Canada Skiing
In the mountains of Alberta and British Columbia there are several lodges and huts that offer superb skiing. Some of these huts, such as those on the Wapta traverse, are accessible by foot; others require a helicopter. Here is a selection of photos and trip reports from, the huts on the Wapta Traverse, Mistaya Lodge, Fairy Meadows, Battle Abbey, Sorcerer Lake Lodge, Olive Hut, Campbell Icefield Chalet, and Icefall Lodge.
The sport of "ski traversing" is also popular: one goes point-to-point with tents and heavy packs over glaciers and high passes. I have done eight such trips: the Rogers Pass to Bugaboos ski traverse (14 days, 1990), the Southern Cariboos ski traverse (partial, 10 days, 1992), an 8-day traverse in the Adamant Range to Fairy Meadows Hut (April 2001), an 8-day traverse in the Northern Selkirks to Sorcerer Lake Lodge (April-May 2002), a 9-day traverse on a small part of the Great Divide Ski Traverse (April 2003), a 9-day traverse from Snow Ocean to Battle Abbey on terrain that had not been traveled in this way before (April 2004), a 10-day traverse of the Jordan Range of the Monashees (April 2006), and a 9-day traverse of the Gold Range of the Monashees (March/April 2007).
Ski Traverses
The Gold Range of the Monashees (8 days; March-April 2007)
The Jordan Range of the Monashees (10 days; April 2006)
The Wrong Way to Battle Abbey (9 days; April 2004)
Mons to Mummery (9 days; April 2003)
Alchemists Traverse to Sorcerer Lodge (8 days; April-May 2002)
Fairy Meadows Ski Traverse (8 days; April 2001)
Wapta Traverse (7 days; April 1997)
Premier Range (Cariboos) Ski Traverse (10 days; April 1992)
Rogers Pass to Bugaboos (14 days; April 1990)
Huts and Lodges
Icefall Lodge (April 2007)
Campbell Icefield Chalet (February 2006)
Olive Hut (April 2005)
Stanley Mitchell Hut (April 2003)
Sorcerer Lake Lodge (May 2002)
Fairy Meadows Hut (April/May 2001)
Battle Abbey (8 days; March 1999 and March 2000)
Mistaya Lodge (8 days; April 1997)
Gear List
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