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It is also the best place to purchase the Kullu Valley ski tourer's guidebook.

 

SKI TOURING INDIA'S KULLU VALLEY

  

 

The world's first and only skiing guidebook to the Himalaya, targets the Kullu Valley in northern India, in the mountains around Manali. It arrived at the end of 2003 after six years behind a keyboard and contains indispensable route information on a variety of brief day tours to complex multi-day expeditions on some of the most spectacular terrain imaginable.

 

An intriguing and comprehensive guide to a

beautiful part of the world.  

  - 'The Ski Mag' (winter 2003)

 

 

 


Campbell Spooner at alpinetouring.com

 

B.C.'s GRAND TRAVERSES

 

Week long, and multi-week long ski traverses through remote, glaciated terrain appears lunacy to many people. However, to some ski tourers the thought of crossing mountain ranges on skis is the highlight of the year, a grand adventure, with similar planning, commitment and drive required to a high altitude peak. Canada's province of British Columbia abounds in some of the greatest, most spectacular ski traverses on the planet. Here is a selection of some of the finest.

 

Northern Selkirk Traverse

10-18 Days

Rogers Pass to Mica Creek

A logical passage through the super rugged, snow-caked Nth Selkirks, with 2 awesome huts. The route passes through the Adamants and next to Mt Sir Sanford as well as many other icefields and deep valleys.

 

Jordan Range Traverse

6-8 Days

Revelstoke (Jordan R) to Downie Creek

A concentrated group of high peaks and glacial bowls in the Mid-Monashee Mountains offers some of the finest skiing available. The lack of roads and a crossing of Lake Revelstoke keeps numbers low, but the terrain at the head of Frisby Creek will always attract adventurous skiers.

 

Lillooet Range Traverse

12-18 Days

Tchaikazan River to Meager Creek

The closest, large icefield to Vancouver, the Lillooet Traverse follows the divide of the Coast Mtns over high, glaciated terrain, with the possibility of many fine ski descents.

 

Bugaboos to Rogers Pass Traverse

9-12 Days

Bugaboo Glacier to Rogers Pass

Possibly the most famous of the grand traverses and the earliest completed (1958), the Bugs to Rogers Traverse travels through breathtaking terrain across several icefields and wild passes.

 

McBride Range Traverse

6-10 Days

Tuwasus Creek to Rubble Creek

A classic Coast Mtn traverse that sees dozens of ski parties each spring, due to gorgeous ski terrain and easy accessibility. The McBride Range has many options of entry/exit, with most using the Whistler/Blackcomb-Spearhead option.

 

Gold Range Traverse

8-12 Days

Ledge Creek to Victor Lake

An outstanding natural route along the Monashee divide west of Upper Arrow Lake. The terrain is rugged and remote with difficult route-finding but incredibly scenic.

 

Southern Cariboo Traverse

9-14 Days

Tete Creek to Miledge Creek

Crossing the eastern corner of the Cariboo Range, the more popular of the Cariboo traverses travels through the stunning Premier Range - the high peaks, with vast glaciation and tremendous alpine wilderness.

 

Southern Purcell Traverse

7-10 Days

Dewar Creek to Toby Creek

Although lacking the immense icefields of other traverses, the Sth Purcells excel in superb ski descents, majestic peaks and the protection of the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy.

 

Valhalla Traverse

6-8 Days

Hoder Creek to Shannon Creek

An almost mythical aura shrouds the Valhalla Range in B.C.'s Sth Selkirks, where a dramatic landscape of sub-alpine lakes, granite spires and steep, snowy slopes make this a much sort-after Kootenay traverse.

 

Monarch-Ha-iltzuk Traverse

20-30 Days

Nusatsum River to Klinaklini River

The grand daddy of B.C.'s recognised ski traverses travelling through some of the wildest, remotest, most glaciated ski terrain in the province. Rarely completed due to challenging logistics and committing nature, this enormous region of the Coast Mtns is waiting for its next foolhardy soul.

 

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