7-Day Kootenays Ski Touring with Avalanche Training, BC
Follow IFMGA certified guide Brent for a week-long ski touring adventure in the Kootenays of British Columbia, Canada that also includes an avalanche skills course.
Group
Rockies
7 Days
Jan, Dec
High
Intermediate
Highlights
- Spend a full week skiing on the isolated slopes in the Kootenays.
- Marvel at the beauty and vastness of the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia.
- Spend time learning about avalanche skills during the AST2 course.
Description
For a full week, I would like to guide you on a ski touring adventure in the stunning Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada.
Enjoy a unique ski touring week in the Kootenays and refresh your avalanche rescue skills as you combine exhilarating exploration and runs during the day and classroom adventures when the day is done.
This 7-day adventure is the perfect getaway for enthusiastic skiers that want a full nature immersion and ski touring adventure. Furthermore, it includes an AST2 avalanche skills training course. The AST2 course will cover a lot of important topics. Those topics will prove helpful not only during this trip but in future skiing adventures you may have. The course will take place during the mornings and evenings. Thus giving you the afternoons to enjoy the slopes and spectacular terrain!
In order to participate in this trip, you should have prior ski touring experience. You should also be AST1 trained and be in good physical condition.
Ski touring in the Canadian Rockies is unforgettable, not just for the skiing, but for the tremendous views. If you would like to enjoy this week-long adventure that also includes the AST2 avalanche course, just send me a request.
I also lead a shorter, 4-day ski touring trip that also includes the same avalanche training course at the beautiful Talus lodge.
Price includes
- Accommodation included
- Guiding fee
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Transport during the trip
Price details
- 7 nights accommodation at Kokanee Lodge, 6 guided days with ACMG guides, 7 breakfasts, 7 Lunches, and 5 Dinner (No dinner on arrival day, one night we will eat out in Nelson).
Meeting point
About the guide
Brent
4.8
(28)
Mountain Guide
Based in Canmore, Alberta, I am an IFMGA- and ACMG-certified mountain guide. I also serve in the Canadian Armed Forces and am a founding partner of the Outward Bound Veterans Program.
My mission is for you to learn the skills to be competent and independent in the backcountry. I will break down complex skill sets into individual building blocks for you to learn progressively and confidently. After learning the skills, you will get to practice them in the backcountry with my guidance or that of one of the ACMG-certified guides in my team.
Languages
English
Certificates
ACMG
What people are saying about Brent
Tim
Brent guided us on an 8 pitch adventure and three single pitch climbs, all of which he'd bolted himself, accommodating our preferences of leading vs top roping. We learnt a lot of new skills as this was our first experience of multi-pitch. None of this was too hard, but he pointed out a couple of areas of much harder climbing. Brent is a great person to contact if you are travelling to Exshaw/Canmore. He's bolted a lot of the routes, is building a via ferrata and has lots of outdoor equipment available to hire.
Iris
Jeff was an amazing climbing guide and covered a lot of multi-pitch climbing in a day. I’ve learned everything I needed to do multi-pitch i.e. all the gotchas and safety and now I feel confident doing all of that autonomously. It was just a day but managed to cover all the basics and even do a climb as lead and follower in a very nice crag. Will definitely get their help again when I’m back in Canada with friends. Thanks again!
Joanne
We had an amazing time with Brent and it was the highlight of our trip. It was perfectly suited for us and a great way for us to try multi-pitch climbing. Brent was very knowledgeable and we felt that we were in safe hands the whole time. We would definitely do this again if we were in Canmore again.
Daniel
Jeff was such an amazing guide! Very easy to talk to, learn from, and adventure with. He really made our climbing adventure so great! He was also very experienced and knowledgeable, so our safety (and fun) was never a concern.
Emily
Jeff McKeough from PeakStratagem was our guide for a full day of climbing. He was excellent - very professional, friendly and enthusiastic. Thanks so much Jeff, we had a super fun day out on Chocolate Frog!
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