Monthly Archives: January 2024

We’re excited announce that the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival returns to Toronto on March 8th to 10th! This international film festival offers 4 film programs packed with adventure, excitement, and the inspiration of mountain stories. Experience the exhilarating beauty of mountain landscapes. Meet the world’s top adventurers. Watch to their stories. Relive their challenges. Reconnect with adventure. Tickets are $25 per show. Our section proudly hosts the festival an Hot Docs. This year, we’re offering 4 different programs; program details to be released in the coming weeks. Buy your tickets before Jan 31 for a 10% early bird deal […]
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When: Jan 27th 10 am – 6 pm Where: Bow Lake, Bancroft, On. Meet at Faraday Community Centre Description: Join us for a day of top roping moderate ice routes at Bow Lake (weather permitting). All ice climbing skill levels are welcome. Snowshoes or skis are recommended but not required for lake crossing.  Note: This is not a course or clinic, and will offer no formal teaching. Rather, peer mentorship may be shared between participants with ranging experience levels. Trip Leader: For more information or to signup contact Alec Cooper at alec.n.cooper@gmail.com Trip Classification: A/B. Participants must be proficient at top […]
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When: Feb 9 – 11Feb 23 – 25 Where: Calabogie, On Description: Two separate weekend events of reliable ice climbing area with many climbs having a range of difficulties. Calabogie is about five hours from Toronto. Accommodations have been arranged in Ottawa for climbers arriving Friday night and leaving Sunday afternoon (contact the trip leader).  We will car-pool from Ottawa on Saturday and Sunday. Top-ropes will be established but leaders are very welcome.  The trip will be cross-advertised with the Ottawa Section.  Additional climbing possibly at Lac Poisson Blanc or Gatineau Park (Quebec). Trip Leader: For information on directions, meet-up spot and […]
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When:Jan 20th, 6 pm – 9 pmFeb 3rd, 6 pm – 9 pm Where: Reach Indoor Climbing – map link Description: Dry-tooling nights are back!  Come out to Reach Indoor Climbing for this our January and February session.  This year, we’re collaborating with multiple venues for a more varied experience! We many routes varying from beginner to advanced so all skill levels welcome! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drytoolnight/ Cost: Day pass or active gym membership + $5 (pay at door) Total Participants: 25 – email drytoolnight@gmail.com to reserve your spot.  Gear: Bring your own gear or use ours. Indoor drytooling using ice tools, metal picks & climbing […]
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*Courteously submitted by David Myles Hello all, A note on hut logbooks follows: Two longtime Section members, (David Brown and Chris Rogers, I believe) have done an extensive scan of the Bon Echo Hut log books into PDF form. These are fascinating records of climbing on Mazinaw cliff, particularly in the early days, when many of our favourite routes were established.  The route descriptions were first written up in the logbooks.   These historical records were once on the Section Website but were removed in the current iteration of the website.  If any Section member would like a copy of these, […]
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When: July 19-26Where: Jim Haberl Hut in the Tantalus Range, near Squamish, BC.What: Our Annual Section Camp will be in the Tantalus Range; offering big alpine rock routes, big glaciers, and challenging traverses! Join us for our self-guided camp or sign up for an ACMG Guide-taught Intro-to-Mountaineering Course run concurrently with our Section Camp. Registration starts Saturday Jan 20 @ 9 am sharp!Max Participants:Total Participants: 18For Section Camp: 14 – 7 sleeping in the hut, 7 camping adjacent to the hut. For Intro-to-Mountaineering: 4 (sleeping in the hut).All participants use the hut for meals and free time.Cost:Costs based on best […]
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When: Jan 27th @ 11 am Where: Diamond Lake. Park and meet location Description: This winter climbing trip is for women and genderqueer* climbers to go ice and mixed climbing in a community-centered and supportive environment with like-identifying individuals. Join us for a day of top roping moderate ice and mixed routes at Diamond Lake (weather permitting). All ice climbing skill levels are welcome. Snowshoes or skis are recommended but not required for lake crossing.  *including transgender and gender non-conforming folks  Note: This is not a course or clinic, and will offer no formal teaching. Rather, peer mentorship may be shared between […]
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When: Thurs Jan 18th @ 7:30 pm Where: Imperial Pub, Back Room – 54 Dundas Street East, Toronto Topic: Join us for an evening of tall tales from Section Camp 2023.  We will be sharing our adventures, from long days out on climbing objectives, roaming around in the dark in thunderstorms, daring river crossings, exploring ice caves, hut shenanigans and even some close encounters with wildlife!   This is a great opportunity for those considering Section Camp 2024 to come and see what it’s all about.  Details of Section Camp 2024 will be provided during the evening. 
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