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Nordic Touring, 16-17 March 2019
Lee Green and Michele Eickholt recently led a nordic touring trip! Check out their experiences.
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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 Read more
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Winter TNF 2019
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
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Parkway Ice
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
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Trip Report: Warm Up Weekend Ice Climbing, December 2018
Check out Wendy’s trip report about this early season ice trip to Jasper!
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The North Face Camp Hallam Glacier August 2018
Jackie Pearce writes about her TNF Leadership Camp at Hallam Glacier GMC
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Take me to Church: A Sunny-ish Sunday on Cathedral Mountain
With persistent weak layers well bonded, and mod/low/low in the Avalanche Bulletin, it was time for something fun!
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A Nordic Ski to Maccarib Pass
The trail started with a short, steepish, somewhat icy drop to creek level, then a nice steady rise through the subalpine fir along, and sometimes over, the creek on snow that was a bit crusty and glazed but passable. We steadily worked at it, enjoying tantalizing peeks at the surrounding peaks…
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And then, there were two
We started strong with 6, two Ice Leaders and four participants, a good ratio for multipitching and a general atmosphere of getting more laps in with fewer cold toes on cragging days.
