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        <title><![CDATA[Kootenay National Park]]></title>
        <description>RSS of Kootenay National Park</description>
        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:39:44 -0700</pubDate>
        <link>https://www.backcountryskiingcanada.com</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Backcountry near Fairmont / Panorama?]]></title>
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Staying at Fairmont for a few days, and looking for some backcountry skiing in close proximity.

Any suggestions?

Does Panorma allow skinning up Taynton bowl?

I don&amp;#39;t have a 4WD - so I think Jumbo area is not an option...
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            <pubDate>2015-12-23 22:00:57</pubDate>
            <link>/forum/bcs/category/kootenay-national-park/topic/backcountry-near-fairmont-panorama</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[anyone been down to stanley park glacier]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[How&amp;#39;s the coverage down the fire break?]]></description>
            <pubDate>2015-01-07 21:41:29</pubDate>
            <link>/forum/bcs/category/kootenay-national-park/topic/anyone-been-down-to-stanley-park-glacier</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trip Down HWY 93 South]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Hi All,

Looking on heading out this weekend down HWY 93, how&amp;#39;s the coverage? Has anyone skied this week?

Kevin]]></description>
            <pubDate>2014-12-02 18:34:02</pubDate>
            <link>/forum/bcs/category/kootenay-national-park/topic/trip-down-hwy-93-south</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stanley Valley/Glacier trip report Kootenay National]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Though I&amp;#39;d contribute to the forum: today was Day one of getting back on that horse and see if the skins still held onto the ski&amp;#39;s.
After a brutally cold 5 day cycle of below -25&amp;#39;c, the temp was hovering around 0&amp;#39; at the parking lot. Sloppy on the hiway and it was a &amp;#39;noon hour&amp;#39; attack. Had trouble finding motivation this AM.
Nevertheless, my new touring partner bailed the evening before (skins were mysteriously MIA) I decided to do a little reconnaissance just over the BC border, the lot was suspiciously empty except for one other vehicle. Noticing the tracks upwards..these two were walking. I saw ice climbers on the south side of the valley-the walk must have been killer. It was at least 6-8k with climbing gear in boots and hopefully gaitors.
The parking lot is ~1670m and 45 minutes later I broke over the crest just short of 1800m. Very easy walk. Someone did a good job flagging the trees which pretty much follow the summer trail. Snow was ~50 cms in the parking lot
Upon entering the valley above &amp;amp; seeing the treeline get thinner.. there was lots of wind with a little more then a light snowfall. There is so much deadfall &amp;amp; burned timber up there.. its so obvious in the winter against the white contrast. I would suppose there was ~75 cms of snow in this valley (up top) &amp;amp; wind effected in places.
As the sub Alpine fade away (~1900+m) the terrain became very wind effected. Lets say &amp;#39;scoured&amp;#39; at best. To the South side there was some pretty big islands of snow with the odd death cookie stickin out. (at least you could see those). There was significant acccumulation along the many islands of trees.. although the turns were very short lived.
The ski out was fast. No goin off trail into the gnar gnar today.
If anything this trip is short on turns but is somewhat scenic.. leads you to a glacier and has a very easy uphill approach. One comment is if you are bringing a beginner who has very limited skills in braking or turning in downhill mode I would be very considerate on the way out. It is narrow with LOTS of deadfall and crap hangin at every turn. Enough to make the car ride home very quiet with the girlfriend if you know what I mean.
If you are on the silly Splitboard do your self a favor and don&amp;#39;t come up here. It just isn&amp;#39;t worth it luggin that thing up. Zero reward.
That walk up and on top just as you enter the valley is about as safe as it could be which made me consider that if you were absolutely brand new.. had some avalanche training and were a novice or as a beginner, this could be the place could be for you. Just be aware that as you get to the East end of the Valley there are significant hazards above if you were there after a significant storm cycle. A good 4 hour return trip - easy pace &amp;amp; away fromthe $100 a day Lake Louise ski crowd, iPhones and the interwebz.]]></description>
            <pubDate>2013-12-15 19:17:41</pubDate>
            <link>/forum/bcs/category/kootenay-national-park/topic/stanley-valleyglacier-trip-report-kootenay-national</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Comp--Hwy 93]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[I decided to bring in the New Year in Alberta this Year. Headed out on the road a few days after Christmas to one of Canada best outdoor spots, Banff, Alberta. It was a longer drive then I was hoping for with a few accidents, avy control and a train crash just outside Golden that added about an hour to the drive. Once I going into Banff it was a warm 0 degrees, just like this&amp;nbsp;last April, I brought snow.


