Welcome to the CSMC!

The Canadian Scrambling and Mountaineering Company (not-for-profit) was born in 2017 from the Calgary Scrambling and Mountaineering Club which was established in 2008 and has grown into a group of hundreds of like-minded members whose backyard is the Rocky Mountains around Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 

Come join us!

STEP 1 – Annual CSMC Membership

Click here to Purchase a Membership

*NOTE: You do NOT need to pay Meetup anything to join our club. CSMC membership is separate to Meetup!

STEP 2 – Annual Waiver

STEP 3 – Activities and Events

We use Meetup to plan group trips. Note that you do NOT have to pay for an extra Meetup membership (Meetup marketing will try to push it on you, but just decline).

Check out our newsletter to see what we've done in the past. All Meetup events will say “full" – that's just so trip leaders can review membership status and waivers first. Go ahead and sign up even if it says full, and once reviewed you'll be moved to the going list.

See upcoming events at https://www.meetup.com/Canadian-Scrambling-and-Mountaineering-Company

STEP 4 – Become a Trip Leader

Once you've joined the CSMC for a few trips and are having fun learning mountain skills and meeting other like-minded people consider giving back by becoming a volunteer CSMC Trip Leader.

Talk to any existing Board Member or Trip Leader to learn more.

The Vertical 

CSMC's newsletter.

• • • Download CSMC The Vertical – FallWinter 2025
    • Download CSMC The Vertical – FallWinter 2024
    • Download CSMC The Vertical – SpringSummer 2024

1. First, go to Meetup.com and create a user profile. When you send us your membership fee please include your Meetup user profile name.
2. Then, go to the CSMC Meetup page and become a member of our group.
3. After that, return here to pay your annual member dues via Email Interac using instructions below.

CSMC Annual Membership Dues

• • • Single $40.00
    • Couple $60.00
    • Family $80.00
    • Drop-in $17.00

  • Send your Annual Membership amount by Email Interac to csmc.now@gmail.com 

  • • Include your full name, Meetup profile name, and indicate it's for membership. Couples and Family memberships put all names in the Email Interac message.

    • • NOTE: Membership is for 12 months from payment

        If you have any questions on membership administration, such as payment, expiry dates, etc., please contact us.

Annual Waiver

To join our events you need to sign our online waiver.

This reduces risk to the club and members.

Sign the CSMC Waiver (Annual)

Upcoming Activities and Events

We use Meetup to host our activities and events. 

Become a Trip Leader

The magic of the CSMC is that our members give back to the mountain community.

We have been built on past presidents, board members, trip leaders, and participants sharing their wealth of knowledge and experience to others in the club.

If this is you – thank you!

If you've benefited from this, consider giving back to the community.

Become a trip leader.

Offer a training session.

Show someone your passion for the outdoors.

Even if you are a specialist in one area of what the club does, your talents are valuable to new members and existing members alike.

Canadian Scrambling and Mountaineering Company

The Canadian Scrambling and Mountaineering Company (not-for-profit) was born in 2017 from the Calgary Scrambling and Mountaineering Club which was established in 2008 and has grown into a group of hundreds of like-minded members whose backyard is the Rocky Mountains around Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

We are passionate about playing in the mountains, enjoy the benefits they offer and help others experience the same.

So, if you are new to this world of vertical adventure, an experienced mountaineer willing to share your experience or just looking for like minded individuals to play with, then please come in, make yourself comfortable and start spending time with some of the finest people on the planet!

Download the latest CSMC 2026-04-15 Meeting Minutes 

CSMC Board 

CSMC Trip Leaders

What Are Members Say

Resources

A few resources for exploring the mountains.

Weather and Conditions

• Avalanche Canada – Forecast
• Mountain Conditions Reports [MCR]
• Meteoblue – multi model weather site
• SpotWX
• Mountain-Forecast
• Environment Canada
• Parks Canada Mountain Safety – Updates on Facebook

Avalanche Safety

• TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR STAYING ALIVE IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN by Bruce Tremper

Snow Safety

• Snow Skills Training – Intro
• Snow Skills Training – Advanced

Instructional Videos

• Avalanche Canada – Know Before You Go
• Avalanche Canada – Bulletin Tutorial
• Avalanche Canada – Throttle Decision series Chapter 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
• Association of Canadian Mountain Guides (ACMG) – videos
• ACMG – Top Rope Belaying
• ACMG – Single Rappel
• ACMG – Avalanche Safety for Ice Climbers
• CSMC – Crevasse Rescue CDN Drop Loop 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Trip Reports and GPX Routes

• Explor8ion – personal site with scrambling trip reports and GPX
• Bob Spirko – personal site with scrambling trip reports and GPX
• Peakery – a peak bagging social media site
• Backcountry Ski Canada – info on ski routes

Courses

• Weather (PDF)

Contact Us

The Canadian Scrambling and Mountaineering Company (not-for-profit) is located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

info@mycsmc.ca