Cat Skiing in British Columbia

Packages are priced in Canadian dollars and shown on the Cat Skiing Available Dates calendar with tour dates and seat availability. Room choice, taxes and extras affect the final quote, which reservations confirms before you book.

A typical day includes 12–15 runs across roughly 2,400 vertical feet of terrain. Snow, weather, your group’s pace and the guides’ terrain choices set the day — runs and vertical are never guaranteed.

Guided skiing or snowboarding, lodge accommodation, meals, powder skis or a snowboard, ski poles, avalanche safety equipment and the on-mountain photography program. Bring your own boots; airport transport, spa treatments, drinks and gratuities are extra.

Yes — snowboarders love Island Lake. The terrain has relatively few traverses, and guides coach you through the ones you meet. Bring strong intermediate riding ability or better and fitness for full days.

The published long-term average is about 45 feet of snowfall a year in the Lizard Range. An average describes the mountain’s climate, not the snow on any given tour.

Groups of 12 travel in a heated snowcat cabin with a guide, tail guide and driver. The cat climbs while you warm up, eat lunch and swap stories, then drops you at the next run. Low cloud that grounds helicopters does not automatically stop the cats.

Guides are ACMG and/or CSGA certified, the lodge is an accredited HeliCat Canada member, and a snow-safety team runs an avalanche-control program. Your first morning includes mandatory rescue training, and you carry a transceiver, shovel, probe and radio. Backcountry skiing still carries real risk — read the winter risk information and waiver.

The winter program is built around multi-day tours. Limited single-day standby seats are sometimes released — check the standby page or ask reservations about current availability.