SUMMIT SHAKER 2024
Each year The Alpine Club of Canada and the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides come together to celebrate another year of mountain culture and adventure, and to gather our community to celebrate the work we do. Join us Saturday October 26, 2024!
The event will be held at Mt. Norquay – a party up on the hill. It’s the best place to celebrate mountain culture with people able to mingle inside and out, chat by the fire and have a great time celebrating our special community.
Tickets are $65 per person.
Ticket includes:
- Entrance fee to an awesome community event.
- Belly-filling dinner.
- A drink ticket for a tasty bevy.
- A free shuttle to-and-from the event. (be responsible!)
- Access to a night of games, presentations, and fireside chats.
- Awesome draw and auction prizes, including some event exclusive ones!
- A live band to dance to at a beautiful venue in the hills.
- A chance to hang out with all your mountain pals and community
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)New: Pay It Forward Ticket. In addition to your own ticket, we’ve provided an option for our guests to buy an additional ticket for one of the ACC’s or ACMG’s awesome volunteers. If you have the means to do so, your PIF Ticket will go to a deserving person who has given exceptional time to one of our organizations this past year. Thanks!
Tentative Schedule:
- 4:00pm – Doors open for the Patron Presentation and Mountain Guides Pinning Ceremony
- 4:30pm – Patron Presentation
- 5:00pm – Guides Pinning Ceremony
- 6:00pm – Doors and Cash Bar open for main event
- 6:00pm – Exclusive in-person auction opens
- 6:00pm – Games and partner exhibitions begin
- 6:30pm – Food stations open
- 6:30pm – Mini Presentations and fireside chats begin
- 9:00pm – Game prizes drawn
- 9:30pm – Live band and dancing
- 12:00am – Event concludes and last shuttle departs
Room Bookings
We’ve partnered with Banff Lodging Co. to offer discounted rates to Summit Shaker attendees. Guests will receive a 10% discount on a 1 or 2 night stay, or a 15% discount on 3 nights or more.
View the flyer for instructions on how to book.
Shuttle / Transportation
There will be a shuttle to and from Norquay. It will be between the train station in Banff (Roam Bus stop) to Norquay and back. Then once the Roam Bus stops working we will have a shuttle going to Canmore as well. You can park at the Norquay lot. You can leave a vehicle overnight but no sleeping in vehicles in the parking lot a it’s in the National Park and you need an overnight pass.
Shuttle schedule will be announced before the event.
Silent Auction
There will be an exclusive smaller Summit Bid Silent Auction for folks attending the Summit Shaker. Proceeds from this year’s Summit Bid will go to support the Simon Parboosingh Assistance Fund and ACC Sustainable Energy Projects at huts.
Stay tuned for more information on the online portion of the Summit Bid.
Entertainment!
ACC - Sustainable Energy Systems at Huts
The ACC has a multi-year, multi-project plan to update power sources at ACC Huts to renewable energy systems.
The systems built will vary by location but will include solar with battery banks, wind and micro-hydro.
ACMG - Simon Parboosingh Assistance Fund
This fund serves as a vital resource for ACMG members, staff, and volunteers, offering financial assistance during personal crises. It was established in memory of Simon Parboosingh, an aspiring alpine guide who tragically lost his life in 1994. The fund aims to continue Simon’s legacy by supporting our community during challenging times.
2024 Patron - Sylvia Forest
Sylvia Forest, this year’s Patron of the Mountain Guide’s Ball, was born to become one of a rare breed. Part of a family of wilderness adventurers, she began her career as a backcountry explorer at a young age, and by her early twenties had gained experience on many big mountains, including Mt. Aoraki (Cook), Mt. Robson, Mt. Kenya, and Mt. Denali (McKinley). Sylvia has climbed a number of major peaks in Canada, including the first female ascent of the East Ridge of Mt. Logan, as well as in Africa and South America (including Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere).
Her skills, knowledge, and natural aptitude led her into a career in the warden service at a time when women were only beginning to make inroads into this demanding profession.
Her real passion was for guiding and rescue, and in 2001 she became the fifth woman in Canada to achieve her full Mountain Guide Certification. In this capacity, she worked extensively in the heli-ski industry, guide certification, teaching avalanche courses both locally and internationally, and leadership courses—especially courses for women. She served for eight years on the ACMG Board of Directors: two as Interior Director; two as Vice-President; and four years as the ACMG’s second woman President. In her career, Sylvia has guided in Antarctica, Mexico, and Svalbard, taught industry level avalanche courses in Japan and Sweden, and been instrumental in many rescues, often in hazardous conditions.
Sylvia has been a member of both the Alpine Club of Canada and the Calgary Mountain Club since 1976—48 years!—and was the first President of the CMC, back in (about) 1980. In addition to guiding many camps for the ACC, this summer will see her twenty-fifth year serving as a guide for the ACC‘s General Mountaineering Camp.
Sylvia’s love for the mountains did not restrict her to just mountaineering. She has broad interests, and has enjoyed rock climbing, caving, and canoeing, and has spent many years exploring the mountains and eastern slopes on horseback. She makes her home on a small hobby farm near Golden, B.C., where she and her husband keep dogs, horses—and bees!
Throughout her life, Sylvia has been a strong contributor to both the ACC and the ACMG, and for this and her many accomplishments, we are proud to honour her as patron of the 2024 Summit Shaker.
New: Pay It Forward Ticket. In addition to your own ticket, we’ve provided an option for our guests to buy an additional ticket for one of the ACC’s or ACMG’s awesome volunteers. If you have the means to do so, your PIF Ticket will go to a deserving person who has given exceptional time to one of our organizations this past year. Thanks!
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