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Whether you’re summiting your first peak or conquering your hundredth, the Alpine Club of Canada is your community for adventure, exploration, and preservation. Your support helps enrich lives, protect natural spaces, and sustain Canada’s alpine legacy fostering a network of talented volunteers and leaders. You are celebrating our mountain story and advocating for the protection of our environment.
Join us in shaping the future of alpine exploration—where every ascent inspires, every story matters, and every contribution protects the places we love.
When you donate, you are:
- Providing training and resources to our remarkable network of volunteer leaders who deliver safe, responsible adventures.
- Supporting alpine explorers with affordable, responsible, and thrilling wilderness experiences.
- Caring for and growing North America’s largest system of back-country huts.
- Celebrating Canada’s diverse mountain stories and advocating for the protection, preservation, and promotion of our wild spaces, ensuring they remain inclusive and accessible to all.
- Strengthening the financial sustainability of the ACC, ensuring future generations can share in our legacy.
Donate Now and Make Your Impact Today
Ways to Give
There are many ways to support and amplify Canada’s mountaineering community. Whether you choose to give to sustain our mountain culture, protect our wild spaces, or foster future adventurers, your generosity helps preserve and enrich Canada’s mountain legacy. Your donation makes a real difference, and we thank you for considering a gift to support the ACC and its mission.
Charitable Registration Information
The Alpine Club of Canada is a registered Canadian charity (Registration No: 10670 4182 RR0001). Your donation is eligible for a tax receipt.
ACC Backcountry Huts
Preserving Access and Safety
With over 35 huts across North America, the Alpine Club of Canada’s hut system is the largest in the region, providing safe, welcoming bases for mountain adventurers and emergency shelters for travelers. Your donation helps maintain, restore, and modernize these iconic huts, ensuring they remain accessible, secure, and inspiring for generations to come.
ACC Backcountry Huts
Preserving Access and Safety
With over 35 huts across North America, the Alpine Club of Canada’s hut system is the largest in the region, providing safe, welcoming bases for mountain adventurers and emergency shelters for travelers. Your donation helps maintain, restore, and modernize these iconic huts, ensuring they remain accessible, secure, and inspiring for generations to come.
Endowment Fund
Building a Lasting Legacy
Contributing to the ACC Endowment Fund helps secure the long-term future of the ACC. This fund provides essential resources to meet strategic needs and emerging opportunities, ensuring sustainability for generations to come. By supporting this fund, you are contributing to the ACC’s enduring mission and capacity to fund various programs and projects.
Endowment Fund
Building a Lasting Legacy
Contributing to the ACC Endowment Fund helps secure the long-term future of the ACC. This fund provides essential resources to meet strategic needs and emerging opportunities, ensuring sustainability for generations to come. By supporting this fund, you are contributing to the ACC’s enduring mission and capacity to fund various programs and projects.
Leadership Development Program
Training the Next Generation
Support essential training and mentorship for volunteer leaders dedicated to safe and inspiring mountain adventures. Your contributions empower the development of future leaders who share their passion and skills with the community.
Leadership Development Program
Training the Next Generation
Support essential training and mentorship for volunteer leaders dedicated to safe and inspiring mountain adventures. Your contributions empower the development of future leaders who share their passion and skills with the community.
Local Section Initiatives
Strengthening Community Connections
This program strengthens and supports local ACC Sections throughout Canada. Contributions help provide resources for section-led activities, training, social events, and volunteer initiatives that enrich the local climbing and mountaineering community. The goal is to ensure that sections continue offering safe, affordable, and educational outdoor experiences for all members.
Local Section Initiatives
Strengthening Community Connections
This program strengthens and supports local ACC Sections throughout Canada. Contributions help provide resources for section-led activities, training, social events, and volunteer initiatives that enrich the local climbing and mountaineering community. The goal is to ensure that sections continue offering safe, affordable, and educational outdoor experiences for all members.
