Promoting and improving the exercise of skills and safety in the Art and Science of Mountaineering.
Since its founding, the MCA has been promoting mountaineering, hiking, climbing and skiing and the preservation of the outdoors and wilderness.
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.
Mountaineering School
MCA's Basic Mountaineering School teaches individuals the basics skills for travel in mountain environments.
Stay up to Date
Each year the MCA puts on multiple events, like the MCA Ice Climbing Festival, that are open to the community.
MCA Hut System
MCA huts offer safety and comfort in remote locations throughout the Chugach and Talkeetna Mountains.
William Hauser's classic account of a cornice fall on top of Byron Peak. Hauser described the drama as "the genuine indifference of natural forces and the Promethean qualities of man against the odds."
May 1967 Scree
Let’s meet up in real life to share in the beauty of the natural world.
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Photos on this page:
Header by Josh Pickle. Climber Matt Tucker.
Photo 2 by Egan Gleason. Climber Josh Pickle.
Photo 3 by Mike Meyers.
Photo 4 by Sherrie Soltis. Mike Meyers at Rosies’ Roost
The awesome photographs on this site were submitted to the club by members. Thank you! Please bear with us while we work on updating individual photo credits.