Open Group Skiing

2025-01-12

Open Group Skiing

Join a group on select dates and save while meeting new ski buddies...

Lodge Based – AST 2

2024-12-17

Lodge Based – AST 2

Avalanche education by immersion! Take our lodge based AST courses and deepen you knowledge by immersing yourself in a remote backcountry lodge.

Burnie Glacier Chalet

2025-03-21

Burnie Glacier Chalet

A remote ski touring paradise from the comfort of a beautiful lodge. Located in the Howson Range near Smithers, the Burnie Glacier Chalet is the ideal base for exploring BC’s Coast Mountains.

Avalanche Skills – AST 2

2024-12-19

Avalanche Skills – AST 2

This 3 & 1/2 day program is the next logical step after completing the AST 1. Similar topics will be covered with more depth and emphasis on adapting personal exposure based on changing conditions & field observations.

Avalanche Skills – AST 1

2024-11-23

Avalanche Skills – AST 1

Learn how to recognize & manage avalanche terrain, read & analyze snow pack information, choose appropriate up tracks, avoid avalanches and enjoy safer turns.

Open Group Skiing
Lodge Based – AST 2
Burnie Glacier Chalet
Avalanche Skills – AST 2
Avalanche Skills – AST 1

Mountain Skills & Guided Adventures…

At Summit Mountain Guides, we offer professional mountain guiding services and instruction for the vertically inclined. Our winter and summer programs include beginner to advanced mountaineering, backcountry ski touring, ice climbing, rock climbing, trekking and hiking trips. We offer daily-guided programs or multi-day backcountry adventures throughout Western Canada and in Europe. Join Summit Mountain Guides as an individual, group, with your family or staff team for training in avalanche awareness, ski touring skills, rock climbing and ropes rescue skills, ice climbing instruction or learn to mountaineer programs.

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Preparing for Avalanche Skills Training

This post is here to help you get ready for your upcoming avalanche course(s) with Summit Mountain Guides. It also serves as a resources page containing heaps of interesting avalanche related information and links. We hope this blog also serve as a reference for your current and future learning needs. Feel free to comment bellow […]

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Risk Perspective and Backcountry Skiing

Many moons ago, three good friends decided to make an early season ski tour to Mt. Brennan in the Goat range between Kaslo and New Denver, B.C.  On its glaciated east flank they were guaranteed some fresh early season snow as recent storms had dumped upwards of 70cm. It was mid October so there was […]

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How to Choose an Avalanche Course

How to choose an avalanche course

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