Scheduled Events
This month (February)
- 12th Annual Water Fall Ice Festival
Feb 12, 2010Come join us for the “friendliest little ice festival” in the Northern Rockies. An ice climbing weekend for $45.00! The weekend includes nightly entertainment, complimentary beverages from New Belgium Brewing Company, FREE on-ice climbing clinics on Saturday, the use of demo tools and swag bags for early registration. Nightly meals are provided from local restaurants and are reasonably priced. Win big in nightly raffles with amazing prizes from this year’s generous sponsors, participate in the 10th annual “dry tool” pull up contest and don’t forget about the “Tough Axe” awards presented Saturday night for several categories of ice climbing on ...
- 2nd Anniversary Of The Museum Celebration - Golden
Feb 19, 2010Come celebrate the second anniversary of the Bradford Washburn Museum!
The museum will come alive with volunteers and actors from Miners Alley Playhouse playing the parts of some of the Mountaineers in our exhibits (Pete Schoening, Whittaker, Ellingwood, etc). Bring the kids. We will also be recognizing the donors who made the museum possible by unveiling our donor plaque.
There will be live music as well as appetizers and drinks ($2).
When: 5:30 PM
Where: The museum at the Alpine Center in Golden, CO.
Check back for further details.
- AAC's 3rd Annual Benefit & Awards Dinner
Feb 20, 2010 - Inverness Hotel - Denver, COPLEASE JOIN US for the AAC's 3rd Annual Benefit & Awards Dinner.
Online Registration is now open. See who's coming here.
A full-weekend schedule of events is available here.
The dinner is on Saturday, February 20, 2010 with keynote speaker Jim Collins. For more information on Jim, see below or visit http://www.jimcollins.com.
This year's event will be hosted at the Inverness Hotel in Denver, CO. Resort lodging is available at the Inverness for dinner guests at a $50 discount off of standard rates. To take advantage of this special offer, a
- Women's Backcountry Skills Improvement Day
Feb 28, 2010Women's Day Out! Join us for Backcountry Skills Improvement with Ski Divas and The American Alpine Club. Come improve your backcountry skiing/riding skills in a constructive fun environment with ski mountaineering guide, freeskiing champion, and Ski Divas founder Jessica Baker. Come meet your fellow backcountry divas and learn new tricks of the trade in the beautiful Teton mountain range. The course will cover decision making, snow science, ski technique, avalanche response, powder skiing, and more. The American Alpine Club is proud to announce its new partnership with world-renowned skier Jessica Baker. Jessica is not only one of the premier ski guides in the ...
March
- Chicago Mountaineering Club Annual Dinner
Midwest Section - Mar 6, 2010The Chicago Mountaineering Club Annual Dinner will take place on March 6, 2010, from 6-10 p.m. Highlights include fantastic dinner, cash bar, mountaineering presentation with speaker to be announced, raffle for top notch climbing gear and silent auction for more of the same, and hanging out with the CMC and other Midwest rock, ice and alpine climbers. Sixty years of tradition and cutting edge climbing. See our website for further dinner details at www.cmcwebsite.org. Contact Keith Bielat (cmcprograms@cmcwebsite.org) for more info.
- Cedar Wright And Jeremy Collins At Horseshoe Canyon Ranch
Heartland Section - Mar 6, 2010The American Alpine Club presents The North Face athlete Cedar Wright and AAC Section Chair Jeremy Collins at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch with a slideshow and film presentation. Join us for alpine hijinks, some comic relief, and drinks. 7:30-10:30 p.m., free for members, $5 for non members. All invited! Schwag and beverages provided. Directions and address information: http://www.gohcr.com/ Facebook invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=271243449639&ref=mf Photos courtesy of Backcountry.com and Climbing.com, respectively. Jeremy Collins image by Andrew Chasteen.
- AAC Wilderness First Aid Class
Southern Appalachian Section - Mar 27, 2010American Alpine Club Wilderness First Aid Certification Class March 27-28, 2010 Are you prepared to deal with a medical emergency in a remote climbing area? Could you provide appropriate care for an injured rope mate in the event of a climbing accident? When did you last refresh your first aid skills? The AAC Southern Appalachian Section is pleased to offer its members a unique opportunity to acquire WFA certification through a class designed for climbers, taught by a climber. Enrollments in the class will be opened to the general public on February 15. Until that date enrollments are reserved for members of the AAC. ...
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- Wilderness First Aid, & Wilderness First Responder Recertification - Golden
Front Range Section (CO) - Apr 16, 2010Front Range Section Wilderness First Aid & Wilderness First Responder Recertification Class For people who want the "best" of Wilderness First Responder, in a short investment of time, WFA "bridges the gap" between those one-day First Aid classes and nine-day WFR. As a result, these three days are intense! Edited and focused into a compact experience of getting the most, in one-third the time invested. This training recertifies WFR grads and re-sharpens their assessment tools every three years. Sign up now to join other AAC members and outdoor enthusiasts to get ready for hiking and backpacking season. Space is limited. When: April 16-18, ...
- Moore Climbing Weekend With The AAC Southern Appalachian Section
Southern Appalachian Section - Apr 17, 2010Please plan to join your hosts AAC members Jeff and Susan Hanks on Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18 (2010) for the Moore Weekend with the AAC, held in their home in Oak Ridge, NC. We will have drinks, dinner and slide shows on Saturday evening, camp out in the Hanks back yard Saturday night, rise early on Sunday for a big NC country breakfast, and then head out to Moore's Wall or Pilot Mountain for a day of beautiful fall climbing. As always, plan to include spouses, significant others, special just friends, and climbing partners. Non-members are welcome. If ...
- Wilderness First Aid Class
Deep South - May 1, 2010Deep South Section Chair Chad Hagan is organizing a local Wilderness First Aid class with Ascent Adventure Consultants. Wilderness First Aid is a good basic course in backcountry emergency response for almost any location. This 16 hour course is for those who work, live or play in remote areas – away from the usual EMS service. Even though the emergency workers near these areas may be trained to search for and rescue those in need, there may be a delay in the notification of assistance, the time required to get to the patient, or in moving the patient to more advanced ...
- AAC Climber Exchange with the Alpine Club of Iran
Jun 24, 2010 - Grand Teton Climbers' Ranch, Jackson, WYThe AAC will host a delegation of ACI members at the Grand Teton Climbers' Ranch from June 24 to July 4, 2010. The Alpine Club of Iran plans to reciprocate in late September, 2010, by hosting a delegation of ten members of the AAC in Iran. While the focus of the exchanges will be climbing, the delegations will also engage in discussion of alpine conservation issues and programs. The Iranian delegation will be made up of ACI members who represent a broad spectrum of age, gender, climbing interests and skills. The AAC intends to match the Iranian participants with compatible AAC ...
- Exit Strategies Conference
Jul 30, 2010 - Golden, COWe invite top land managers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and wilderness participants from around the globe to discuss and formulate strategies for managing human waste in remote areas. The Exit Strategies conference will include general/plenary sessions, poster presentations, field-proven techniques and opportunities for focused problem solving. To create a productive setting in which participants can spark important conversations, explore innovative ideas, and develop effective solutions, the conference will be limited to 100 attendees. More information and registration can be found here: http://www.americanalpineclub.org/exitstrategies.