WELCOME TO WINTER
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Welcome to Kootenay Backcountry Guides Winter Programs
We are the Kootenay's backcountry and safety experts. We enable you to access the backcountry confidently. Our guided ski touring and splitboarding tours, avalanche skills training courses, and backcountry 101 courses are the best way to maximize your fun and safety in the backcountry. Our certified guides and avalanche professionals will use their expertise to make your dreams a reality. Whether you are a seasoned expert or just transitioning from the ski resort to the backcountry, we help you get beyond the boundaries and build confidence. Learn more about us here
About Us
Avalanche Skills Training Courses
Backcountry 101 Courses
Guided Tours
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Our Associations
Kootenay Backcountry Guide is proud to be the official provider of Avalanche Canada’s courses. Our guides are certified by the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides, the Canadian Avalanche Association, and the Canadian Ski Guide Association.
Booking Policies
Land Acknowledgment
We would like to acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of Sinixt, Sinix’t, Syilx, and Ktunaxa peoples. We make this acknowledgment to show our respect for the təmxʷulaʔxʷ (homeland), and Sinixt Nation. We feel privileged and grateful to be here, and we invite those reading this to explore their own relationship to this place.
Visit here for more information about the Indigenous Cultures of this area