Jen Higgins Grant for Young Women

Promoting Alpine-Related Outdoor Pursuits for Young Women.

Jen Higgins Grant for Young Women

Promoting Alpine-Related Outdoor Pursuits for Young Women.

The ACC is dedicated to helping young women pursue their adventure dreams with annual cash grants from the Jen Higgins Fund. Teams must include a young woman who is central to conceiving, developing and leading the trip. Jen Higgins was a woman with a passion for the outdoors; her love of adventure, kindled at an early age through trips with her family, took her from her home province of Ontario to live in the mountains of BC. Jen spent many days sharing her knowledge and enthusiasm for the outdoors with friends who hadn’t had the privilege of knowing the mountain life as she did. She touched many people in this way, and shared her joy of living and exploring. It was on her way to the Rockies to introduce a friend to one of her favourite spots – the ACC’s Stanley Mitchell Hut in Little Yoho Valley – that she was involved in a fatal car accident. The Jen Higgins Fund was established by friends and family to honour Jen Higgins after her death in 1997. Jen’s enthusiasm and generous spirit continue to live on by supporting young women in creative, self-propelled mountain adventures with this grant. The Alpine Club of Canada is honoured to be able to continue Jen’s legacy of sharing knowledge and enthusiasm with others – the legacy of a truly adventurous and generous spirit.

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Additional ski week availability on a per bed basis at Bill Putnam (Fairy Meadow) and Kokanee Glacier Cabin just released for the 24/25 season!

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