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Ski Touring
Envision yourself floating down the mountain
slope in deep endless powder. As you scream in delight, the
light glints off the new snow crystals and you are in a magical winter
wonderland. Ski touring is all this and more! Alpine
bowls, high mountain glaciated terrain, and great tree skiing all
await you.
The
Rocky, Columbia, and Coast range Mountains of Western Canada are home
to arguably the best powder skiing in the world. Cool
temperatures and the general trend of the jet stream and associated
weather patterns, as well as the topography give unbelievable powder
skiing conditions. Add into that formula easy access, numerous
comfortable backcountry lodges and huts and you have yourself an
unbeatable destination for a ski touring trip. Weather it is day
tour, or a multi day commercial lodge based powder week, you will not
forget your experience.
Locations such as Rogers Pass, Bow Summit, Duffey Lakes, Kananaskis
Country, and many others offer excellent day touring possibilities
within close proximity to towns. As well, off piste skiing at
many of the ski resorts such as Whistler Blackcomb, Lake Louise,
Sunshine Village, Fernie and more round out the possibilities of day
trips.
Western
Canada has a very large number of commercial lodges that offer fully
catered ski weeks in comfortable lodges with delicious food.
Check the Trips page for upcoming trips
to these lodges.
Hut
based ski touring offers a different experience as well. Many
hut trips you would base out of a hut for a week of skiing accessing
it either by ski or by helicopter. As well there are several
trips that would enchain several huts to make more of a traverse with
skiing on route. Examples :Wapta Icefields, Spearhead Traverse.
Yet
another option for the wilderness enthusiast is a camp based ski
touring trip. Here you either ski out of a "base camp", or do a
traverse style trip moving camp as you go. With this the
possibilities are endless, as are the untracked runs that await you!
International ski touring possibilities also exist. Europe has
excellent hut based ski trips with beautiful huts and easy access.
Season-
January - May (Canada)
Check the
Trips Page for upcoming ski touring
trips, or some classic tour ideas |