The Mountain Culture Fund
Honouring Our Heritage
The Mountain Culture Fund is dedicated to capturing and sustaining the unique history, traditions, and stories that define Canada’s mountain culture. This fund also aims to support Indigenous-led initiatives and programs that foster connections to the land, preserve traditional knowledge, and empower Indigenous youth and communities through mountain experiences. This fund helps facilitate culturally inclusive activities that honor and uplift Indigenous presence in the mountain regions.
The Mountain Culture Fund
Honouring Our Heritage
The Mountain Culture Fund is dedicated to capturing and sustaining the unique history, traditions, and stories that define Canada’s mountain culture. This fund also aims to support Indigenous-led initiatives and programs that foster connections to the land, preserve traditional knowledge, and empower Indigenous youth and communities through mountain experiences. This fund helps facilitate culturally inclusive activities that honor and uplift Indigenous presence in the mountain regions.
The Canadian Alpine Journal
Preserving the Spirit of Adventure
The Canadian Alpine Journal (CAJ), published annually since 1907, is the flagship publication of the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC). As a permanent record of significant ascents, breathtaking photography, and inspiring achievements, the CAJ combines detailed route descriptions, introspective writing, science, and humor.
The Canadian Alpine Journal Legacy Fund, established in 2001 and named in honor of Eric Brooks, supports the publication of this treasured journal. A long-time ACC member from 1929 until his passing in 2001, Eric Brooks exemplified commitment and leadership within the Club.
Your contribution to this fund ensures the CAJ continues to inspire alpine enthusiasts and preserve its rich legacy for future generations.
The Canadian Alpine Journal
Preserving the Spirit of Adventure
The Canadian Alpine Journal (CAJ), published annually since 1907, is the flagship publication of the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC). As a permanent record of significant ascents, breathtaking photography, and inspiring achievements, the CAJ combines detailed route descriptions, introspective writing, science, and humor.
The Canadian Alpine Journal Legacy Fund, established in 2001 and named in honor of Eric Brooks, supports the publication of this treasured journal. A long-time ACC member from 1929 until his passing in 2001, Eric Brooks exemplified commitment and leadership within the Club.
Your contribution to this fund ensures the CAJ continues to inspire alpine enthusiasts and preserve its rich legacy for future generations.
Donate To A Grant
The Alpine Club of Canada maintains or administers permanent funds to which people may apply for financial support for their mountain-related projects and initiatives. Help support these initiatives by donating to a grant below.
John Lauchlan Memorial Award
Your donation helps Canadian mountaineers pursue their dreams.
John Lauchlan Memorial Award
Your donation helps Canadian mountaineers pursue their dreams.
ACC Environment Grant
Your donation helps us help those who are fighting to preserve Canadian alpine areas.
ACC Environment Grant
Your donation helps us help those who are fighting to preserve Canadian alpine areas.
Karl Nagy Memorial Scholarship
Your donation helps young guides gain invaluable experience guiding and leading under the supervision of the GMC staff.
Karl Nagy Memorial Scholarship
Your donation helps young guides gain invaluable experience guiding and leading under the supervision of the GMC staff.
Jim Colpitts Memorial Scholarship
The financial costs of learning, developing and certifying mountaineering skills can be substantial, particularly for young people. Your donation to the Jim Colpitts Fund helps young mountain professionals take the next step.
Jim Colpitts Memorial Scholarship
The financial costs of learning, developing and certifying mountaineering skills can be substantial, particularly for young people. Your donation to the Jim Colpitts Fund helps young mountain professionals take the next step.
Jen Higgins Grant for Young Women
The ACC is dedicated to helping young women pursue their adventure dreams and your donation to the Jen Higgins Fund helps us support them.
Jen Higgins Grant for Young Women
The ACC is dedicated to helping young women pursue their adventure dreams and your donation to the Jen Higgins Fund helps us support them.
