Family Ski Trips

The holidays are coming fast and so is the snow!  With a metre of snow already accumulated, it is looking like another great early ski season.  What could be better then a holiday ski trip with the family to Island Lake Catskiing.  A stunning backcountry lodge, warm fireplace and all the holiday trappings.  Give us a call to discuss the most memorable family ski experience you will have.  1-888-422-8754.

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Ullar loves catskiing!!

Ullar (the god of snow) certainly has been making himself known recently.  We have had 50 cms of snow up at Island Lake Catskiing this past week and the forecast is calling for more!!  The next 3 days should see a significant snowfall on the Lizard Range of the Rocky Mountains.
Yes - bring it on!

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Boston Ski Show

Hey there East Coasters.  Mike from Island Lake Catskiing and Darryn from Mica Heliskiing will be at the Boston Ski Show Nov 10-13.  Come by the booth and get a free copy of the new movie and a calendar.  Ask Mike for the "Show Special" and receive a deal...

Also, ALL.I.CAN the new feature movie from Sherpas Cinema is playing on Thursday the 10th at "The Greatest Bar" in Boston, make sure you check out this spectacular ski movie that features both Island Lake Catskiing and Mica Heliskiing.

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Catski and Heliski video

In case you missed it, Island Lake Catskiing and Mica Heliskiing made a cool ski movie with Sherpas Cinema this past winter.  The show has amazing cinematography and many shots from the Sherpas feature length ski movie ALL.I.CAN.  If you have not checked out the full version - you can here:

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Gladding Catski Terrain and Runs

The latest news from the side hill. So since our last report there has been a few new catski terrain projects completed.

We spent almost 20 days in the Woody area, this has been our biggest project yet this year. We started by widening the road to hopefully gain access to this zone earlier in the season. Then we started in on the Little Woody line proper, which consisted of smaller gladded tubes. Gone now are the tubes which should allow for at least 2-3 more passes by catski groups. While we were in the Woody zone we decided to attack the last remaining ungladded line in the Big Woody, SWEET!
Then we realized that the ski season was just around the corner and decided it was time to work on our conditioning and we headed for the long walk to the 3 Bears area. We only spent a week there for a little fine tuning. This zone had not been visited since the Monashee Tree expedition of (circa) 2001.
With the weather deteriorating we have now started working closer to the lodge area.
The Enchanted Forest line off of Baldy West is were we are working now. Clusters of large standing dead trees are being removed for your storm skiing pleasure.  Hopefully the weather cooperates and we get a few more runs cut.  All this new work will make our catskiing terrain better then ever.

Here are a few photos:

 The best catsking in B.C.

Family and Ladies Catski tours

Island Lake Catskiing Announces Special Christmas Family Tours and Ladies Only Tours.

Fernie, BC Canada October 19^th 2011 – Island Lake Catskiing has announced a few special tours for the 2011 – 2012 ski season. Family Christmas tours will take place between December 24^th - 28^th and will include an extra guide in the cat, turkey dinner and a festive, decked out lodge. Children under the age of 18 will receive 10% off the tour price.

Ladies Only catski tours will take place March 11^th - 14^th and March 27^th - 29^th.  The tours will have all female guides and cat drivers.  The guides will provide powder skiing tips.  Ladies will also receive a complimentary treatment in our luxurious full spa.

Island Lake Catskiing is located in the Lizard Range of the Canadian Rocky Mountains - 10 km from Fernie B.C.  Island Lake has been offering catskiing for 23 years and is considered by many to be one of the preeminent luxury lodge experiences in North America.

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Catski and Heliski movie

Hey folks,  You can now watch the full length version of our ski and snowboard movie The Balance of Powder.  Filmed entirely at Island Lake Catskiing and Mica Heliskiing by Sherpas Cinema.
Either check out our website
or watch on youtube


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