The Alaska Alpine Club "was formed to promote the exploration and enjoyment of Alaskan mountain areas - areas which are unrivaled."

Current club activities include organizing spring mountaineering trips, the winter gear swap, conducting a six week Intro to Ski Mountaineering Class, maintaining three alpine huts, maintaining local climbing crags, and participating in community events.

Past club activities include maintaining a climbing wall at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Student Recreation Center, publishing guides to local climbing areas, and lobbying the state government to prevent industrial development in local climbing spots (the famous Alaska Pipeline was originally routed through the granite crags northeast of Fairbanks).

Club meetings take place (probably on Wednesdays in 2013-14) every month  except January and summer months. Anybody is welcome to attend. The meetings often include slide shows.  See the calendar at right for date, time and venue.

The best way to hear about the correct time and venue of club meetings, slideshows and trips is to subscribe to the "Climb-L" e-mail list-serve.   https://lists.alaska.edu/mailman/listinfo/climb-l

Photo Gallery  updates:    -Silvertip: April 2014, by Wayne P. and Forrest W. Wayne just supplied us with a useful panorama of the Castner glacier and adjacent high peaks as taken from the top of Silvertip.                                      

NEWS: 

-Alaska Range Avalanche Conditions: EARAC Facebook page here.  Add your obs.

-Membership announcement:  Please join the AAC or renew!   The membership year goes by calendar year.  2016 form (with updated waiver) available on the membership page as a PDF.

-The 2016 Winter Gear Swap was a success.  Thanks to all the volunteers who helped out!  Jason and Nick did a great job organizing it.

-Post all ice climbing conditions reports on AlaskaIceClimbing.com forum (by area)

-new link:  49 Faces of Alaskan Adventure digital multimedia book project.

- Peter MacKeith grant:  A grant was awarded for the 2016 season to John Harley for a rock climbing and packrafting adventure in Little Switzerland,  Alaska Range.

      Video from 2013 grant recipient, Pete Dronkers, is here (large HD).

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ALTERNATE SITE ADDRESS: www.alaska-alpine-club.com