See the ACCVI Facebook page for registration.
A Week at the ACC Alpine Hostel, Canmore
August 1-8, 2026
The Area
Banff National Park and the Kananaskis area contain some of the most spectacular mountain regions in the Canadian Rockies. Both hikers and climbers will find a wealth of exhilarating hiking, scrambling, and climbing opportunities here, while experiencing the comfort and convenience of staying in a modern hostel with first-class facilities.
Accommodation
We will have the exclusive use of the ACC Alpine Hostel (also known as the ACC Clubhouse), which is unique among ACC accommodations in that it is a modern front-country drive-in hostel with extensive facilities, including flush toilets, showers and a spacious well-equipped kitchen with refrigerator, stove (with oven), pots, pans, plates, dishes and cutlery. There are also lounge areas and gas fireplaces in the building. For sleeping, there are several 3-6-bunk rooms with overall space for about 30 people (though we are planning for 25 so everyone would have a bit more room).
Transportation
You’ll be responsible for your own transportation to the Clubhouse but we’ll help with arranging car-pooling. Many people will probably reserve and catch the 6 or 7 AM ferry on Saturday, August 1, and drive up to Canmore in one day. Check-in is after 4 PM. It’s a ten-hour drive from Tsawwassen. On the following Saturday morning (August 8), we’ll leave to go back home. On the way there and back, you could also take the opportunity to visit Revelstoke and Yoho National Parks, Mount Assiniboine, Lake Louise, Lake O’Hara and the Columbia Icefields.
Meals
Participants will be organized into cooking groups, each providing an evening meal at the Clubhouse. Provision will be made for accommodating those who are vegetarian. People will need to take care of their own breakfasts, lunches, snacks and beverages.
Registration and Cost
Registration will be on a first-come-first-served basis, with the exception that initial registration will be limited to (1) ACC members of the Vancouver Island Section with addresses on Vancouver Island or adjacent Islands, or (2) non-local ACCVI members who have a history of service to the VI Section. Beyond this initial priority period of one month following opening of registration, all ACC members are welcome to apply to register. Members who are not currently VI Section members are required to take out a VI Section membership before registration can be completed.
The cost is $400. Instructions for registration are in the ACCVI Canmore Camp 2026 Information Guide. Registrants are required to confirm that they have read this Information Guide when they register.
We have adopted an online registration Google form, available via the Information Guide. This form will be accessible once registration is open at 12 noon Friday, March 6.
This is a wonderful opportunity to experience the magic of the Banff-area Rockies while staying with friends in the comfort of ACC’s Canmore Clubhouse.