From historic ascents, to stories about friends and ethical debates, the Canadian Alpine Journal has always been the permanent record for all-things-related to Canadian climbing. With today's quick-burn media and plethora of online platforms, it's more important than ever to have a consolidated record of mountain experiences to share with our future.
Read MoreThe Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival has always been one of our favourite times of the year, where we get to join together with other outdoor enthusiasts from around the world and celebrate mountain culture in one place.
Read MoreWe don’t often print opinion pieces in Aspects – we typically focus more on ACC programs and adventures stories in our blog. But in this piece, ACC Communications Specialist Peter Hoang shares some strong feelings about how we digest adventure stories and about the value of the printed story in general, and the ACC’s Canadian Alpine Journal specifically, in our increasingly digital age. Pete knows more than a bit about digital media (he handles all ACC social channels), photography (he’s a professional climbing shooter) and climbing, so this is right up his alleys.
Read MoreWith the first week of our 2019 GMC stated to begin this weekend, we thought it would be fun to look back on the 1949 GMC from a quaint (and gorgeous) journal we received.
Our GMC’s have always been a place where participants can unplug and reflect on the environment, make new friends and explore new terrain. The journal does a perfect job at explaining why these things are so special and why it’s important to slow down to have these types of experiences.
Read MoreEvery year we're proud to support the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival in their efforts to gather the mountain community and promote our culture. We’ve been a partner with the festival since the very beginning in 1976 and helped to fund awards like the Grand Prize (The Phyllis & Don Munday Award) for the Banff Mountain Book Competition, and Best Film in Climbing.
Come check out how the 2018 BMFF went!
Read MoreEach year at the Mountain Guides Ball, the ACC and ACMG name a Patron who is recognized and honoured for their contributions to our mountain community. Recent Patrons include: Peter Amann, Chic Scott, Helen Sovdat and Mike & Heather Mortimer. This year we honour Bernadette McDonald, accomplished author and pivotal contributor to the Banff Centre and its Mountain Film & Book Festival.
Read MoreAn ice axe, left by a Japanese climbing party on the summit of Mount Alberta, in 1925, would be a source of local mountaineering “myths” and mysteries for many years…
Read MoreArt in the Park is a collaboration between Parks Canada, the Revelstoke Visual Arts Society (RVAS) and the ACC to get artists outside in an environment where they can be inspired to create.
We went out to the A.O. Wheeler Hut recently and met up with the several wonderful artists from this program for some mountain air and mountain art!
Read MoreFrom climbing in the Himalaya, to horse-handling in the Rockies, these novels make great companions on rainy days and will be sure to get you excited to head out into the hills!
Read MoreThanks to all of the artists and vendors and to everyone who came out to have a look at this year’s ACC Open House at the Canmore Clubhouse!
Read MoreWe'd like to say congratulations to all of this year's winners and especially those artists and applicants we sponsored directly, featured below. Now that's $10,000 well spent!
Read MoreThe Mountain Legacy Project: exploring change in the mountains of Western Canada through historical rephotography.
Read MoreMountains 101 is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) teaching a comprehensive overview of Mountain Studies. Learn more and sign up for the free course at the bottom of this article.
Read MoreGreat news! In June of 2017, the ACC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Royal Canadian Geographic Society (RCGS) that lays out a path for our organizations to work together on mountain projects.
Read MoreEach year we run a contest for the duration of our General Mountaineering Camps. This year we had over 100 photo entries. Below is our short list, featuring our top three winners.
Read MoreA message from Sean Isaac, editor of the Canadian Alpine Journal, reflecting upon the evolution of the CAJ as we reach our 100th issue of the publication.
Read MoreThe Vancouver Island section challenged themselves to reach new heights by climbing 150 summits celebration of Canada 150. Their story below.
Read MoreA feature on the many ways the ACC celebrated Canada 150 in the Yukon this year.
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