Skiing on Paul Ridge in Garibaldi Park near Squamish

Winter Trip Building Party & Orientation Session for Event Coordinators 5:30 precisely Hot Pizza & Bevereges served. 6:00 Workshop … consisting of the following brief presentations by club volunteer leaaders starts. 1 Overview / Guidelines for Trip Organizers – briefing based on our guidelines. Download & bring a copy. Guidelines for Trip Coordinators …….(10 min) […]

The goal of this event is to prepare skiers with no backcountry experience to go on beginner friendly backcountry ski-trips. The rough plan of the day is skin up to Brockton point, do a few things as time permits, and then ski back down to the parking lot. Topics we may cover include: How touring […]

Presentation on the 5 Ws of Ski-touring: Why Where to go skiing What gear do you need How to learn Who to go with Plus how to do it safely!

This training will focus on the basic knowledge and skills necessary for travel on ski’s in the backcountry. Topics that will be covered include equipment usage, trip planning, navigation, route finding, basic avalanche knowledge, etc. Note that this training is no substitute for proper avalanche training such as AST 1. The training will be based […]