Our 2023 newsletter has some stories, an intro to our new office manager, a brief message from Tom, a rundown of our upcoming trips and 2024 lodge trip availability, and an invitation to visit us at the Banff Film Festival!
Trip Reports
Recent Trip Reports
Every year we run dozens of incredible trips across western Canada and beyond. Here's a list of trip reports, complete with photos, for you to browse through.
57 Hours has created a beautiful landing page featuring some of our great backcountry ski lodge trips.
57 Hours hosts some great webinars on the “Epic Adventures” series. This winter they featured two trips offered by none other than Sawback Alpine Adventures. Check it out!
A beautiful weekend for skiing up on the Icefield Parkway. Today we got up high for some excellent views and great deep powder skiing.
A beautiful weekend for skiing up on the Icefield Parkway. Today we got up high for some excellent views and great deep powder skiing.
Jan 11-18, 2020
Like last January we had incredible snow conditions: deep light Selkirk powder, and first tracks in the truest sense: being the first group on an regular ski program at Selkirk this season, most of the runs we did hadn’t been skied yet this winter!
April 20-29, 2014
Here’s an old report of a trip we’re offering again for 2021. Book your spot today!
Jan 11-18, 2020
Like last January we had incredible snow conditions: deep light Selkirk powder, and first tracks in the truest sense: being the first group on an regular ski program at Selkirk this season, most of the runs we did hadn’t been skied yet this winter!
March 8-15, 2020
It was a blissful week in paradise. With no internet connection for the majority of the week we were unaware that the world was rapidly falling apart …
Jan 20-Feb 1, 2020
The day after I flew out of Selkirk Lodge I was sitting in a jet plane heading to Japan.
Jan 23-30, 2019
Lee Lau and his friends booked a week with us at Burnie Glacier Chalet at the end of March. We had exceptional spring conditions and enjoyed some incredible tours up in the high glaciers.
May 2019
Michelin level food in the high, high Arctic. Who would have ever expected this in a tiny miner’s shack at the edge of town?
May 2019
This was our first of two Ski & Sails this past May, 2019. We had really calm weather this week, with cloud bands that made travel interesting but never impossible. It’s hard to beat the day we toured up into Tinayrebukta, my favourite little fjord. Or the traverse across the peninsula into Ny-Ålesund, a tiny research outpost at 79 degrees north, on the south side of Kongsfjord.
May 2019
This spring I ran another two Ski and Sail weeks in the arctic archipelago of Svalbard: the first on the s/v Rembrandt van Rijn, the second on the s/v Noorderlicht, both traditional gaff-rigged schooners and perfect for exploring the coastal fjords of Spitzbergen.
May 2019
Svalbard has spectacular scenery, massive tumbling glaciers, and abundant wildlife. It also has innumerable, perfect ski peaks rising from the sea that make for some of the best skiing anywhere.
May 2019
Svalbard has spectacular scenery, massive tumbling glaciers, and abundant wildlife. It also has innumerable, perfect ski peaks rising from the sea that make for some of the best skiing anywhere.
April 20-27, 2019
For spring skiing it does not get better than Sorcerer Lodge. While it’s at the top of my list of recommendations for people to head to extend their ski touring season, it’s also one of the best places for high alpine ski mountaineering anywhere, and the end of April is the perfect window. With a great snowpack and no interruptions from heliskiing (the heliski season ends the first week of April) I’ve had consistently excellent experiences with Sorcerer in the last week of April and this was no exception.
April 1-7, 2019
The Bow Yoho traverse has in recent years become our most popular trip, and for good reason. This hut to hut traverse takes you through some of the most spectacular scenery and is an excellent variation on the Wapta traverse with superb, varied skiing.
March 8-15, 2019
This was the second of my three weeks of ski touring at Burnie in 2019. Burnie is one of my favourite lodges — and one of my favourite places to be period.
Feb 24-Mar 3, 2019
Mt. Carlyle Lodge in the southern Selkirks is a beautiful lodge surrounded by great ski terrain. I spent a week there this past winter with a group of regulars from Vancouver.
Jan 25-Feb 1, 2019
Here’s a selection of photos from this year’s January trip. We were actually able to complete the seldom-done Polemic Pass circuit, which might have been the earliest it’s ever been done successfully. We also made it to the top of Middle Solitaire, Loft Peak and Solitaire Ski peak and skied off the back side of Tom George. So even in January there’s much to be done with the right group and the right conditions — but the same can be said about any other month of the year!
Our Ski and Sail trips to Svalbard this spring will enjoy around the clock sunlight in the Land of the…
Jan 5 to 12, 2019
The Selkirks have a great snowpack right now, with the recent problems of windslabs and the January 2 freezing rain layer well settled.
Dec 28-Jan 1, 2018
This winter I got to take out three of my favourite kids ice climbing: Ruth, Rohan and Slade. Here’s a collection of photos of our adventures together!