Each year the Jen Higgins grant winners are asked to provide a trip report. The reports are detailed renditions of how their expeditions went: Did they meet their objective(s)? Did their objective(s) change during the trip? Were there challenges a long the way?
The following are a list of past trip reports we hope will inspire you to plan your own.
In the late summer of 2023, Isobel Phoebus, Sasha Yasinksi and Sara Lilley established a new route on the southwest face of Gladsheim Peak in the Valhalla Mountain Range, supported by the Jen Higgins Grant for Young Women.
Katie Reeder, Rikke Foss, Lauren Ryckliski and Brooklyn Rushton document the impacts of climate change in the Tonquin Valley with support from the the Jen Higgins Grant for Young Women. Trip report provided by Brooklyn Rushton.
Shira Biner, Amanda Bischke, Noah Besen and James Klemmensen spent five weeks in the summer of 2023 on a paddling and climbing expedition on the east coast of Baffin Island on a trip partially funded by the Jen Higgins Grant for Young Women. They were able to navigate an unusually late sea ice break-up, kayak 120 kilometres, slog heavy loads for days along a glacier and put up four first ascent climbs, including an all-women first ascent in the Arctic.
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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