94 The Mountaineer 
The main camp of the annual summer outing of 
the Alpine Club of Canada was pitched at Ver- 
milion Pass, 5300 feet above sea level. The camp 
lasted from July 31st to August 11th. 
Vermilion Pass is about seventeen miles west of Banff by railroad 
and eight miles from Castle Station—seven being by road and one by 
trail. There were about one hundred in camp on August Ist, all told 
there were one hundred and sixty-eight. The camp-fires and Sunday 
services are very similar in general character to those held by The 
Mountaineers. 
The Alpine Club 
of Canada 
It will be remembered that the Alpine Club of Canada requires its. 
applicants for membership to climb some mountain before being ac- 
cepted as members. This year there were fifty-three who qualified for 
membership. Applicants having accomplished the required climbs are 
referred to as being graduated, and the climbs are spoken of as being 
graduating climbs. These graduating climbs are very much like the 
“try-out” trips of The Mountaineers and constitute one of the main 
activities of the club at their main camp. In addition to these gradu- 
ating climbs a number of other trips were carried out. A trout fishing 
expedition was made to upper Vermilion Lake. The ascent of Mt. 
Whymper was made and a two-days’ trip to Prospectors’ Valley; a 
climb of Ten Peaks Valley and a three-days’ climb to Mt. Ball. 
The Alpine Club holds its annual meeting and election of officers 
during the progress of its annual outing. 
Among the guests were four members of the Appalachian Club. 
: The objects of the American Alpine Club are pri- 
The American marily scientific. No definite walks or outings are 
Alpine Club arranged. The by-laws state that the main pur- 
pose is the study of the high mountains of America and the publication 
of monographs of these mountains through the medium of their own 
publication, Alpina Americana. Monographs of a number of mountain 
subjects have already been published. The membership is composed 
largely of scientific men and experienced mountain climbers. The club 
has no definite headquarters, meetings being held in convenient cities 
on the Atlantic Coast. 
The Sierra Club held its summer outing of 1912 
Sierra Club in the Kern River Canyon, entering the Sierras 
Outing, 1912 from Springville and going eastward to Lloyd 
meadows through a beautiful grove of sequoias; thence in a northerly 
direction through the magnificent Kern Canyon to the junction of the 
Kern and Kern-Kaweah rivers. From the Kern Canyon a détour was 
made into Long Meadow, where the streams abound in golden trout. 
The Sierra Club as is their custom stocked several lakes and streams 
with small trout. From the junction of the Kern and Kern-Kaweah the 
party proceeded southeast to Crabtree Meadows, from which Mt. Whit- 
ney was climbed and then on over Army Pass (12,000 ft.) to Cotton- 
wood Lakes and on down Cottonwood Creek to the desert near Owens 
Lake. 
