Baffin Island Couloirs : The World's Wildest Ski Trip

In this guidebook you'll find 6 lines, any of which would represent the highlight of a ski career. Even getting to the foot of the routes represents a significant challenge - any trip to Baffin involves flying to the tiny town of Clyde River, recruiting a local Inuit with a skidoo to drive you for 12 hours deep into the fjords, setting up a base camp and then surviving the cold and the polar bears for long enough to do some skiing. Even staying alive on Baffin Island is a challenge so climbing up and skiing down these couloirs is perhaps the greatest ski adventure in Canada.

For those of us without the skills, the determination and the courage to ski these lines, this list can at least serve as a bit of inspiration during the long summer months, and perhaps provide a goal to strive for over the course of a ski career. If you are in the elite group of skiers who might consider a trip to Baffin, consider this a starting point for your research and planning!