4 day Snowcat backcountry ski tour on Wildhorse Peak, based in Ymir

Features:

25% Deposit will be billed for bookings made prior to December 1st.

Balance will be billed to your supplied card on December 1st.

Bookings made after December 1st will be billed in full.

Bookings paid in full prior to April 30th for the following winter will receive a 10% discount!

Specifications:

4 Days of Snowcat Powder Skiing on Wildhorse Peak

4 Nights of Accommodation starting the night prior to your ski day

4 hearty home cooked breakfasts

4 huge powder smile lunches

3 powder hungry home cooked dinners

Transport from trailhead to snowcat

Minimum of 10,000 ft vertical per day

Awesome Hospitality with Guide, TailGuide and Driver

Bombardier BR400 with heated passenger cab and Ipod speakers

Accommodation:

Included as standard in all of our multi day packages, guests stay at the Ymir Palace. This turn of the Century Mining Hotel has recently been completely upgraded in a ski lodge style. The Ymir Palace features a full dining room, TV lounge, hot tub, rooms with private bathrooms and rooms with shared bathrooms. The showers are custom river rock and a highlight after a day of catskiing! We meet at the Ymir Palace for breakfast on all catskiing trips.

Your multi day package accommodation starts the night prior to your first day of skiing. Dinner is included the following night if skiing the following day. Your package ends after the last day of skiing. It is possible to book additional nights and meals although priority is given to groups catskiing.

Snowcat Skiing Terrain:

Wildhorse peak offers steep trees, open glades, powder stashes, mellow meadows, crazy cliffs, endless mayhem, and sunlit ridges. Our runs vary from 300 feet vertical instant delights to 1,000 feet of gasping snowchoked and 2,200 feet of endless madness.

Skiing Ability:

You should be an advanced intermediate skier keen to ski at least 10,000 feet of untracked powder. A wide variety of slopes, aspects, elevations and terrain will please those seeking the ultimate run.

Statistics:

Annual Snowfall: Approximately 500 inches (1,270 centimeters)

Highest Peak: Mt Wurttemburg 7,750 feet (2,325 meters)

Longest Run: Baldy Ridge 2,200 feet (660 meters)

Average Daily Vertical: 12,000–14,000 feet (3,658-4,267 meters)

Guest-to-Guide Ratio: 6 to 1

Group Capacity: Maximum 12

Our average daily temperatures from –5 degrees Celsius to –1 degrees Celsius (in the 20s Fahrenheit).

General snow conditions:

December - Deep Powder

January - Deep, Cold Powder

February - Powder

March - Powder & Sun

OTHER INFO

Wildhorse starts from the historic mining town of Ymir, BC. CANADA. We try to meet at 7:00 AM for breakfast at the Ymir Palace and depart for skiing at 8AM. Ymir is 30 minutes south of Nelson and 15 minutes north of Salmo in the West Kootenay's of British Columbia.

By Airplane:

Closest Canadian Airport - Trail, BC or Castlegar, BC - van transport

Closest US/International Airport - Spokane, WA.(USA)

Rental car or van transport

By Car:

Spokane, WA 3 hours south - Google Map - van transport

Castlegar, BC 25 minutes west - van transport

Vancouver, BC is 8 hours west.

Calgary, AB is 7 hours east.

Revelstoke, BC is 4 hours north.

Nearby Ski Areas:

Whitewater Ski Resort. 20 mins.

Red Mountain Ski Resort. 1 hour. Van transport Spokane - Rossland available too.

Fernie Snow Valley. 4 hours east

49 North. WA. 1 hour south.

Schweitzer Resort - Sandpoint ID . 2 hours south

Other Attractions:

Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort

Wildhorse is located in the center of BC's powder triangle with great road trip opportunities in all directions. We are on the road to everywhere because all roads lead to Ymir. Ask us for for more great ideas in the area.

US Visitors:

Although it does not seem that it is official policy yet at the border to require passports, it is an asset to bring this form of identification with you.

Wildhorse Catskiing is snowcat powder skiing based in the famous Powder Triangle of Southern British Columbia. One mountain, 12 skiers equals perfect powder paradise!