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Trips, Mountain Conditions, Gear

Volcano Skiing in Chile

Volcano skiing in Chile is a must do for those who like to travel and ski. The Chilean volcano circuit is an incredible experience if you like big days and ski mountaineering. If you’re coming from the northern hemisphere early fall is a…

Kootenay Gravel Biking

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Kootenay gravel biking is an excellent way to explore the Kootenays. There are countless kilometers of roads to ride that nearly devoid of vehicle traffic. Basing out of Slocan at our guest cabin is an excellent place for a…

Lemon Creek Gravel Ride

gravel biking

The Lemon Creek Gravel ride is an excellent circuit that you can do from our lakeside accommodations in Slocan. The variation discussed in this blog will take you past the Six Mile Lakes, down to Nelson, along the Kootenay River and back up…

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How to pack for backcountry ski mountaineering

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How to pack for backcountry ski mountaineering: Spring ski mountaineering is one of the best parts of backcountry skiing. The days are long and the snowpack has had a chance to warm up and settle, which allow backcountry skiers to explore…

The Icefall Traverse

Skiing, Uncategorized

By Conor Hurley ACMG ski guide Arctos Guides Director/Lead Guide The Icefall Traverse is one of the only hut to hut traverses in Canada. It starts via helicopter out of Donald, BC and finishes at the Rostrum cabin or Icefall Brook with…

BC Backcountry Lodge Review

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A candid BC Backcountry Ski Touring lodge review. Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of working at numerous backcountry ski touring lodges in British Columbia. This BC backcountry lodge review aims to give you an idea of the terrain,…

Backcountry Ski Lofoten

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Backcountry Ski Lofoten The Fiskund takes skiers through the fjords to explore the Lofoten Mountains. Imagine a place where an archipelago of glacially chiseled islands protrude into the aqua marine waters of the North Atlantic.…

Castor Peak Ski Tour

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Castor Peak Ski Tour We routinely do the Castor Peak ski tour as part of our Golden Backcountry Camps Climbing Castor Peak above Saphire Col, Rogers Pass, Glacier National Park, BC From the Asulkan Parking lot, its approximately…

Cathedral Peak Ski Tour

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Ski Mountaineering in the Canadian Rockies The Cathedral Peak ski tour is a great objective on our Golden Backcountry Ski Camps Looking down the Ascent Couloir Cathedral Peak is a classic Canadian Rockies Ski and Splitboard Objective A…

Arctos Magazine

Trips, Mountain Conditions, Gear

Volcano Skiing in Chile

Kootenay Gravel Biking

Lemon Creek Gravel Ride

How to pack for backcountry ski mountaineering

The Icefall Traverse

BC Backcountry Lodge Review

Backcountry Ski Lofoten

Castor Peak Ski Tour

Cathedral Peak Ski Tour

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