Conservation & Advocacy

Links

Notice: These links are provided for your information only and its inclusion is not an indication of AAC endorsement nor approval. These links will open a new browser:

Avalanche & Weather Reports

Avalanche.org
Canadian Avalanche Centre
Cyberspace Snow & Avalanche Center
WeatherNet

Climber's Forums

SuperTopo.com Climber's Forum

Climbing News & Publications

Everest News
Expedition News
Mountain Zone.com
Outside Online
Rock and Ice Magazine
The Bouldering Domain

General Information

Banff Centre for Mountain Culture
Climbing Blind
Great Outdoors Resource Page (GORP)
Mountain Forum
The Mountain Institute
The Outdoor Network
Wildernet.com

International Club Websites

Alpine Association of Slovenia
Alpine Club of Canada
Austrian Alpine Club
Belgian Alpine Club
British Mountaineering Council
Croatian Mountaineering Association
Czech Mountaineering Federation
Danish Mountain Club
Federation of French Alpine Clubs
French Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing
German Alpine Club
Himalayan Explorers Club
Himalayan Rescue Association
Hong Kong Mountaineering Union, China
Hungarian Mountaineering and Sports Climbing Association
Icelandic Alpine Club
Indian Mountaineering Federation
Italian Alpine Club
Japanese Alpine Club
Mountain Club of Kenya
Mountain Club of South Africa
Mountaineering Council of Ireland
Mountaineering Federation of Andorra
Nepal Mountaineering Association
New Zealand Alpine Club
Polish Mountaineering Association
Scottish Mountaineering Club
Slovak Alpinist Union
South American Explorers Club
Swiss Alpine Club
The Alpine Club
The Explorers Club
UIAA

Ice & Rock Conditions

Himalayan Index
Irish Climbing Online
NEClimbs.com
New England Ice Conditions
New Hampshire Climbing Web Page

International Travel — Heath & Consular Info

Australian Climbing
High Altitude Medicine Guide
Nepal Immunizations
USA: Centers for Disease Control (CDC) — Travel Health Page
USA: State Department — Consular Information Page

Non-Profit Organizations

American Safe Climbing Association
Central Asia Institute
Climbing For Life
Mondamin
SHIVA Charity
The dZi Foundation

Land Management, Parks, and Government Agencies

Bureau of Land Management
Centers for Disease Control
Forest Service
National Park Service
Parks Canada
State Department

Research Links

Adventurestats.com
Adventure History.

Bivouac.com
Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia. Trip reports, photos, route descriptions, and GPS co-ordinates.

Climbing Dictionary
Learn basic climbing terminology from this web address.

Country Studies
Learn more about foreign countries from this link.

Everest
Current news about Everest expeditions and interesting facts about Everest are given on this site.

Himalayan Index
This site indexes the Alpine Journal, the American Alpine Journal, the Himalayan Journal and other journals and provides bibliographic citations to mountains in the Himalayas.

Library of Congress
Portals to the World contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world.

National Park Service
This internet site allows you to search by park name and gives contact information and an overview of U.S. national parks and monuments.

Peakware
Search for mountains all over the world in this mountain encyclopedia. Obtain a brief fact sheet and links to expedition reports. This site also features tables of highest mountains and other mountain facts.

Rating and Grading Systems
Check out this site for an explanation of climbing grades.

Science of Climbing
Read what the world's researchers have learned about the human body and climbing.

Travel Advisories
This U.S. State Department site gives information on international travel.

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine
Access 12 online volumes at no cost.

WildSnow.com - Backcountry Skiing
AAC author Louis Dawson's website has extensive information on the history of ski alpinism, including a frequently updated blog and detailed chronology.

USA National Climbing & Mountaineering Organizations

Access Fund
American Mountain Guides Association
Chicks With Picks
Leave No Trace
Mountain Rescue Association
Outdoor Industry Association
United States Mountain Guides Association
USA Climbing
Wilderness Medical Society
Wilderness Risk Managers Conference

USA Regional Climbing & Mountaineering Organizations

Action Committee for Eldorado
Carolina Climbers
Chicago Mountaineering Club
Climb NYC
Climbing Central
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative
Colorado Mountain Club
Friends Of Pinnacles
Mountaineering Section of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
Ptarmigans
Ragged Mountain
Smith Rock
The Mazamas
The Mountaineers