Event Category: Skiing

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    Once Cypress closes for the season (exact date TBD), it becomes a popular destination for evening backcountry skiing, offering easy access and stunning views of the city and Howe Sound. The plan is to skin up to Strachan (~500 m elevation gain), and for those interested, we’ll do a loop back down to the car […]

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    The spectacular Bow Yoho Traverse runs roughly north-east to south-west across the continental divide from Bow Lake to the Yoho Valley, crossing the Wapta, Yoho and Des Poilus icefields on the way. We take away a lot of the hard work and add a lot of fun to this classic Canadian Rockies hut to hut […]

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    Neve Traverse This Weekend Got a group of 2 doing a Neve Traverse in two days this weekend. Room for a couple more to join if anyone is interested.

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    The classic wapta traverse runs roughly north-south across the expanse of the Wapta and Waputik Icefields passing by four ACC huts along the way. This is the traditional route,  starting at Peyto Lake and continuing over the glaciated spine of the Rocky Mountain Divide and finishing at Great Divide Lodge below Sherbrooke Lake. For decades, […]

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    After-work (hopefully sunset) Brockton Point lap… Gotta do it before it all melts!! This event is intended as a social/uphill ski evening open to all. The plan is typically to go up to Brockton Point, maybe have a bit of a snack/drinks at the top if conditions allow and we’re lucky enough to get one […]