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Discover 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.

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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. 

    WE ARE HIRING!

    Join our team as a ski guide at White Grizzly Cat Skiing and Kootenay Backcountry Guides!


    White Grizzly Adventures in Meadow Creek, B.C. and Kootenay Backcountry Guides in Nelson
    B.C, are seeking ACMG Ski Guides, CSGA Level 3 guides, and ACMG Aspirant Guides to join our teams. We are seeking guides interested in working with both companies and those only interested in one or the other. We can offer a variety of work to keep you busy throughout the winter.

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    Private & Guided Tours

    Expert Local Knowledge

    Avalanche Skills Training

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    Lodge Trips & Traverses

    Unforgettable Multi-Day Experiences

    Backcountry 101 Courses

    Basics, Technique, Rescue, Snowpack
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    Booking Policies

    Booking & Cancelation Policy

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    Communicable Disease Plan & Policies

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    Release of Liability, Waiver of Claims

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    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

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