Welcome to the Alaska Alpine Club

The Alaska Alpine Club was formed in 1952 to promote the exploration and enjoyment of Alaska's mountain areas.  Current club activities include organizing spring mountaineering trips, the winter gear swap, conducting a six week Introduction 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 limestone crags northeast of Fairbanks).

Club meetings take place every semester. All are welcome to attend meetings, which are frequently slideshows from member's trips.  See the calendar for date, time and venue.

If you are looking for the Alaskan Alpine Club website, you should look here. But, if you don’t explore this site first, you will miss out on some unique ideas and viewpoints.

Ski Mountaineering Course

Registration for the 2024 Ski Mountaineering Course is open now! Register here.

The Alaska Alpine Club Introduction to Ski Mountaineering Course is held in the spring, with registration opening in December. The course is designed to introduce students to safe methods of traveling and ascending in and on Alaskan mountains and glaciers. This 7-week course is taught twice a week, with class lectures in the evening and field clinics on Saturdays. Please visit the “About” tab for more information.

Descent Content Submission

Descent is a newsletter of the Alaska Alpine Club. We are excited to revive Descent for the 2nd year, and are looking for various sorts of submissions from you, our local alpinist community! Content we plan to highlight in this year’s edition includes:

Trip Reports, Trip Reports + Photos, Stand Alone Photography, Poetry/Written Word Media, Artwork (drawings, paintings, etc), Recipes, Gear Reviews (Favorites/Worst/Suggestions), Cover Contest Submissions, anything else we find entertaining enough to include.

3-5 submissions from each category will be chosen. Submissions should be current, from 2022-2023. Must be a member to submit.

Descent Content Submission Link: https://forms.gle/sQ8iwTAoUEVDzbUf6

Descent Team + cover contest

Are you an alpinist? Do you enjoy working on creative projects? Want to get involved in a unique way with the club? Submit to Descent!

Cover Contest: https://forms.gle/sQ8iwTAoUEVDzbUf6

Descent 2023 is in need of a locally designed cover! Submissions should include the title, ‘Descent.’ Must be a member to submit.

AAC Executive Board 2023-2024

Results are in and this year’s club leadership has been elected! The 2022-2023 AAC Executive Board is;

President: Torin Hooge

Vice President: Hazel Probst

Treasurer: Alanna Greenwell

Secretary: Simeon Ramirez

Social Media Manager: Aria Workman

Events Coordinator: Dylan Low

For more information or questions about club officers, check out our AAC Executives page under the ‘About’ tab and click on ‘Executive Board.’

Find the AAC on the Web

The Alaska Alpine Club can be found on SquareSpace, Google Group, Facebook and Instagram. To stay updated on all club updates and events, join our new Google Group at the link below and follow us on Facebook and Instagram. If you have previously been subscribed to our email listserv, join the Google Group below! The previous email listserv has finally phased out and stopped being supported by UAF student organizations.

Website: http://www.alaskaalpineclub.com/

Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/aac-newsletter

Instagram: @alaska.alpine.club

Facebook: @AAC.UAF