Little Sifton Traverse
Easy to moderate ski tour with a summit & 1500m ski descent.
Moderate Ski Touring
- Distance
- 10 km
- Ascent
- 1.4 km
- Descent
- 1.4 km
Whistler to Canmore - Ski Tour Canada's Highway 1
A ski tourer's dream roadtrip between 2 legendary Canadian mountain towns.
Ski Touring Moderate, Difficult, Severe
Also in British Columbia, Canada
Description
The Canadian Rockies have everything ski tourers look for - reliable and cold snow, huge terrain and easy access. All of these ski tours demonstrate those traits and each one can be done as a single day trip from a major road.
The route you'll drive to ski all of these doesn't follow Highway 1 all the way, but for much of the trip you will be on Canada's most famous road and it makes logistics pretty easy because you're never too far from accommodation and services. Despite this proximity to civilisation, the ski tours listed here all feel truly wild and encapsulate what Canadian ski touring is all about.
If you're lucky enough to have time not only to ski these lines but also to explore the Rockies further, check out these 2 hut to hut tours in the Yoho National Park.
Routes included
The Tupper Traverse
A mini-ski traverse including high alpine bowls, glaciers & a massive run down the Connaught avalanche slide path.
Moderate Ski Touring
- Distance
- 15 km
- Ascent
- 1.9 km
- Descent
- 2.1 km
Mount Pattison Northwest Face
Entry Level Steep Skiing
Severe Ski Touring
- Distance
- 13 km
- Ascent
- 1.4 km
- Descent
- 1.7 km
Aussie Couloir
The Ultra Classic Couloir of the Duffey
Severe Ski Touring
- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 1.8 km
- Descent
- 1.8 km
Mount Cheops North 5 Chute
Entry Level Steep Skiing
Difficult Ski Touring
- Distance
- 10 km
- Ascent
- 985 m
- Descent
- 990 m
Camp West
A Rogers Pass Classic! A 1250m descent down a big mountain slide path.
Difficult Ski Touring
- Distance
- 9.2 km
- Ascent
- 1.2 km
- Descent
- 1.2 km
French-Haig-Robertson Traverse
A long ski tour in Kananaskis across the French and Haig glaciers with mellow skiing.
Moderate Ski Touring
- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 1.2 km
- Descent
- 1.2 km
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