Canadian Society of Mountain Medicine at the Callaghan Lodge
Canadian Society of Mountain Medicine were with Altus Mountain Guides Crosby and Ross this week at the Callaghan Lodge. What a great place to spend the week with some top doctors for the completion of the Diploma In Mountain Medicine. All graduates of the winter program had already completed the summer module last September in…
Tantalus Range Skiing
Tantalus is an incredible coastal mountain range alive with rumbling glaciers and stunning alpine mountains all within an hour drive from Vancouver. The well-kept secret of the Tantalus is found in Tantalus Provincial Park just north of Squamish town site.
Multi-Pitch Rock Climbing
Squamish Multi-Pitch climbing is the best Canada has to offer! Angels’ Crest, Diedre, The Grand Wall, Squamish Buttress, Freeway, all 50 multi-pitch classics! If you’ve wanted to try any of these five star routes but haven’t had the chance, join us for a truly memorable climb! Altus Mountain Guides can take you on a memorable climb in Squamish. Squamish rock climbing is world class. Let the Guides at Altus Mountain Guides take you on a guided rock climbing trip in Squamish. Rock Guides at Altus Mountain Guides are all ACMG certified rock guides or full certified ACMG Alpine/Mountain Guides. With your personal experienced rock guide you are guarantied to have a rock climbing experience to remember. Your Rock guide will show you some of the many hidden and classic climbs that otherwise are unknown rock routes hidden in the forest. All Rock Guides working in Squamish for Altus Mountain Guides are experts at guiding rock climbing. Let us take you out on one of the many multi-pitch rock climbs Squamish has to offer!
Whistler Backcountry Skiing
Go Whistler Backcountry Skiing and you will experience what Whistler really has to offer. Regardless of your experience. If you want a rewarding ski experience during your stay in Whistler, give us a call. Backcountry skiing in Whistler / Blackcomb is second to none. Large rolling glaciers, steep faces, and untracked powder, this is the essence of Whistler skiing.
Angel’s Crest, 13 pitches, Squamish, Canada 5.10b
Route description: Angel’s Crest 5.10b 13 pitches, Squamish, Canada ANGLES CREST 13 pitches up a stunning arete, this rock climb is more like a mountain route than a rock climb. Angel’s Crest is a “must do” multi pitch rock climb for any rock climber that visits or lives in the Squamish area. Jam packed with interesting rock climbing…
Squamish Rock Climbing is in full swing
The last three weeks in Squamish have been blessed with sunny skies and temperatures more typical of summer than early spring. Climbs of all lengths and difficulties are getting done, from the boulders of the Grand Wall to the heights of the Angel’s Crest. With such an early start to the rock climbing season, this…
Rock Climbing Squamish Buttress. Squamish Rock Climbing season is here!
Rock Climbing Squamish Buttress. Squamish Rock Climbing season is here! Let Altus Mountain Guides local Squamish rock climbing guides show you and your friends the best areas and places to rock climb in Squamish. Sample the goods and follow our guides for a day to some of the many great single pitch rock climbing areas. No…
Whistler Backcountry Ski Touring
Here are some photos from this winter of our Ski Touring trips in the Backcountry near Whistler. What a winter! Link to Whistler Ski Touring: https://old.altusmountainguides.com/ski/backcountry-touring/whistler-3/ Whistler Backcountry Ski Touring. Go Whistler Backcountry Ski Touring and you will experience what Whistler really has to offer. Regardless of your experience, if you desire a more remote and rewarding ski…
2013 Squamish Mountain Festival July 11-15th
2013 Squamish Mountain Festival July 11-15th A Celebration of Climbing Culture July 19th, 2013 – 12:00am – July 21st, 2013 – 11:59pm When it comes to gravity-defying climbing, bouldering and huge mountain culture, no-where delivers it better than Squamish, British Columbia. The sixth-annual event, highlighting the world-famous climbing culture and all those who are on…
Squamish Rock Climbing Tick-List ~ Photos.
50 Classic Squamish Climbs – 50 Climbs
Squamish Climbing. Fifty multipitch routes found on the Squamish Chief. An excellent poster of these climbs can be found at http://50classicsquamishclimbs.com
Squamish Rock Climbing is world class! These are just some of the best routes Squamish has to offer.
What is Backcountry Skiing?
Do you have a craving to ski on ungroomed, all-natural snow in some of the most beautiful wilderness mountains' have to offer? If your answer is yes, then backcountry skiing can provide the adventure you're looking for.
Backcountry skiing generally occurs in sparsely populated areas outside designated ski resorts - truly making it an adventure. Human power is frequently the means of access and ascent, but some adventures may require helicopters and ski lifts may be used so long as the land accessed is backcountry.
Types of Backcountry Skiing
According to Wikipedia, backcountry skiing can include:
- Frontcountry: off-trail within ski area boundaries where ski lifts and emergency services are close at hand.
- Slackcountry: terrain outside of the ski area boundary that is accessed from a lift without having to use skins or bootpack. Usually this also includes area with access back to the lift as well. For purists, this could also include where people use a car as a shuttle.
- Sidecountry: terrain outside marked ski area boundaries yet accessible via ski lift. Typically sidecountry requires the skier to hike, skin, or climb within ski area boundaries to reach or return from the sidecountry area, or both.
- Backcountry: skiing in remote areas not within ski area boundaries. Ski patrol, marked ski runs, grooming, snowmaking, and ski lifts are absent.
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