Recent Updates:

Leadership Skills & Risk Management for ACC Leaders

2010-09-18 08:30
2010-09-19 17:00
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A Rescue Dynamics 2-day leadership seminar presented by Cyril Shokoples

Dates: September 18th & 19th, 8:30 - 17:00 both days
Location: Hardwood Ski & Bike, Barrie, Ontario
Cost: $50 per person

Some of the objectives covered will be:

Roles and responsibilities of ACC trip leaders.

  • Attributes of a good trip leader in the context of the ACC.

  • Waivers, information forms and legal liability.
  • Leadership styles and how they affect ACC trips.
  • Conflict management.
  • Interpersonal factors and how they impact on safety.

Bon Echo Ox Roast and Volunteer Appreciation weekend

2010-09-11 00:00
2010-09-12 00:00
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Once again, we'd like to extend an invitation to all of our hard working volunteers to join us for the Ox Roast weekend on the house!

As always, members and non-members are welcome. The cost for the weekend for ACC members is $45 which includes the hut fees and dinner on Saturday night. The cost for non-members is $75. The cost to our volunteers is NOTHING!!!!! Volunteers for the Toronto Section will be contacted by August 28th and asked for an RSVP. The deadline for everyone to let us know they would like to attend is September 3rd, 2010.


Rock Solid Leadership 2010

Rock Solid Leadership is a seven day course during which a number of hard and soft skills sessions related to leading club trips to rock climbing venues are presented. It is not a course about leading hard rock climbs but rather a course to introduce you to leading others on rock climbs of almost any grade.

Click here for all the details!


POSTPONED TO 2011 - Sierra Nevada Mountains of Sunny California

2011-07-22 00:00
2011-08-01 00:00
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POSTPONED TO 2011 DUE TO LACK OF LEADERS. Join the first Toronto Section Mountaineering Camp south of the border!

July 22nd-August 1 2011

Price- TBD (includes food, dorm and ground transportation)

Flights to Las Vegas extra.

Staying at the Bernasconi Education Center

In Big Pine, California

Two 12 person dorms (3 bedrooms each)

Extra washroom and shower facilities

Full Dining area (breakfast and dinner catered)


Spring 2009

Spring 2009
  • Hidden Gems of Mt. Nemo - Justin Dwyer
  • The Last Laugh - Kit Moore
  • 11000er Peak Bagging in the Lyell Icefields - Graham Longford
  • Bon Echo 2009 - Geoff Hodgson
  • The North Face Summer Leadership Course - Ron Rusk

Fall 2008

Fall 2008
  • A Walk in the Park - Monika Pomper
  • Selkirks - Margaret Imai-Compton
  • Trad us Rad - Amy Stewart
  • Clemenceau Icefields - Graham Longford

Spring 2008

Spring 2008
  • Kamouraska - Quebec's Little Known Sport Climbing Mecca
  • Pat Boswell Toronto Section Hut Review
  • Classic Climb: Bonnie's Roof

Fall 2007

Fall 2007

The Fall 2007 newsletter has arrived!

  • Annual General Meeting
  • New Sauna at Bon Echo
  • Finished Business — Boris and Veronika Kaschenko
  • Fine Kentucky Climbin' — Will Richardson-Little
  • The Whirlwinds of "Oh-Seven" — Andriy Kolos
  • The Carbonate Range — Roger Wallis
  • We're So Gully-able — Dave Britnell

Spring 2007

Spring 2007

The Spring 2007 newsletter has arrived!

  • Access: Earth Day Clean Up
  • Bon Echo: Everything you ever wanted to know — Geoff Hodgson
  • John Turner: Life and Climbs — Kit Moore
  • Squamish Top Ten List — Karen Woo & Leo Markle
  • Tales of my Wanderings — Katherine Smith
  • The Art of Donkey Loving in Huaraz — Dave Britnell

How It’s Not Done

by Andriy Kolos
In August 2005, Danylo Darewych and Andriy Kolos were able to align schedules and climb again in the Rockies. Like previous trips, with big eyes – planning on climbing all the big gems, back-to-back, resting during the ride between trailheads…


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