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The Alpine Club of Canada operates an extensive system of alpine club huts available to both members and non-members, primarily in the Canadian Rockies, providing rustic accommodation. For example: Abbot Pass Hut , built in 1922 (dismantled in 2022) sat at 2,925m on the Alberta-British Columbia border (51.36406,-116.290204) between Mount ...
The Conrad Kain hut is an alpine hut located in Bugaboo Provincial Park in British Columbia. The hut is maintained by the Alpine Club of Canada . Coordinates: 50°44′18″N 116°45′48″W / 50.73833°N 116.76333°W / 50.73833; -116.76333 NAD27 11U 516700 5620754
The hut is maintained by the Alpine Club of Canada and is the highest permanent structure in Canada. [1] It is named for hiker and adventurer Neil M. Colgan (1953–1979). The hut can accommodate 18 in the summer and 16 in the winter and is equipped with propane-powered lamps and a stovetop. [2] There is one outdoor drum toilet at the facility.
The hut was named after the alpinist Elizabeth Parker, one of the founding members of the Alpine Club of Canada.The log cabin style structures were built in 1912 (Wiwaxy Cabin) and 1919 (main hut). [2]
The hut was built by the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) in 1965 as a project proposed and largely overseen by noted author and alpinist William Lowell Putnam III who later became president of the American Alpine Club for several years and a long-term board member. In 1973 the hut was renovated and considerably enlarged - a project again largely ...
In 2003, BC Parks issued a request for proposals to convert the cabin to public use. The Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) was selected to expand its extensive alpine hut system, and began operating it in the summer of 2004. Elk Lakes Cabin in Winter
Alpine Canada represents coaches, officials, supporters and athletes, including the racers of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team, Canadian Ski Cross Team and the Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Team. Alpine Canada is also involved in promoting participation within Canada's four million recreational skiers. Alpine Canada celebrated 100 years of ski racing in ...
The hut was built with the generous assistance of Alpine Club of Canada volunteers, the Jim Haberl Fund, [2] and the Department of National Defense, 192 Airfield Engineering Flight in Abbotsford, BC. The hut is located in the Serratus-Dione col, about a 6-hour hike above Lake Lovely Water and the Tantalus Hut or a full 14 hours (usually done ...