Welcome to the Alpine Club of Canada - Vancouver Island Section.

Founded in 1912, our Section offers a wide range of mountain-related activities, from local hikes to challenging climbs in the Vancouver Island mountains, Coast ranges, Rockies and beyond. These trips are all listed in our schedule, which is provided for up to six months and updated regularly. We also put on summer hiking/climbing camps and winter ski/snowshoe camps, and offer a number of subsidized mountain education courses and workshops, including ice axe handling, crevasse rescue, avalanche safety, and introductory mountaineering. We have a monthly newsletter, the Bushwhacker, and we put on monthly social events with slideshow presentations on mountain-related topics.

You don't have to be an experienced climber to join the club - all that's really required is a love of the mountains. If the mountains are an important part of your life, or you would like them to be, there's a place in the club for you!

Upcoming Events

June 14: Slideshow.  "A Pot-Pourri of Recent Trips" with multiple presenters. Swan Lake Nature Centre, doors open 7 pm.

For more information, see our Schedule and Evening Events pages.

For Your Interest

Congratulations to Rick and Phee Hudson - our Chair and Treasurer - for having been awarded the ACC's Don Forest Award for extraordinary service to the club.

ACCVI is now on Facebook!  Check out the ACCVI Facebook Group.