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Backcountry SkiingWinter Wonderland
The mountain environment around Squamish offers abundant ski touring adventures. A favourite destination is the Elfin Lakes hut or the Red Heather hut in the Diamond Head area of Garibaldi Provincial Park, offering a wide range of terrain and backdrops that even the nearby Whistler backcountry can't top.
Spend the day enjoying laps on Paul Ridge, or use the hut as a base camp to explore the gargoyles, Mt Garibaldi & Mt Atwell. The area is also a snowshoeing hot spot.
A favourite backcountry challenge is the traverse of the Garibaldi Neve which brings you from Diamond Head to Garibaldi Lake.
There is also great backcountry skiing to be found on Mount Garibaldi's Brohm Ridge and in the Cloudburst Mountain and Tricouni areas of the Squamish/Cheakamus Divide.
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Squamish Backcountry Skiing!!
We get snow. Alot of it. Combined with the rugged coast mountains it makes for some fantastic skiing. Try out the S face of Harvey above lions bay, go up the approach to the lions, but stay on the old road bed, rather than taking the lions turn off. Awesome.
Many more backcountry ski destinations
The Squamish area has many more great destinations for backcountry skiers than the ones mentioned above in the short description. E.g. the many peaks around Garibaldi Lake or the Skypilot area. Check out Bivouac.com or the new guidebook by John Baldwin (Exploring the Coast Mountains on Skis) for details on all the great destinations. Fortunately there is also less heli-skiing around Squamish than in Whistler.
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The backcountry skiing around Elfin Lake is great. The approach is only 2 hours and there is lots of powder to be had. Also, the tour from Brohm Ridge to Elfin is fun.
Backcountry Rules!
Squamish is all about bakccountry skiing. Gotta love the shredding up on Atwell & Garibaldi...
Go Skiing!
Skiing in the mountains around Squamish was my best adventure yet!
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