The backcountry beckons! Perhaps your guests are rock climbing, upgrading skills in a course or hiking the Alpine. As a backcountry enthusiast they’re prepared and probably have several back up plans. Those plans should include travel medical insurance and evacuation coverage.
Mountain history is alive and well at Assiniboine Lodge. Mt. Assiniboine Provincial Park is a place of pristine wilderness with its shimmering lakes, glacier clad mountains and flower-filled alpine meadows.
Summer is always a beautiful time of year at Selkirk Mountain Experience. Featuring amazing hikes, wildlife, swimming, beautiful sunsets and more, there’s something for everyone.
Riding BC’s alpine singletrack is the coveted jewel of all mountain riding – but its not great all of the time.
The fine folks at Talus Lodge have been busy this spring and summer.
Gain insight into the story of Canadian Adventure Company in this great look at Mallard Mountain Lodge.
Wildflowers are in full bloom at Sorcerer Lodge!
A great look at Ice Creek Lodge in this clip from The Powder Highway.
It’s been an epic winter in the backcountry and we’ve compiled a look at just how awesome it’s been so far, with this collection of images and info from some of our member lodges.
Purcell Mountain Lodge was recently featured in Mountain Flyer Magazine.
Assiniboine is a place of soaring glacier clad peaks, alpine meadows, powder snow, turquoise lakes and remote wilderness. For generations the area was the center of trade routes and often battles among indigenous peoples.
Some trees just deserve respect. We all know them. They lodge themselves in our memories like markers of special times and places.
Whitecap Alpine is celebrating a diamond anniversary! Below is snippet from their look back on 10 great years: “2005 was the birth of Whitecap. Oh, we had run commercial trips since the lodge was built in 1972, but this was the first season we ran (or attempted) to run back to back trips the entire […]
The saying that a day in the mountains isn’t counted on your life’s timeline must be true because where did the time go? Up at Valkyr Adventures, they have had some great hiking trips so far this summer, and they are not done yet.
Mount Carlyle Lodge has been doing a lot of work at this summer! They’ve been busy putting the finishing touches on their remote campsites. Beautiful cedar tent platforms and outdoor-kitchen platforms, plus more trail building (over 15km so far this year). Whew! Just wait until you see what they have planned next!
Happy 30th birthday Dezaiko Lodge! Check out their gallery of archival images as they go back in time to celebrate.
Our friends at Selkirk Lodge have been doing some amazing climbing this summer. First they climbed the amazing summit of Mt. Moloch via its South Face – East Ridge route last week. During the climb they observed a huge rock slide, more likely from June 2015, that covered the entire Moloch Glacier below the failed […]
http://unofficialnetworks.com/ As a prominent El Niño trend continues to gain steam in the Pacific Ocean, climatologists at the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center claimed Thursday that every one of their computer models are predicting a El Niño to reach peak intensity during the late fall/early winter months. Read the complete article.
Summer 2015 has been spectacular so far at Canadian Adventure Company’s Mallard Mountain Lodge. The scenery has been dazzling for guests.
Two of our member lodges Boulder Hut Adventures & Golden Alpine Holidays (Meadow Lodge) have been featured in Unofficial Networks recent article on The Top 10 Backcountry Ski Huts in North America. Check out the article and find out more on where they rank.
A few beautiful images of the recent summertime at Mistaya Lodge.
Assiniboine Lodge on Facebook ~Aug. 10 Who wouldn’t want to snuggle up in this cabin after a day out hiking in these magnificent mountains? Check it out at Assiniboine Lodge!
Update to original post: Trail Update — Monashee Provincial Park – New Alpine Singletrack Deep in the Monashee Mountains, south of Revelstoke, BC sits one of the fastest growing alpine singletrack hotspots in North America.
Discover summer hiking around Mistaya Lodge in the Rocky Mountains by Golden, BC. My first real test with my Glidecam out backcountry hiking at Mistaya Lodge in the Rocky Mountains by Golden, BC. Shot on a Canon EOS 650D (Rebel T4i), with a Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 USM L-series lens, mounted on a Glidecam XR-1000.
Summer is in full swing and the folks at Sorcerer Lodge are taking full advantage of the breathtakingly rugged Selkirk Mountains. If you’re a strong mountaineer or hiker looking for a unique lodge-based adventure this is the place for you.
The history behind the mountaineer’s mountain. A BBC documentary which explores the history of climbing K2, the mountaineers mountain, from the early days to the summit with historical footage photographs & re-enactments.
Boulder Hut Adventures on Facebook ~July 29~ Check out this quick video teaser from the Bomb Snow TV episodes by Bridger Brigade Productions and start dreaming of your winter lines at Boulder Hut Adventures.
Ice Creek Lodge on Facebook ~July 25~ Ice Creek Lodge just completed their first annual ladies-only SUP expedition through Valhalla Provincial Park!
Sol Mountain Lodge on Facebook ~July 23 · The crew is laying fresh singletrack – top of the Bunny Slope. It’s a fun place to ride bikes.
If you’re lucky enough to be in the mountains, you’re lucky enough. Even luckier if you’re at one of our 29 lodges!
How Walking in Nature Prevents Depression A study finds that wild environments boost well-being by reducing obsessive, negative thoughts.
Goliath the mountain goat is ready to welcome guests at Durrand Glacier – Selkirk Mountain Experience! Have you planned your trip to one of our lodges?
Golden rules for destination weddings and Purcell Mountain Lodge offers year-round elopement packages to intimate private backcountry weekend weddings for up to thirty guests.
A new season is upon us at the BLBCA. Both in terms of the weather and our website. The summer season is nearly here and our BLBCA lodges offering summer amenities are getting ready for another great year.
Fred Bunnell, University of British Columbia “Crown land is unique to the Commonwealth and better represented in British Columbia than anywhere else in the Commonwealth (95% of the land base).
“Remember the avalanche does not know you are an expert.”
“My name is Ian Eakins and I had the privilege to live in Nepal for 11 years from 1977-88 and I guided mountain and river trips there until 1993.
Backcountry love is featured in this video from the BLBCA.
Backcountry Lodges of BC’s ‘Backcountry Purist’ winner from 2012, Julie-Anne Davies, shares highlights of her visit to the Mount Carlyle Backcountry Lodge.
Dolores LaChapelle once said, “Joy is the response of a lover receiving what he loves. This is the joy we feel when skiing powder… This overflowing gratitude is what produces the absolutely stupid, silly grins that we always flash at one another at the bottom of a powder run.