About Us

ACC Yukon has been the territory’s premier alpine recreation club since 2011. We deliver volunteer and guide-led programming for rock & ice climbing, mountaineering, backcountry touring and hiking.

Our core programming includes

Backcountry Intro to Touring (BIT)

An introductory level course to teach the fundamental skills to enjoy our world class skiing & splitboarding.

Social Climbing Nights

Every Wednesday in the Summer at local Whitehorse crags.

Mountaineering

Clinics and Courses on the various skills to safely bag glaciated peaks in the territory.

Ice Towers and Wild Ice

Regular sessions in the winter at the Equinox Ice Towers at Sima and regular trips to real ice crags.

Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival

Two evenings of amazing, hand picked mountain films to get the community’s stoke up in the shoulder season!

Summer Rocks

Volunteer and guide-led instructional days to advance the rock climbing community’s skills.

Leadership

ACC Yukon is proud to be a local leader on a number of initiatives

Stewardship & Access

With the territory’s population growing rapidly and our unique land management landscape, we want to begin building respectful relationships with all land managers, particularly First Nations. It’s important that we as recreationists represent sustainable recreation and show land managers that our presence is value-added on the land. To this effect, ACC Yukon acts as a strong advocate for mountain recreationists in the territory.

Reconciliation

As part of our effort to build relationships with First Nations, we have begun offering First Nations specific programming. In Summer 2023, we obtained funding from Lotteries Yukon to provide climbing days for the Ta’an Kwach’an Youth Summer Camp, where we were able to show TKC youth how we connect with their beautiful territory in a sustainable manner.

We hope to provide more programming like this to any interested Yukon First Nation in the future.

Club Hut

With feedback from the Community Survey, the club is seeking to develop a backcountry hut for members and the public, to support human-powered recreation deeper into our beautiful wilderness. This initiative is early-stages and a committee has been formed to determine possible locations and barriers. Backcountry skiing, hiking, and mountaineering will be the main focus.

Trip Leader

Are you an experienced climber, hiker, or backcountry skier? If you are keen to share your knowledge and explore the Yukon with fellow club members get in contact with us. Whether is is helping to run our rock climbing Social Night on a Wednesday or planning a bigger expedition, get in contact with us for more information.