Hiking Groups
Alpine Club of Canada - Calgary Section (click for details)
With over 800 members, the Calgary section is one of the largest sections of the ACC.
The section offers mountaineering trips of all kinds, (backcountry
skiing, ice climbing, rock climbing, and alpine climbing). We also
subsidize weekend courses throughout the year covering the full range of
mountaineering skills. The Calgary section is very involved in regional
access and environment issues, primarily focussed on the Bow Valley,
the National Parks, and Kananaskis Country, and the section offers a
chance to meet other individuals with similar interests. To take advantage of the many outstanding activities and courses organized by Calgary Section volunteer committees, see here for more details.
Alpine Club of Canada - Rocky Mountain Section (click for details)
With the Canadian Rockies at their back door, members of the Rocky Mountain Section participate in a wide range of activities all year round. Whether it's hiking, scrambling, rock climbing, mountaineering, ice climbing, cross-country ski or ski touring, the Alpine Club of Canada's Rocky Mountain Section has it all !
The Section offers a wide range of day trips and week-long camps as well as introductory courses in backcountry travel and avalanche awareness.
The Section offers a wide range of day trips and week-long camps as well as introductory courses in backcountry travel and avalanche awareness.
Calgary Outdoor Club (click for details)
Free to join, and open to any adult in Canada, the COC brings people together in a fun, friendly and inviting atmosphere. We strive to offer a variety of events, with some things geared for beginners, some more challenging things, and lots of 'somewhere in the middle' stuff. And, we attempt to keep events as low-cost as possible. A majority of our events take place in the Calgary area, but occasionally we visit our neighboring provinces or travel further away from home.
Each month we have regular outdoor activities such as hiking, camping, biking, inline skating and canoeing (summer) and skiing, boarding, cross-country skiing and snow shoeing (winter), as well as social events, and "special" events such as white water rafting, caving, and dog sled tours.
Each month we have regular outdoor activities such as hiking, camping, biking, inline skating and canoeing (summer) and skiing, boarding, cross-country skiing and snow shoeing (winter), as well as social events, and "special" events such as white water rafting, caving, and dog sled tours.
Calgary Outdoor Recreation Enthusiasts (click for details)
CORE is a Calgary-based hiking club created in 1999. We are a smaller club of very active members of varying ages. New members have often commented on how welcome they felt when coming out for first events. Our primary activities are day hikes. Check out our past events calendar to see some of the hikes we have done. We also have a very active contingent of scramblers. Check them out here.
Another unique club activity are the urban walks. A great way to get exercise mid-week. Many of us have discovered parts of our city we never knew existed.
Hiking is our primary activity, but we also have active participation in skiing (cross-country and downhill), snowshoeing, backpacking, camping, cycling, and canoeing. We also hold social events with dinner or movie nights, picnics and barbeques, as well as other group social activities and outings. Trip and event planning is an ongoing process and we welcome and encourage members to get involved by suggesting and/or coordinating activities. We feel the more involved members are, the more fun it is !!!
Another unique club activity are the urban walks. A great way to get exercise mid-week. Many of us have discovered parts of our city we never knew existed.
Hiking is our primary activity, but we also have active participation in skiing (cross-country and downhill), snowshoeing, backpacking, camping, cycling, and canoeing. We also hold social events with dinner or movie nights, picnics and barbeques, as well as other group social activities and outings. Trip and event planning is an ongoing process and we welcome and encourage members to get involved by suggesting and/or coordinating activities. We feel the more involved members are, the more fun it is !!!
Calgary Outdoor Nuts (click for details)
We are a group of generation -Y (18-35) outdoor enthusiasts who share the same interests and are always willing to go out and do stuff together. This group is a open to anyone who wants to get outdoors more while making a great group of friends in a drama free environment. We also participate in many social activities back in the city.
This is a Calgary based group dedicated to hiking, scrambling, rock climbing, camping, backpacking, cycling, caving, mountaineering, snowshoeing, skiing (cross-country, downhill and backcountry) and snowboarding. Our actvity list will expand when new members join and bring their experience to the group. You don't have to know anything to join the group, but you must be willing to learn.
This is a Calgary based group dedicated to hiking, scrambling, rock climbing, camping, backpacking, cycling, caving, mountaineering, snowshoeing, skiing (cross-country, downhill and backcountry) and snowboarding. Our actvity list will expand when new members join and bring their experience to the group. You don't have to know anything to join the group, but you must be willing to learn.
Calgary Scrambling and Mountaineering Club (click for details)
We are a diverse, friendly and inviting group of individuals that span a
wide range of ages; education; vocations; political, religious and
cultural backgrounds. But we share one thing in common. Our love, nay
passion, for the mountains! Calgary is our base of operations and the
Canadian Rockies is our playground. By using various combinations of our
feet and hands we ascend these mountain summits and ridges and are
rewarded with some of the finest views and scenery on the planet.
The focus of club events is on those activities and trips whose intent is to reach a mountain ridge or summit or is about learning and developing skills needed for such attempts. These activities range from Easy Scrambles to full on Mountaineering trips and expeditions. This includes such things as scrambling, climbing (sport and trad), alpinism, ice climbing, ski touring/ascents and other general mountaineering activities.
The focus of club events is on those activities and trips whose intent is to reach a mountain ridge or summit or is about learning and developing skills needed for such attempts. These activities range from Easy Scrambles to full on Mountaineering trips and expeditions. This includes such things as scrambling, climbing (sport and trad), alpinism, ice climbing, ski touring/ascents and other general mountaineering activities.
Foothills Wanderers Orienteering Club (click for details)
Foothills Wanderers Orienteering Club is an active club of several hundred members in southern Alberta. We organise several programs of orienteering throughout the year. The club has been orienteering in the Calgary area for over 30 years.
Junior Forest Wardens (click for details)
Junior Forest Wardens is an exciting and educational opportunity for young people and their families to have fun, develop skills, and get educated in the many and diverse aspects of our natural environment. The Junior Forest Wardens have built their programs foundation using the four components of: Forestry – Ecology – Outdoor Skills – Leadership