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From the archives: Frozen feat — a personal account of the 1925 expedition to conquer Mount Logan
The journey a master mountaineer described “one of the strangest ventures of my life.”
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Welcome to climbing camp
Camaraderie, conversation and conservation are key at the Alpine Club of Canada’s annual General Mountaineering Camp
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Summits of Canada expedition to make final ascent in Nunavut this summer
Decade-long project to reach the highest point in every province and territory will conclude with Barbeau Peak on Ellesmere Island
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Exploring Skoki
Travelling through Alberta’s storied mountaineering and ski-touring past and present
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Climbing duo completes first winter ascent of Yukon’s Mt. Wood
Canadian climber Pascale Marceau is believed to be the first woman to climb a major subarctic peak in winter
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Trio of climbers makes first recorded ascent of B.C. peak
Pascale Marceau, Lonnie Dupre and Vern Stice reached the summit of Jeannette Peak, the highest peak in the Selwyn Range of the Canadian Rockies, on April 2
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Why we’re not giving up on our goal to summit Mt. Lucania in the winter
Although our expedition came to an early end this year, it was still a successful journey of exploratory learning in one of the most extreme environments in Canada
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Documentary commemorating 1916 climb of Bugaboo Spire screened in Ottawa
Hobnails and Hemp Rope documents the Bugaboo Spire Centennial Climb, a 2016 RCGS flag expedition paying homage to Austrian-Canadian mountaineer Conrad Kain
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How scientists solved the mystery of Mount Logan’s true height
In 1992, a team backed by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society became the first to accurately measure the height of Mount Logan, Canada’s highest peak
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“I was stranded on Mount Logan — and it changed my life”
James Coleridge recalls the five days he spent clinging to life on Canada's highest peak
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Photos: Ontario mountaineers recreate legendary first ascent of Bugaboo Spire
100 years ago this week, Conrad Kain became the first person to summit British Columbia's towering Bugaboo Spire. This summer, a group of climbers recreated his historic ascent.