Just a few more weekends left in the Bon Echo season!

Sign up for a weekend at Bon Echo by contacting the custodian, from the following list:

• Sept. 21-22 — Rob Ramirez at rramdeta@gmail.com

• Sept. 28-29 — Dave Myles at davidlmyles@gmail.com

• Oct. 5-6 — Marshall Johnston at 416‐436‐8583 or mjohnston@freshbooks.com

• Oct. 12-14 (Thanksgiving weekend) — Bryan Thompson  at patrowski@hotmail.com or Kit Moore at(416) 469‐3567 or kitmoore@sympatico.ca

• Oct. 19-20 (docking out) — Bryan Thompson at patrowski@hotmail.com

June 4, 2019, 6 pm to 10 pm

Rock Oasis (388 Carlaw Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M4M 2T4)

Climb and Dine are great ways to socialize with other ACC members, or even have an opportunity to get out to the gym for a night of climbing and find climbing partners.  We will head to a nearby pub or restaurant after for more socializing. 

We will mostly be top roping, unless we can match two leaders. If you have never climbed at Rock Oasis, you will have to do a belay test before climbing.

We will meet at 6 pm at Rock Oasis and climb until 8 pm.

Cost: Entrance fee is $20 for non-members and $10 for members – its half price climbing night!  And, whatever you spend at the bar/restaurant.

Gear: Rock climbing shoes and harness, although they are available for rent at Rock Oasis.

To sign up please contact  Diana at diana.petramala01@gmail.com

Trip Classification: A 

All participants are required to read, understand and sign a colour copy of the standard club waiver https://alpineclubtoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ACCWaiver.pdf

Saturday, June 8, 2019

The Group will meet at 9:30 a.m. in the parking lot on Guelph Line and Colling Road

Mount Nemo is the largest Escarpment crag in the Toronto area with more than 200 sport and trad routes. This trip is for more experienced climbers as there is a top-roping ban at Nemo — clifftop anchors for top ropes are not allowed.  Climbers must lead the route from the ground up and then place their own gear on existing fixed anchors if the others want to top-rope it. Therefore,  several lead climbers will be needed.

Participation will be limited to 10 people, at the organizer’s discretion. All participants must be comfortable with lead belaying. Familiarity with cleaning anchors is recommended.

GEAR: Helmet (mandatory), harness, climbing shoes, belay device and locking carabiner, slings and locking carabiners, rope, quickdraws and any other personal items (e.g. lunch, water, clothing, etc).

Cost: $7.00 per person for park entrance fee.

TRIP LEADER: To sign up or get further details, contact Stanis Yu at stanis.yu@gmail.com or Gwen Nguyen at gwen.hnguyen@gmail.com.

TRIP CLASSIFICATION: B

You must read it before attending and sign a colour copy of it in ink upon arrival: https://alpineclubtoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ACCWaiver.pdf

Saturday, August 17, 2019
Metcalfe Rock,
We will meet in the Lower Parking Lot at 10:30 am. 

This will be a fun climbing day at Metcalfe Rock.  All climbing abilities are encouraged.  This is an excellent opportunity to get out with a great group of people, share climbing stories and hopefully conquer some new routes. Metcalfe Rock is one of several crags in the Beaver Valley area with splendid views, a short approach and a good number of moderate and difficult sport and trad routes. This trip will focus on sport climbing, therefore several sport lead climbers will be needed.

Maximum: 8 participants.

GEAR: Helmet (mandatory), harness, climbing shoes, belay device and locking carabiner, slings and locking carabiners, rope, quick draws and any other personal items (e.g. lunch, water, clothing, etc).

TRIP LEADER (s): Victoria Farmer,vichfarmer@gmail.com and Brenda Ferguson fergie_baf@hotmail.com

TRIP CLASSIFICATION: B 

You must read it before attending and sign a colour copy of it in ink upon arrival: https://alpineclubtoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ACCWaiver.pdf

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June 22-23, 2019

The Bon Echo 101 weekend has become a Toronto Section tradition. Climbers who have never been to Bon Echo for climbing are teamed up with experienced climbers to introduce them to this beautiful area. 

Bon Echo has a large number of trad routes (no sport routes) on a cliff rising out of the lake and only accessible by boat or canoe.

Because the cliff lies within a provincial park, there are rules that must be observed (mandatory helmets is one). Make yourself familiar with them at the section website: alpineclubtoronto.ca/bonecho/

It is strongly recommended that you plan to arrive on Friday evening for a 101 weekend. Contact Gavin Smith at gavin@gavinsmith.ca as early as possible to request a spot with a leader for 101, or by Thursday evening to let them know when you are arriving if you are not participating in 101.

You will be picked up at the public dock at the time you agree upon with Gavin.

All participants are required to read, understand and sign a colour copy of the standard club waiver https://alpineclubtoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ACCWaiver.pdf

We regret to be cancelling climbing at Bon Echo on the Victoria Day long weekend. However, the extreme flooding on the Mazinaw Lake this spring has cost us two crucial weeks in the renovation process. The hut is still a construction site and the large volunteer work party set for the May 11 weekend had to be moved back to the long weekend.

The flooding hobbled Smart’s Marina’s efforts to get its docks set up, so we couldn’t have our boat in the water as early as we were hoping to. This had a domino effect. The builder lost two weeks of construction time, so the hut does not have a working kitchen at the moment.

We are very close to finishing and hope to get our volunteers out on the long weekend to finish off the renovation. We hope to start the Bon Echo very soon – so stay tuned! We are also planning a big party on the June 1st weekend to celebrate the completion of the hut

If anyone is still interested in volunteering to help with the final push to get the hut ready, please contact David Henderson at henderson.david.ian@gmail.com or Geoff Schimmel at geoff.schimmel@gmail.com.

Thank you for your patience.