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Touring
Routes
Brewer Creek - # 3
Treeline meadows and
alpine ridges at the upper headwaters provide excellent skiing
opportunities. It
is 5 kms from the trailhead to the Brewer/Mineral Pass.
Access
- Drive 17 kms south from Invermere (or north 8 kms from
Dutch Creek Hoodoos) along Westside Road turning onto Hawke
Road. This takes
you through an old burn area at km 8 where you stay right.
Park at km 10. Snowmobile
the main road along Brewer Creek FS Road staying right at the
km 11 mark and left at the km 12.3 mark.
Road’s end is at km 26 where the recreation trail
leads to upper meadows.
Delphine Creek -
# 4
A quiet valley bottom
route on unploughed roads.
Popular with visitors from nearby Panorama Mountain
Village. Recent
road improvements due to logging. Park on the Toby Creek Road.
Jumbo Pass - # 2 (Ski
Zone)
A scenic 4.5 km ski
leads to big snow, alpine and tree skiing usually done in
conjunction with overnight use of the Jumbo Pass cabin.
Reservations required.
See Jumbo Pass Trail for
details. The ski
route follows the general route of the summer hiking trail.
Access
- Drive 20 kms past Panorama Mountain Village along Toby Creek
Road. This
section of road is infrequently ploughed and occasionally
closed due to high avalanche hazard.
Ski or snowmobile on the Jumbo Road to the km 16
trailhead.
Consider
using Jumbo Pass Hiking Trail in the summer
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| Jumbo Pass looking
south towards Red Top Mountain |
Catamount /
North Star Glacier - # 7 (Ski
Zone)
An outstanding high
elevation area for ski mountaineering.
Zoned as a ski zone in the areas of Catamount and North
Star Glaciers (no snowmobiling south of the Forster Creek
meadows). Please
refer to the posted signs and the Winter
Recreation 2000 map / brochure for details on
local user group agreements and legal closures that affect
this area. Use
Olive Hut at 2 850 metres as a base (reservations required).
Access
- Accessible by helicopter from Invermere or by snowmobiling
to the upper Forster Creek meadows.
Parking is available at the km 21 junction of the
Westside and Dogleg Lake Roads northwest of Radium Hot
Springs. Alternate
parking is located at the water reservoir intake at km 18 on
the Forster Creek FS Road (access from km 14 on the Horsethief
FS Road).
Welsh
Lakes - # 6 (Ski
Zone)
Advanced touring in
alpine lake basins that starts from km 36 on the unploughed
Forster Creek Forest Service Road.
See Welsh
Lakes Trail for details on the summer hiking trail.
Access
- Parking is available at the km 21 junction of the
Westside and Dogleg Lake Roads north west of Radium Hot
Springs. Alternate
parking is located at the water reservoir intake at km 18 on
the Forster Creek FS Road (access from km 14 on the Horsethief
FS Road).
McMurdo
/ Spillimacheen Glacier - # 1 (Ski
Tour Zone)
Long unploughed access
to bowl and glacier skiing.
Although the Silent Pass area has become busier with
snowmobilers, adjacent areas immediately south have been zoned
as ski zones. Use
McMurdo cabin as a base (reservations required by contacting
the Invermere Forest District).
Through local user group agreements the area south of
the McMurdo cabin has been zoned as a ski tour zone.
No snowmobiling is permitted beyond the cabin or onto
Spillimacheen Glacier. Ski zones also exist in the Caribou Creek drainage and the
Bald Mountain area to the northwest.
Please refer to the posted signs and the Winter
Recreation 2000
map/brochure for details.
Access
- Accessible by snowmobile or helicopter from Golden.
Drive the main Spillimacheen Road which travels west
from the hamlet of Parson.
Usual parking is at km 21 or 27 on the Spillimacheen
North Road. Depending
on snow conditions 38 kms of road riding is required. Turn left onto the McMurdo Creek Road at km 46.
Road’s end is km 58.5 where the 4.5 km long trail to
Silent Pass begins. McMurdo
Creek cabin is reached by turning left onto a spur road at km
57.
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