[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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
Trip Report: The Last Climb – March 22-24, 2019
Trip Report Author: Jessica Ambler
Participants: Rob Denson (Leader), Gord Matthies, Jessica Ambler
Lee Green and Michele Eickholt recently led a nordic touring trip! Check out their experiences.
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 Read more…
Author: Jarett Stastny Jessica Ferguson and I (Jarett Stastny) had the privilege of being endorsed by the Edmonton section to attend ACC national’s The North Face leadership course this winter. We quickly had a chance to meet our eight companions from various sections (the most distant hailing from the Montreal Read more…
Trip Report Author: Gord Matthies Participants: Rob Denson (Leader), Jessica Ambler, Gord Matthies Friday evening started with Rob and Jessica rolling through Red Deer to pick up Gord on the way to Beauty Creek Hostel. We ended up being the only three people there all weekend. After a couple of false starts on the heaters due Read more…
Check out Wendy’s trip report about this early season ice trip to Jasper!