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COAST MOUNTAINS
To share any info your have on backcountry skiing in the Coast Mountain, or to get the lowdown from others, check out our backcountry skiing forums on the region. The Coast Mountains are a major mountain range of western North America, stretching from south-western Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and nearly all along the Coast of British Columbia. The range is home to big-time resorts like Whistler/Blackcomb and includes big mountain backcountry skiing tours like the Garibaldi Neve, Spearheads, Pantheons and BC’s highest mountain at 4,019m (13,190 ft), Mount Waddington. The Coast Range is hammered by Pacific storms which deposit some of the highest levels of precipitation on the continent—yes this means snow. To get an up-to-date forecast for the terrain around Smithers and Terrace, check out the CAA’s Northwest BC Avalanche Report. For a report of conditions in the Whistler backcountry and environs, look at the South Coast Avalanche Forecast.
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Cornice Ridge / East Ridge / Waterfall / Fay-Zurs / North Bowl / The Zymacord / No Name Bowl / Powder 8's / Fish Bowl / Blue Boy / Duncan's Bowl / Hidden Lake / Tree Triangle / Cherry Bowl / Geronimo Bowl / In-tent-City / Cold Sweat / Iron Curtain / No Dogs! / cats! / Thunder Bowl / Permagrin Bowl / The Flutes / Super Bowl
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