Selkirk Hut skiing trip - space available

[Tennessee]

I purchased 12 spots in two backcountry huts at Rogers Pass in the Selkirks of BC and still have 7 spots left after soliciting all my friends (lame, I know). If any of you have interest in going, let me know by emailing me at bourneography@yahoo.com. I unfortunately don't have a lot of time to check this board very often so don't reply to this unless you have a question and you can wait for an answer.

 

The first one reserved for the nights of Feb 11-12 is the AO Wheeler hut which is 1km from the road and sleeps 24 people. So we have half of the hut. You can basically bring the kitchen sink to this hut, so it is the party hut. The good skiing is accessed with a one hour ski up valley.

 

The second is reserved for the nights of Feb 13-15 is the Asulkan hut which is another 3 to 5 hour ski up valley from the Wheeler hut and sleeps 12 people, so we have the whole thing reserved. This is an amazing skiing hut, you can step out the door, put on your skis and do a 800 foot tree glade run or ski uphill to access open alpine and glaciated terrain.

 

Here's the beta on the huts:

http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/facility/wheeler.html

http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/facility/asulkan.html

 

Here's some ski pics around the Asulkan hut:

http://members.tripod.com/~Schryer/1999/Asulkan.html

 

Here's the price breakdown:

Feb 11-12 Sun-Mon - Wheeler hut ($32 per night or $22 for ACC members)

Feb 13-15 Tue-Thu - Asulkan hut ($22 per night for everybody)

 

6 day 5 night price if you are not an AAC Member - $130

6 day 5 night price if you are an AAC Member - $110

*AAC Annual Membership - $56

 

7 out of 12 spaces are left. If you want to come and bring a friend or two, it's cool, you can forward this info to them. at this point I'm just trying to get my money back. The 5 of us who are going so far are all pretty cool and laid back, advanced skier/boarders. Two on Splitboards the rest on skis. We definitely like to party it up, but we'll be going to bed pretty early usually in order to get up and get on the mountain. Ages are 32, 32, 32, 36, and 24. Everyone is from Bellingham except one from Jackson Hole.

 

To go you gotta pay for all 5 nights or find your own person to split with if you can only make certain huts on certain days. The Asulkan hut can be hard to get into, but the Wheeler is not a problem. If you only wanted to go to the Wheeler hut you might even be able to book extra space there on your own, if you did this you would want to do it soon by calling the Alpine Club of Canada at 403 678 3200.

 

If you think you can go, let me know by emailing me at bourneography@yahoo.com.

 

Later,

Andy

 

Edited December 21, 2006 by Tennessee

[AlpineK]

I've done a few trips in that area. There's some fantastic skiing

[Tennessee]

Yep, there's some sweet skiing up there and amazing scenery, this will be my 3rd time in the area. It's probably the coolest huts with ski-access rather than heli-access, so it's way cheaper.

 

It's filling, but there's still a couple of spots left if anyone is interested.

 

-Andy

[telebiker]

Hey Andy,

 

A friend and I are interested. Rogers Pass is awesome and the Asulkan hut is situated in a stellar location for turns, turns and more turns! PM sent.

 

Mike

[telebiker]

PM not sent. I am having difficulty PMing. Please email me at telebiker@hotmail.com.

 

Mike