. We’ve published reports in the ACC gazette and in the Breeze and now on Read more
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