| Name: Ski Smithers |
| Starts: Sat Feb 15, 2020 |
| Meetup: To be determined |
| Return: Sat Feb 22, 2020 |
| Registration opens: Wed Sep 18, 2019 |
| Event category: Backcountry Skiing |
| Difficulty grade: B3 [?] |
| For members only: No |
| Screening used: Yes |
| Max participants: 5 |
Organizer: David Robertson  |
| Profile info: |
Do you expect to drive or fly to Smithers?
What is your backcountry skiing experience and training?
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A week long trip based out of a Smithers motel to local back country daylong ski trips. I expect that participants will fly or drive to Smithers and we will drive to the trailheads each day. For those that want to drive to Smithers it is about 12+ hours with good road conditions. Air Canada (Jazz) and Central Mountain Air fly to Smithers and if you have points it’s a good time to use them. I’d like to get a group committed to going and then we can work on the planning and itinerary.
Lots of great information can be found at:
- John Baldwin, Exploring the Coast Mtns on Skis, has a whole chapter on Smithers, p 355 to 382.
- The Bulkley Backcountry Ski Society has lots of information at http://www.bbss.ca/ and http://central.bcwebinc.com/~bbssca/maps/
- The local ski hill is minutes from downtown and can be used to access the backcountry or for resort skiing in unfavourable avy/weather conditions https://hudsonbaymountain.ca/
- And of course https://tourismsmithers.com/
