A Guide to Ski Touring in the Lower Coast Range

Introduction

• Preface
• Ski Touring in the Southern B.C. Coast Ranges
• Access

Information

• Winter Safety
• Avalanche safety
• Waxing
• Navigation
• Snow Shelters
• Gear Lists

Trips by Difficulty

Novice

• Cheakamus Lake
• Callaghan Lake

Beginner

• Loch Lomond
• Alice Ridge
• Diamond Head
• Brohm Ridge
• Brew Hut
• Black Tusk Microwave Road
• Telemagique Ridge
• Beverley Creek

Intermediate

• Omer lakes
• Sphinx Bay (Burton Hut)
• Black Tusk Meadows
• Singing Pass (Via Trail), Singing Pass (Via Lift)
• Powder-Cap Traverse
• Helm Creek
• Cloudburst Mountain (south side)
• Brandywine Mountain
• Mount Sproatt
• Tenquille Lake
• McGillivray Pass
• Lizzie Lake
• Frosty Mountain
• Puma Peak

Advanced

• Mamquam Mountain
• Mount Sedgwick
• Garibaldi Neve Traverse
• Spearhead Traverse
• Rethel Creek
• Metal Dome
• Rainbow Mountain
• Pemberton Ice Cap
• Overseer Mountain
• Ipsoot Mountain
• Gin Peak

Ski Route and Maps

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(A) Omer lakes & Loch Lomond
(B) Mount Sedgwick
(C) Mamquam
(D) Alice Ridge
(E) Diamond Head & Neve Traverse
(F) Brohm Ridge
(G) Sphinx Bay & Neve Traverse
(H) Black Tusk Meadows
(I) Helm Creek & Cheakamus Lake
(J) Singing Pass (Via Trail) & Singing Pass (Via Lift) & Spearhead Traverse
(K) Rethel Creek
(L) Cloudburst Mountain
(M) Brew Hut & Powder-Cap Traverse
(N) Brandywine Mountain & Metal Dome
(O) Powder-Cap Traverse
(P) Callaghan Lake, Telemagique Ridge & Powder-Cap Traverse
(Q) Rainbow Mountain, Beverley Creek, Puma Peak, Gin Peak & Mount Sproatt
(R) Pemberton Ice Cap
(S) Overseer
(T) Ipsoot Mountain
(U) Tenquille Lake
(V) McGillivray Pass
(W) Lizzie Lake
(X) Microwave Road
(NA) Frosty Mountain