A Canadian hut trip with legendary skiing, a comfortable lodge (with a sauna!), and catered meals! It's perfect! Experience a ski-touring dreamscape on all aspects of the mountain. You can ski through steep old growth forest runs like The Machine (one of the best treed runs in the Kootenays). Or work your turns on rolling alpine terrain. Perhaps honing your skills on technical terrain, steep treeline chutes, and alpine couloirs is more your style? Or maybe a full day tour with 900 m runs top to bottom is more your jam? There are plenty of sheltered runs for low vis or stormy days. The Kootenay region is world-renowned for powder skiing and the LQ Outpost is perfectly situated to take advantage of the playful and varied terrain that makes this a ski touring trip of a lifetime.
A Canadian hut trip with legendary skiing, a comfortable lodge (with a sauna!), and catered meals! It's perfect! Experience a ski-touring dreamscape on all aspects of the mountain. You can ski through steep old growth forest runs like The Machine (one of the best treed runs in the Kootenays). Or work your turns on rolling alpine terrain. Perhaps honing your skills on technical terrain, steep treeline chutes, and alpine couloirs is more your style? Or maybe a full day tour with 900 m runs top to bottom is more your jam? There are plenty of sheltered runs for low vis or stormy days. The Kootenay region is world-renowned for powder skiing and the LQ Outpost is perfectly situated to take advantage of the playful and varied terrain that makes this a ski touring trip of a lifetime.
The hut is situated on the north flank of Mt. Lequereux (pronounced Le-care’-ouu) at an elevation of 7,200’. From the lodge enjoy the incredible views of the Valkyr Range to the west, Valhalla Range to the east and the Selkirk Range to the north. Heated by wood and powered by solar and micro-hydro systems, the Outpost has all the comforts and modern conveniences: indoor plumbing with 3 bathrooms/2 showers, AC power for lights and charging stations. The fully outfitted kitchen is a great space to produce mouth-watering meals. After putting your skis away a wood fired sauna is just a few steps away to complete your ski touring agenda.
Overall Difficulty Level:Â Difficult
Skills Required:Â Intermediate to Advanced skiing ability and prior ski touring experience is required
Fitness Level: Good
Group ability and interest will dictate how much each group is able to ski. The terrain around the LQ Outpost offers everything from 3,000’ runs, incredible tree skiing (for stormy days), and inspiring alpine terrain with summits, couloirs, and open faces. The terrain we can access is non-glaciated, so there is no need to carry extra glacier travel gear! An average intermediate group can expect 4-5000’ vertical feet a day which can be 3-5 runs while stronger, expert groups can ski up to 7,000’ vertical in a day.
Snow Travel Gear
Safety Gear
The equipment list is for a day trip. You will also need your hut lounging clothes and overnight essentials.
Everything and everybody will be weighed using a digital scale. Riders will be weighed dressed for skiing including helmet. Each person’s duffle bag, day pack, skis and poles will be weighed and up to a total of 60 lbs is allowed at no extra charge. Beverages are to be packed in gear bag not with personal weight.
Although tipping is not a requirement, it is considered standard practice in the guiding industry and is appreciated by our guides. We generally recommend roughly 10%-20% of your course or trip cost or a flat amount that you are comfortable with.
