The Best Backcountry Skiing Routes in Nunavut

This line was first skied by Ross Hewitt, Marcus Waring and FATMAP author Tom Grant during their 2014 trip to the area. The team spotted this attractive looking line from their camp opposite Ford Wall and thought it merited closer inspection....

On the far lookers’ right side of Ford Wall are two really nice couloirs right next to each other. Also both first skied by Andrew Maclean Brad Barlage in 2002, they dubbed these lines Pinto and Escort in keeping with the Ford theme....

This monstrous couloir was another Andrew Maclean/Brad Barlage glory line, picked off from their pioneering ski trip to the area 2002. From the sea ice to the top of the line is nearly a whopping 1,550 meters vertical making it the biggest couloir in the area....