Archive for 2019

  • Old-School Climbing: Learning the Ropes on The Mitre (1952)

    “The Mitre” a 9,480-foot peak is part of the Lake Louise Group, as noted in the Climbers Guide to the…

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  • Tech Tips: Cold Hands Pt. 1

    Do you get cold hands in the winter mornings? — either hiking in to a climb, or skiing, or do…

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  • Getting a Grip

    Rope handling is one of the most basic groups of operations in climbing, as we use ropes everywhere for their…

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  • Climbers on Mt Cline's summit

    Mt Cline Trip – Fun in the Notches

    Mt Cline has been on my list ever since I first heard of 11,000ers. The classic route along the southwest…

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  • Pat Morrow on Ellesmere Island

    Monthly Social – September 17 – Pat Morrow

    Our September Social will be an evening that you’ll definitely not want to miss! Pat Morrow is an adventure photographer…

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  • Of Bear Encounters & Backcountry Awareness at the Stanley Mitchell Hut

    Early last Thursday morning while heading up the Kiwetinok Pass trail, I had the pleasure of meeting Lynn Martel coming…

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  • Mt Tuzo – Completing a Moraine Lake Hitlist

    Mountaineering lists can be treacherous things. They often start out as a wish list of peaks and routes, but can…

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  • State of the Mountains Report 2019

    This 2019 State of the Mountains Report begins with a feature essay, by Dr. Lori Daniels, one of Canada’s foremost…

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  • mountaineering gloves

    Mountaineering Gloves

      I still often see people knocking around in the mountains, cliffs, bush, and boulders with bare hands where they…

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  • ACC Monthly Social – AGM! April 16 – Laval St. Germain

    Laval St. Germain-Everest to Ocean: Tales from Above the Clouds and Beyond the Horizon Laval is a Calgary dad, husband,…

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