Pretty hard to beat a Burnt out Forest ski...felt like Japan.
http://vimeo.com/34598467







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            <pubDate>2012-01-16 23:55:21</pubDate>
            <link>/forum/bcs/category/kootenay-national-park/topic/comp-hwy-93</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[93 South]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Skied 93 South for the first time this year we skied a west aspect. The snow pack is still shallow down there with about 60-70cm&amp;rsquo;s at the road around 1400 meters. &amp;nbsp;It just barely carries your weight down low but gets better around 1800 meters. The snow pack seemed to lack the mid pack stiffness that&amp;rsquo;s present on the Icefields Parkway or even in Kananaskis park with foot pen to the ground if you&amp;rsquo;re not careful. There was about 30cm of settled storm snow on the old surface where we were but I bet that varies a lot with location and aspect. We stopped below tree line at some steep rolls at around 2000-2100 meters that had some older fracture lines that had run maybe 3 days ago, they were starting to fill in. They look about class 2 and had run through some pretty tight trees, looked like a nasty place to take a ride. It looked like it was on the storm snow interface at about 30 down. We just headed down and found decent skiing back to the road. &amp;nbsp;As far as we got the snow pack feels pretty weak, more like the Rockies usually feels this time of year. It seems like it wouldn&amp;rsquo;t take must loading from wind or new snow to cause some pretty big avalanches.
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            <pubDate>2011-12-31 19:38:55</pubDate>
            <link>/forum/bcs/category/kootenay-national-park/topic/93-south</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Comp - Boxing day blowout at Vermillion Peak]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[

After a relaxing Christmas with the family, it was time to hit Boxing Day hard. Santa delivered some of the new snow that I and many others had asked for, so my brother and I were determined to beat the rush so that we could be the first to ski that snow the next day. Our doorcrashing (trailbreaking) effort paid off as we had a 1000m descent through a burnt forest without crossing any tracks. When new growth started poking through, we could just traverse over to sample a new pitch. Scrambling over the loose scree to try to bag the summit, I got more than I bargained for, but still climbed up to a subpeak, separated from the main peak by a knifedge ridge. The climb is definitely not as trivial as either the new&amp;nbsp;Summits and Icefields&amp;nbsp;or Shaun King&amp;rsquo;s route description makes it out to be. Definitely not &quot;buy one get one free&quot;.
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            <pubDate>2011-12-26 22:32:46</pubDate>
            <link>/forum/bcs/category/kootenay-national-park/topic/comp-boxing-day-blowout-at-vermillion-peak</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vermillion Pk.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Skied the Vermillion path on Highway 93 today.&amp;nbsp; There was 20cm of new in the Inkpots parking lot and 40+ at treeline it snowed&amp;nbsp; all day and was still snowing when we left. The main path ran big in Jan, I&amp;rsquo;m guessing, and put debris almost all the way to the road it&amp;rsquo;s impressive. At treeline the air temp was -5 and there was a moderate to strong SW wind that was really moving the new snow around, forming soft slabs and depositing lots of snow into any lee features. We didn&amp;rsquo;t venture up into the alpine at all it was a little to nasty up there. There was fresh avalanche debris that ran out of one of the steeper gullies on the far skier right that stopped above where the gullies join. We couldn&amp;rsquo;t see where it came from how far it ran or really anything up there&amp;hellip; Skiing was great in the burn and out of the wind up high, or anywhere with wind effect, it was really too scary to ski anything steep enough given the ski pen. &amp;nbsp;There were 4 other parties up there today but my guess is with all the new snow there is still lots of good skiing to be had in the burn. If you head out that way keep your heads up it&amp;rsquo;s definitely scary at and around treeline with more snow wind and mild temps I wouldn&amp;#39;t be suprised if there was more natural activity.

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            <pubDate>2011-02-12 20:06:34</pubDate>
            <link>/forum/bcs/category/kootenay-national-park/topic/vermillion-pk</link>
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