Join us in celebrating mountain culture with an evening of storytelling from adventurers sharing their journeys from across the globe.
Every year since 1907, The Alpine Club of Canada releases the Canadian Alpine Journal (CAJ), which captures the heart of the climbing community with details routes, inspiring achievements and stunning photography. This year, we’re bringing those stories to life – inviting the people behind the featured CAJ stories (and ACC grant recipients) to share their experience in person.
With special presentations from Canadian Alpine Journal contributors, drinks by donation and epic prizes, this event is a must for every outdoor enthusiast.
Everyone is welcome – we can’t wait to see you there!
The 2024 MEC x ACC Speaker Series events are being hosted at five MEC locations across Canada.
Tickets are just $20 (+fees) and all ticket sales and event proceed will be donated to the Alpine Club of Canada
MEC Vancouver
September 8
Doors: 7:30pm
Show starts: 8:30pm
111 2nd Ave East, Vancouver
MEC Calgary
September 8
Doors: 7:30pm
Show starts: 8:30pm
830 – 10th Ave SW, Calgary
MEC Edmonton Downtown
September 8
Doors: 7:30pm
Show starts: 8:30pm
11904 104 Ave NW, Edmonton
MEC Toronto
September 8
Doors: 7:30pm
Show starts: 8:30pm
300 Queen St. West, Toronto
MEC Ottawa
September 8
Doors: 7:30pm
Show starts: 8:30pm
366 Richmond Rd, Ottawa
Zac Colbran: The Technicolour Superdream
Zac Colbran was a part of a 3-man team that climbed the west face of Mount Huntington in Alaska. The Technicolour Superdream is a long technical route up an aesthetic buttress on the west side of Mount Huntington. This first known ascent, a 1,300m new route graded AI5+ M6+ A2, was climbed by Colbran, Dane Steadman and Grant Stewart in 2023 as recipients of the John Lauchlan Award.
Originally from New York, Eva is based in Golden, B.C. She is an ambassador for Arc’teryx Alberta, and with their support is offering High Angle Photography Clinics for underrepresented creatives in the Bow Valley. She is a co-founder of Dirtbabe Collective, which offers climbing camps that address financial and experiential barriers to the alpine. Eva has been on expeditions in Alaska, the Yukon and Greenland and has worked in Vietnam, Nepal, India, Uganda, Rwanda, and Kenya.
Peter Hoang: Going Far on Small Adventures
Peter Hoang is a renowned climber and mountain media guy, recipient of the John Lauchlan Memorial Award, photographer and videographer for various big mountain missions, and contributor to the Canadian Alpine Journal (CAJ). Peter will present on his experiences on his trips and articles that have been featured in the CAJ, and how small adventures can turn into big ones.
Pascale Marceau and Scott Cocks completed a 700 km, 49-day ski traverse from Ellesmere Island around the east coast of Devon Island and back, over its icecap. In this remote corner of Canada’s High Arctic, there are many near misses and dangers encountered. Pascale also describes the awe she experiences in such a quiet, remote, and otherworldly part of the planet.
Amanda Bischke and Shira Biner: To the End of the Midnight Sun
In 2023, Amanda Bischke, Shira Biner, James Klemmensen and Noah Besen travelled to the Coronation Fjord and Coronation Glacier on the remote east coast of Baffin Island. This expedition was completed as human powered as possible with a 70 km sea kayak and 12 km of glacier travel to an area where there is no record of climbers exploring.
Shira and Amanda established all-female first known ascents in the Arctic. This adventure was supported by The Alpine Club of Canada’s Jen Higgins Grant.
Your chance to win outdoor gear and sweet prizes (if you’ve ever been to one of our events, you know our raffles are jam-packed).
Your event ticket automatically gets you into the raffle. We’ll have lots of giveaways, along with an epic grand prize to get you stoked for your next adventure.
Prizes available:
Want more chances to win? Additional raffle tickets are available for purchase at the event.
We’ve teamed up with our local speakers to bring you a one-of-a-kind adventure package, which will be up for silent auction at the event:
All proceeds from the raffle and silent auction will be donated to The Alpine Club of Canada.
During week 4 of the 2024 ACC General Mountaineering Camp, longtime GMC participant and camp lover Thierry Levenq reached a significant milestone—his 100th GMC summit—on an outing to climb the stunning Serendipity Spire in the Selkirk Mountains.
In 25 local sections across Canada, all year round, members of the ACC climb, ski, hike, go to the gym, clean up crags, build trails, and gather for social events. From St. John’s to Vancouver Island to the Yukon, thousand of club outings are run by volunteers each year.
Pulling from the 2024 ACC Gazette, these stories are from our club members, in their own words, about an aspect of their section that is special to them.
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.
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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