The Summit Bid is our annual fundraiser, dating back to 2019, where we raise funds each year for charitable causes to improve our mountain community. For 2024, all proceeds from the silent auction went to benefit the ACC Sustainable Energy Projects and the ACMG’s Simon Parboosingh Assistance Fund.
The Simon Parboosingh Assistance Fund exists to provide ACMG members, staff, and volunteers with a source of emergency funding in the event of a personal crisis. Many ACMG members work independently and do not have access to the same benefits as employees.
This project aims to incorporate many technologies intended to reduce the overall carbon footprint of each hut, and increase huts’ longevity. These technologies include construction materials with insulated panels, solar power, wind power, and an electrical system that can be remotely monitored from the ACC’s office in Canmore.
Past ACC President Peter Fuhrmann celebrated his 90th birthday last year around this time by gathering past ACC presidents and community members together. It was such a warmly received event that we decided to bring back the gathering for 2024 as the “Presidents’ Dinner.” This year, we enjoyed a wonderful meal in the company of so many friendly faces who have helped shape the ACC.
What’s the Summit Shaker? In short: It’s an in-person event to celebrate our mountain community! In the past, we’ve hosted the Mountain Guides Ball. For 2024, while continuing to honour our new and current Mountain Guides, we’ve expanded the scope to include our broader mountain community. None of us can exist independently of each other, so the Summit Shaker exists to celebrate our collective accomplishments.
The inaugural Summit Shaker was hosted at Norquay, featuring: Community partner tables that hosted games for raffle tickets, a dinner menu with plenty of options and delicious sides and appetizers, patron celebration and a presentation from Sylvia Forest, pinning and celebration of our newest ACMG Mountain Guides, several short presentations featuring community accomplishments over the year, fireside chats and hangouts, raffle prizes and exclusive in-person Summit Bid items, and a live band and dancing!
What a great evening! We had a huge turnout, and we’re so glad you came out—see you next year 🙂 .
This is always such a fun time of year for us! We’ve been a partner with the Banff Festivals from the beginning and it continues to be an experience we look forward to annually. Here are a few highlights from the 2024 festival:
Supporting, producing, and appreciating mountain literature is a big part of the ACC, so we’re thrilled to sponsor the Phyllis and Don Munday Award as the grand prize of the book festival. This year, we celebrate our winner: Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb—congrats, Ben!
We always enjoy meeting and seeing our community members! This year, we had an ACC and Shadow Lake Lodge booth, shared with Girls on Ice Canada. There have been big, exciting changes to SLL, so it was great to see the enthusiasm as we shared the new operating model. Additionally, Rab stepped up to offer a giveaway at our booth for any hardshell top and bottom! It was a fun time, and we’re so glad we were there.
Wow, this one was busy! We teamed up with YETI and collaborated on a Rambler mug featuring the iconic Mt. Louis! Unsurprisingly, it was popular and sold out in under 30 minutes. We also had some amazing raffle prizes. Thanks to YETI, Wild Rose Brewery, Core Values Cider!
Our custodian at Kokanee Glacier Cabin, Petra Hekkenberg, has published her second illustrated journal about Kokanee Glacier Park, titled Further in the Alpine! Purchases of the book, available at the cabin and online, will help support the park. Check it out!
The State of the Mountains Report is a commitment by the ACC to provide accessible, current, and accurate information about the forces that affect Canadian mountain places, ecosystems, and communities.
Art is important to the way we understand our outdoor spaces – it inspires us to get out and protect the places we play in. We’ve gathered a variety of work that instills that feeling and we’re proud to highlight our art and book supporters for the Summit Bid.
We appreciate that the lands known today as Canada are home to the enduring presence of all First Nations and Métis people, and the Inuit and we acknowledge the past, present, and future generations of these Nations who continue to lead us in stewarding this land, as well as honour their knowledge and cultural ties to this place. The Alpine Club of Canada’s head office is located in the traditional lands of Treaty 7, which is comprised of the Stoney Nakoda Nations of Wesley, Chiniki, and Bearspaw; three Nations of the Blackfoot Confederacy: the Piikani, Kainai, and Siksika; the Mountain Cree; and the Tsuu T’ina of the Dene people. This territory is also shared with the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III. Before the signing of Treaty 7, and prior to the establishment of provincial boundaries, this region was also used by the Ktunaxa and the Maskwacis people.
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PO Box 8040 Main St, Canmore, AB, T1W 2T8, Canada
Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm
The Alpine Club of Canada is a registered Amateur Athletic Association and a registered Canadian charity (Registration No: 10670 4182 RR0001). The ACC’s US ACC Foundation can accept charitable donations from donors living in the United States. We will issue a charitable tax receipt for eligible donations of $20 or more.
