Mountaineering Club of Alaska

A Brocken spectre is the apparently enormous and magnified shadow of an observer, cast upon the upper surfaces of clouds opposite the sun.

Photo by Wayne Todd.

Stuart Parks and Brad Gessner ski from base camp, Wrangell Mountains.

Photo by Wayne Todd.

Bird Peak from Esbay Peak. Chugach State Park.

Photo by Wayne Todd.

Resurrection Bay Day Harbor from Peak 2316. Kenai Fjords National Park.

Photo by Wayne Todd.

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Welcome to the Mountaineering Club of Alaska

The Mountaineering Club of Alaska is a 501(c)(7) non-profit corporation, founded in 1958, whose mission is to maintain, promote and perpetuate the association of persons who are interested in promoting, sponsoring, improving, stimulating and contributing to the exercise of skill and safety in the Art and Science of Mountaineering.

MCA's Basic Mountaineering School teaches individuals the basics skills for travel in mountain environments. (Photo by Seth Weingarten.)

Each year the MCA puts on multiple events, like the MCA Ice Climbing Festival, that are open to the community. (Photo by Wayne Todd.)

MCA huts offer safety and comfort in remote locations throughout the Chugach and Talkeetna Mountains. (Photo by William Finley.)

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Many thanks to: Wayne Todd, Tim Silvers, Ross Noffsinger, Steve Gruhn, Carrie Wang, Billy Finley and many others who provided information, ideas and photos. And thanks to Willy Hersman who created, managed and hosted the first MCA website, without which this site's development would have been so much more difficult. Current website donated by Couloir Graphics.