{"id":8920,"date":"2021-11-14T12:31:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T19:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corehike.org\/?page_id=8920"},"modified":"2026-02-07T18:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T01:24:23","slug":"our-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/corehike.org\/?page_id=8920","title":{"rendered":"Our Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>CORE: A Hiking Club&#8230; and More<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Our Mission<\/strong><br \/>\nTo provide a welcoming cohesive organization within which adult members can participate in the responsible enjoyment of outdoor recreation, primarily hiking.\u00a0 Members participating in group activities shall be cooperative, safety-conscious and committed to group participation;\u00a0 originality, initiative and enthusiasm are appreciated and encouraged.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Outdoor Recreation Enthusiasts Society, or CORE for short, was started in 1999 as an outdoor recreational club with activities including cycling, hiking, scrambling, skiing, snowshoeing, social outings, and urban walks. We invite you to explore our many <a title=\"CORE Photo Album\" href=\"http:\/\/public.fotki.com\/corehike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photo albums<\/a> showing our club in action to see who we are, where we go, and what we do.<\/p>\n<p>We are a member of the Alberta Hiking Association (AHA) and a registered Society under the Alberta Societies Act.<\/p>\n<p>If you need information on becoming a member please visit the <a title=\"Joining\" href=\"https:\/\/corehike.org\/?page_id=6887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Join<\/strong><\/a> page for details and the application form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CORE: A Hiking Club&#8230; and More Our Mission To provide a welcoming cohesive organization within which adult members can participate in the responsible enjoyment of outdoor recreation, primarily hiking.\u00a0 Members participating in group activities shall be cooperative, safety-conscious and committed to group participation;\u00a0 originality, initiative and enthusiasm are appreciated and encouraged. Calgary Outdoor Recreation Enthusiasts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corehike.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corehike.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corehike.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corehike.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corehike.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8920"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/corehike.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10230,"href":"https:\/\/corehike.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8920\/revisions\/10230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corehike.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}