MOUNTAIN LIFE - Blue Mountains | Fall 2017

FALL 2017 ML BLUE 79 CMH runs a total of 12 lodges in winter, including the original Bugaboo Lodge in the Purcells and McBride in the Cariboos; the splendidly isolated Adamant Lodge in the Selkirks; Revelstoke’s deluxe Bighorn chalet, available only as an exclusive booking, with eight bedrooms, chef, and heli groups limited to four; and Kootenay Lodge, in the historic lakeside village of Nakusp—dating back to the “Silvery Slocan” mining boom of the 1890s—flanked by the Selkirk and Monashee ranges. The ML team hit up the Kootenay last March, eating up its 1,400 sq.km mix of trackless bowls, perfectly spaced glades, shapely pillows, and swooping steeps and drops. canadianmountainholidays.com By the start of the 1965 ski season, Gmoser was using helicopters—for the first time ever—to whisk skiers deep into the Purcell Range spires. Jon Burak mining the deep vein, March 2017. GLEN HARRIS