Who we are.
We are a non-profit organization, founded in 1958, to promote the exercise of skill and safety in the art and science of mountaineering.
Our 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.
Since its founding, the Mountaineering Club of Alaska has been promoting mountaineering, hiking, climbing and skiing and the preservation of the outdoors and wilderness.
Environment.
MCA is also active in promoting conservation, protecting the environment, helping with trail maintenance in our parks and recreation areas, and in helping to preserve some of the mountaineering history and place names of Alaska.
Meetings.
The MCA is based in Anchorage. We meet socially once a month at which climber presentations of activities (local, state and abroad) are shown. These meetings are open to the public. Check the Events Calendar for the latest details on club events.
Resources.
The MCA maintains the Vin Hoeman library, which is accessible at The Hoarding Marmot in Anchorage. The library contains a variety of mountaineering literature, books, guidebooks, scrapbooks of climbs and rescues in Alaska, and bound editions of all past club newsletters. This is an excellent source for research climbs done in the state.
Library.
The UAA Consortium Library houses the Grace and Vin Hoeman Collection in its third floor Archives Section, which is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. The Grace and Vin Hoeman Collection contains the Hoemans’ files of correspondence, photos, notes, maps, and excerpts from publications pertinent to mountaineering in Alaska and northwestern Canada.
Training.
The MCA also offers training events and sponsors several awards in recognition of contributions to mountaineering and the MCA.
Photos on this page:
Header: ”East Face of the Moose's Tooth, August 2013” by Ralph Baldwin