The Best Backcountry Skiing Routes in Duffey Lake

While both of these areas are frequent spots for "out and back" tours, it's less common to go for the point to point traverse. This route starts at the Cayoosh parking area and climbs up the standard route on the Armchair Glacier and up to the Cayoosh summit....

The NW Face of Mt. Matier is a classic in Coastal ski mountaineering. You get an interesting ridge climb with a bit of easy rock scrambling followed by a massive descent down the imposing NW Face....

The Stonecrop Face on Slalok is a massive face visible from the Duffey Lake Road with 1,090 m of vertical loss from the summit to Upper Joffre Lake! Approach via the Joffre Lakes Trail to the Third Lake....

The Aussie Couloir is big, long, and pretty friendly. If you're moving from skiing mellow trees and inbounds to the big mountains, this is on the list. It's still a massive day however and often underestimated....