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May 3, 2024Bon Echo, News by Mark Hurst

Bon Echo Boat for Sale (now SOLD)

18ft Aluminum Welded Workboat: $15,000 “Mink” hull with self draining floor. Built by Kropf in Parry Sound, 2002. Used as ferry boat on a lake in eastern Ontario for 20 years. Total hours on hull 4015 hours. Current motor about 1500 hours. Motor is 60 hp Johnson 4 stroke (Suzuki 4 cylinder) from about 2002, serviced every year. There is a spare 70 hp motor same as 60 hp with low hours and another 60 hp for parts (bottom end was good when last used). Hydraulic steering and controls were replaced about 1000 hours ago. This vessel was designed to […]

April 8, 2024News by Kevin Liu

Survey: Courses and Clinics

Our Leadership and Training committee is seeking for feedback on what courses or clinics our membership is interested in. Your responses are greatly appreciated to please fill out this brief 5 minute survey on what you want as an ACC Toronto section member.

March 21, 2024News by Kevin Liu

Reminder: 2024 ACC Summer Leadership Course – Deadline May 27

This is the last call to submit your application for the 2024 ACC Summer Leadership Course! This year’s course will be held in the Remillard Range of the Northern Selkirks from August 3rd to August 10th, 2024. More information about the course can be found on the ACC National website under Summer Leadership Course. Applicants will be required to submit a complete application no later than 11:59 PM (MST) on May 27th, 2024, which includes the following three components:

January 17, 2024News by Kevin Liu

Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival – World Tour in Toronto – March 8-10, 2024 @ Hot Docs

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 […]

October 25, 2023News by Kevin Liu

Alpine Club of Canada Toronto Section Notice of Meeting – Sat Nov 11 @ 5:30 pm

TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF: The Alpine Club of Canada, Toronto SectionTake notice that the Annual General Meeting of members of the Alpine Club of Canada, Toronto Section will be held on Saturday November 11th at The Pilot between 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm with the agenda provided below. AGENDA:5:30 pm – 6:15 pm: Member Business 6:30 pm – 7:15 pm: Recap of Section’s Activities 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm: Guest Speaker: Bronwyn Hodgins 9:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Raffle draw 9:30 pm – 10:30 pm: Year-End Party! Also note that only members in good standing will be permitted to vote […]

October 16, 2023News by Kevin Liu

Reminder – ACC Toronto Section AGM – 5:30 pm Nov 11 @ The Pilot

Just a quick reminder that we’re having our AGM on Nov 11th! This year, our guest speaker is Bronwyn Hodgins! You can follow her @bronwynhodgins and watch some amazing climbing on Bronwyn’s YouTube channel. As always, our AGM will have an amazing raffle of items generously donated by our community including some sick swag from Patagonia! More details to come in the next week. Our entire AGM is open to all but remember you must be a member to vote on club business!

October 13, 2023News by admin

Last chance to donate and be famous!

As many of you know, we’ve successfully purchased a new boat to keep our Bon Echo activities afloat. This wouldn’t have been achievable if it were not for our fantastic membership and community! We’re putting out a final call for donations if you wish to have your name on the donor plaque which will be installed on the boat next spring. Please donate to the Bon Echo Boat fund before the end of 2023. Full details below: https://alpineclubtoronto.ca/bonecho/

September 9, 2023News by Kevin Liu

Save The Date! Annual General Meeting – 5:30 pm Nov 11 @ The Pilot

We’ll be holding our Annual General Meeting on November 11th at The Pilot! This year, we are excited to have Bronwyn Hodgins as our guest speaker. Bronwyn is a professional climber and ACMG Rock Guide based in Squamish, BC. From 13d sport and trad, to big wall first ascents in Greenland and Baffin Island, to becoming the first Canadian woman to free climb El Capitan in Yosemite, Bronwyn’s passion and ambitious goals have taken her around the globe. She has also starred in, filmed and/or co-directed short adventure documentaries, some of which are currently touring in mountain film festivals internationally. […]

June 27, 2023News by Kevin Liu

News: OAC Letter Campaign for Climbing in Ontario Parks

Coming off the recent events at Devil’s Glen Provincial Park, Ontario Alliance of Climbers (OAC) has launched a letter writing campaign in an effort to make our voice heard. In support of climbing access in Ontario, please take 5 minutes to write a letter to government officials and spread word of this campaign to others. It cannot be stressed enough that the climbing community in Ontario (and beyond) take advantage of this opportunity. A pre-drafted letter is made available which can be edited to your liking. Campaign participants are eligible for raffle prizes organized by the OAC. More details can […]

May 30, 2023News by Kevin Liu

Climbing: PSA @ Devil’s Glen – 2023

There have been some further developments for climbing at Devil’s Glen which have been on the radar for the past year. Once again, Ontario Alliance of Climbers has been monitoring and updating the community on the situation. As it stands, there are signs indicating areas of no rock climbing (within the park). Full details can be found by OAC’s news on the matter. Anyone interested in participating in the discussion, we are encouraging you to do the following: Many thanks go to OAC on their effort and time addressing climbing at Devil’s Glen.

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