Skiing trips

The sort of skiing were talking about here is free from crowded slopes, stuffy lodges, hot neon body suits, obnoxious ski school kids, and of course lifts. Just think of it as skiing the old fashioned way, before some lazy kook decided he needed a machine to get up the hill.

Some good areas for daytrips

• Diamond Head
• Mount Sproatt near Whistler
• Mount Rohr 1 or 2 days, off the Duffey Lake Road
• Cayoosh Mountain 1 or 2 days, off the Duffey Lake Road
• Needle Peak 1 or 2 days, at the Coquihalla summit
• Zoa Peak at the Coquihalla summit
• 3 Brothers Mountain in Manning Park
• Mt Harvey from Lion's Bay

Weekend trips

• Rainbow Mountain near Whistler
• Caspar Creek off the Duffey Lake Road
• Steep Creek off the Duffey lake Road
• Mount Baker 1 day ski ascent in Spring, weekend or longer mid winter
• Black Tusk

Huts

A lot of backcountry skiing in the coast range revolves around going to huts. Some good huts to visit for backcountry skiing are:

• Brian Waddington Hut in Phelix Creek
• Burton Hut at Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park
• Keith's Hut in Cerise Creek, Duffey Lake Road
• Wendy Thompson Hut in Marriot Basin, Duffey Lake Road
• Elfin Lakes Shelter at Diamond Head, Garibaldi Park
• Himmelsbach Hut at Russet Lake, Garibldi Park

Ski Traverses

Like most things in life, ski traverses come in large and small variations. Some can be done over a weekend, others may take a month or more.

• Garibaldi Neve Traverse usually takes 2-4 days.
• Spearhead Traverse usually takes 2-5 days.
• Ashlu - Elaho Divide Traverse usually 2-5 days
• Bridge - Lillooet Divide Traverse 4-7 days
• Shulaps Range

Trips to and traverses of big icefields are usually reserved for the spring, but sometimes undertaken mid winter. The following have been done by club members in recent years.

• Pemberton Icefield 1 week
• Waddington Icefield 2-3 weeks
• Lillooet Icefield 2 weeks
• Monarch Icefield 2 weeks
• Misty Icefield