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A Brief History of Climb
In this Winter season, of course I’m talking about Winter climbing–Ice climbing. I started climbing ice in the early 1970s. …
January 14, 2026 by Orvel Miskiw
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Mt Balfour PRiSM trip
Mt Balfour | 3284 m Highest peak on the Wapta Icefield! May 2-4, ACC PRiSM trip with Scott R and…
May 7, 2025 by Simon Trudel
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Climbing Can Be Safer
Jan. 2025 A recent deadly rappelling accident (on Boxing Day) lengthens the long list of readily preventable disasters that nevertheless…
March 5, 2025 by Orvel Miskiw
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Route Beta — Daffy Duck Buttress – Crowfoot Glacier
By Allan Main I have often looked at the Crowfoot Glacier when driving south from Bow Summit. It seems like…
September 10, 2024 by Allan.Main
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Backcountry Skiing and Land Use Conflicts
By Brent Hepfner Following a winter storm in mid-March 2023, which deposited 30 cm of new snow, and with the…
February 12, 2024 by Brent Hepfner
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Rescue Day at Lake Louise
By Paula Corbeil August 2022 was turning out to be a long hot dry spell with no cool weather in…
August 24, 2022 by Paula Corbeil
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Legends in the landscape. Citizen science and Wolverine Conservation
At our June 14th 2022 social we hosted our Carbon Offset project lead to tell all members about the project…
June 22, 2022 by Webmaster
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Tech Tip: A Better Ski Pole Strap
A New and Better Ski Pole Strap After some 55 years of various kinds of skiing, I recently realized…
February 11, 2022 by Orvel Miskiw
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Upcoming Election and AGM 2025!
Election 2025: Half of the available positions on the Board are up for election each year for *two* year terms.…
November 8, 2021 by Webmaster
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Assiniboine Death Off-Rope
This summer, one of our members was killed near the top of Mt. Assiniboine. It was August 12, a beautiful…
November 2, 2021 by Orvel Miskiw
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ACC Calgary Event Calendar Upgrade 2021 – New Features
Hello ACC Calgary Volunteers! On Monday July 19 we upgraded the section’s Event Calendar website and relocated it to http://calendar.acccalgary.ca/.…
July 19, 2021 by Webmaster
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New Women’s Mountain Mentorship Group Leader Training Series supported by a grant from Canadian Women in Sport (WISE)
New Women’s Mountain Mentorship Group Leader Training Series supported by a grant from Canadian Women in Sport (WISE) You…
April 20, 2021 by Anne Drew Potter
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State of the Mountains Report 2020
Updated on December 6, 2020 The Alpine Club of Canada State of the Mountains Report 2020 Download English Version 2020…
December 6, 2020 by Webmaster
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Trip Report: The COVID-19 Avalanche Bursts the Asulkan Bubble
“Do you know what’s going on out there? It’s like the world is coming to an end”.
April 2, 2020 by Paula Corbeil
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Comfort and Peril in Winter Camping
Thirteen years has passed since the death of 2 ski campers in a snow shelter on the Wapta Icefield in…
February 4, 2020 by Orvel Miskiw
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Tech Tips: Cold Hands Part 2: Cold Hand? Cold Finger?
Occasionally while climbing ice, skiing, snow shoeing, etc., you may be plagued by one hand that just won’t warm up.…
January 11, 2020 by Orvel Miskiw
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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…
December 11, 2019 by Bruce Fraser
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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…
December 2, 2019 by Orvel Miskiw
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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…
November 5, 2019 by Orvel Miskiw
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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…
September 12, 2019 by Paula Corbeil
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