On Sunday, May 3, a group of 11 members from the Edmonton section headed out for a brand-new via ferrata experience near Canmore, guided by Brent Peters. We met at Grotto Pond on a beautiful Sunday morning, sharing stories from the weekend—many of us having stayed at the ACC Canmore Read more
In looking through some old Edmonton Section trip reports that I recently acquired, I noticed how often section members have led trips to Mount Temple, starting in our early years to most recently, last fall. First climbed in 1894, Mount Temple is now an established but challenging scramble. It has Read more
Bang, bang, bang! The sound of ski boots gently persuading doors open and closed at Fairy Meadow foretold the overnight snow volume before we even looked out the window. The hut and sauna were wavering under the weight of three days worth of steady snow. Even the flooring was showing signs Read more
The morning of January 24, 2026, two groups of Edmonton climbers departed the Rampart Creek hostel, one bound for the Balfour wall and the other to Tangle falls. As we were relatively large groups (~10-11 in each), there was some anxiety about getting scooped, especially because we overshot the pre-arranged 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
From September 26th to 30th, ten adults and ten kids, ages 6 to 15, from the Edmonton Section embarked on a late-season adventure to Kokanee Glacier Cabin in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. Over five days, the group hiked 5–8 km daily with significant elevation gain, with the kids leading on Read more
Our First Annual Kids and Krags trip happened this past August 14-17. Our trip included 5 families with kids ranging from 0 to 12. With designs on some friendly cragging we arrived at Miette campground on Thursday with high hopes based on an improved forecast for the following day. Alas those Read more
Blessed with warm temperatures and generally clear skies, 10 section members and guests climbed in Jasper for two days of easy climbing on June 7 and 8, 2025. For some this was the first of, hopefully, many experiences climbing on real rock outdoors. After meeting in the Hidden Valley parking Read more
Location: Jasper May long weekend came with its usual dose of unpredictable weather, forcing a few trips to hit the pause button. But climbers are nothing if not resilient, and it wasn’t long before the next adventure was set in motion! With a promising forecast in hand, five of our 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
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