Back in the Rockies

by Dave McCormick

I managed to arrange a trip to Calgary to coincide with the ACC's Board Meeting on May 1 & 2. Since I moved to the Koots and handed over the Board Rep position, I hadn't managed to attend an ACC meeting in Canmore in over 2 years.

The main purpose of the trip was to have a planning discussion with the ACC's maintenance people about the upcoming Hut maintenance projects and what they would need for volunteer help. Members and others should know that the ACC has quite a number of volunteers who help out on various alpine hut maintenance projects each season. If you haven't ever been involved in this way, you might want to consider it. Past projects have involved complete hut rebuilds to log replacements to painting, roof repairs, interior makeovers, exterior painting, and so on. The Club provides the food and refreshments and often a helicopter ride in to the worksite. All of this and the opportunity to spend a few days working with other interested, talented volunteers and staff makes the personal effort very worthwhile.

I also have to point out the snow that was still plastering most of the mountains around Canmore. In the photo above you will see snow on Yamnuska almost down to the parking lot. It was still a ways away from spring here. Some of my old favourites like Heart Mtn, Baldy, Yam, the 3 Sisters and Rundle had more snow than there was at times during the winter.

I also sat in on part of the Board meeting just to catch up on what's been happening recently. We expect a report on the meeting highlights shortly. All in all, it was a good trip back out to the Rockies and I actually felt a bit of nostalgia seeing all the old, familiar "hills". It was good to visit with friends and catch up on the news and I hope it won't be as long until the next time.