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Whether you’re summiting your first peak, or 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. 

Feature Campaign

ACC is excited to announce that construction of a new hut at Robson Pass will begin summer 2025. A donation to this new hut is your chance to be a part of this iconic mountain’s history.  

Be a Part of History

Help build the ACC’s new hut at Mount Robson, the Crown Jewel of the Rockies

Donate to a Fund 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 General Mountaineering Camp

Step Into a Century of ACC Tradition
For over a century, the ACC’s General Mountaineering Camp (GMC) has brought members together to climb peaks, learn new skills, and build friendships in Canada’s remote alpine regions. Your gift helps by providing scholarships, maintaining safe and welcoming camps, and opening the door for the next generation of mountaineers.

The General Mountaineering Camp

Step Into a Century of ACC Tradition
For over a century, the ACC’s General Mountaineering Camp (GMC) has brought members together to climb peaks, learn new skills, and build friendships in Canada’s remote alpine regions. Your gift helps by providing scholarships, maintaining safe and welcoming camps, and opening the door for the next generation of mountaineers.

Please note that scheduled system maintenance began at 12:00 a.m. on December 1. The membership portal is expected to resume service on December 3, with the hut booking system returning on December 8. We appreciate your understanding as we work to improve your experience.

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