As the sixth week of construction on the new Louise and Richard Guy Hut continues, the hut structure continues to grow. Progress has been steady, with teams of ACC staff, professional contractors and volunteers working in all conditions.
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After years of planning and months of construction on infrastructure, the Louise and Richard Guy Hut is beginning to look like a hut. That's right, the Guy Hut has walls!
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The structure of the Louise and Richard Guy Hut continues to progress as ACC staff, volunteers and contractors continue work at the Mont des Poilus work site.
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A major milestone was reached last week during the construction of the Louise and Richard Guy Hut with the completion of the hut's foundation.
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The Bow Hut, the largest hut on the Wapta Icefields, saw some interior work this summer prior to the start of the main work at the Louise and Richard Guy Hut at Mont des Poilus. Our maintenance team took some pictures to document the renovation, shared here.
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Here's a selection of some of our favourite photos from this year's GMC - images that show the Stockdale Group area, the climbing, the great campsite (every year is something different) and the people and camaraderie that makes the GMC a unique camp. Thanks to all of the photographers who sent us images.
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Crews of ACC staff and volunteers continue their work at the site of the Louise and Richard Guy Hut on Mont des Poilus in Yoho National Park.
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After a couple of decades of ideas and concepts, and years of permitting and organizing and fundraising, construction began this week on the Louise and Richard Guy Hut at Mont des Poilus.
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The team was at Abbot Pass this week fixing up the interior and the outhouse. The hut sits at 2,926 m (9,598 ft) and logs in as the second highest permanent, habitable structure in North America, making it an interesting challenge to keep in tip top shape!
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June is a transition month in the mountains - the beginning of the month is still springtime with remnants of the winter's snow and by the end of the month it's full-on summer. Here's our list of five great bets for June - huts that are accessible, open and awesome.
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"I have seen the havoc wreaked by natural disasters on TV and in photos before, but I can tell you that it is entirely something else to see it in person. I came to Nepal over a month ago to climb a mountain, and am leaving with images of total human misery and loss burned into my memory." - Nancy Hansen
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An update from Nancy about her experience with the Nepal earthquake: "Ralf and I had just started hiking to advance base camp (ABC) at 6,400m when the first earthquake hit. We didn't understand that it was an earthquake, despite having to run from huge boulders coming down from the slope above us. .."
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The ACC is beginning work on a $500,000 capital campaign to build the brand new Louise & Richard Guy Hut at Mont des Poilus.
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If you’re planning a trip to an ACC hut, there are some policy and fee changes that might affect your trip: we’re increasing our overnight rates, extending facilities benefits to all ACC members and opening up our hut benefits to members of other nations’ alpine clubs.
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Nancy Hansen shares an update as she and Ralf Dujmovits arrive at Everest's north side basecamp: "The mountain looks really, really big, and it is still 25km distance and 3.7 vertical kilometres above our heads. Best not to look too often! Seriously, though, the north face of Everest is truly spectacular."
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Ralf Dujmovits, Nancy Hansen and the AMICAL Alpin expedition team are on the road to Chinese Base Camp on the north side of Mt. Everest. They spent five days in Kathmandu, being tourists and doing their final packing. Read about their Kathmandu adventures and prep for heading to base camp.
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Many people have been asking about Ralf and Nancy's itinerary for their Everest trip and they've shared it here. Obviously the exact dates will change according to weather and how the acclimatization is going.
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ACC Ambassador Nancy Hansen will be attempting Mt. Everest via the Norton Couloir this spring. You wouldn't know it from Nancy's humble writing style, but this is a pretty big deal — this route on Everest's North Face has only been climbed twice and she'll be climbing in a team of two with no supplemental oxygen.
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