from $2,300* per person	7 Days	May
Comfort accommodations		Exertion level: 3
Operator: Selkirk Mountain Experience		10 people max

When we guided the Northern Monashee Ski-Traverse north-west of Revelstoke BC for its first time in 1993 we felt that this traverse might be the true Haute Route of Canada, large glaciers, incredible ski-peaks and absolutely outstanding skiing. Exactly the same terrain as found on the famous west Alp's Haute Route.... the only difference is that we have not been able to find a single other person except our skiing friends on the Northern Monashee Ski Traverse. We had a total of 11 guests when we guided the first ever ski-traverse of these beautiful mountains NW of Revelstoke BC, in late May 1993. The trip was an absolute success. We knew that this would become a classic SME Ski-Traverse that we needed keep offering to our enthusiastic skiing guests.

Since 1993 Selkirk Mountain Experience has guided the Northern Monashee Ski-Traverse on a regular basis. In the meantime we also have explored and guided many other new ski-traverses in the Monashee Mountains and in the Selkirk Mountains.

These mountain ranges are the home of Selkirk Mountain Experience. We strongly feel that we like to share the amazing experience of such unique ski - traverses with our skiing guests from around the world.

Of course the big challenge of ski-traverses in such remote alpine areas is the endless pain of carrying an overloaded back-pack which without any doubt seriously hinders walking and skiing.

It is our prime goal to avoid the challenges of carrying heavy packs... We want our guests to be able to fully enjoy the beautiful mountains, their incredible terrain and all the superb skiing on long glaciated runs with lighter packs. This is why Selkirk Mountain Experience has a helicopter drop-off for each camp with all needed food, fuel and the entire kitchen. Of-course this style of a ski-traverse allows us to enjoy much better food, home baked tortes and beer at each camp. How much better can it get !!! This keeps our packs much lighter as we only have to carry our personal items such as a medium weight sleeping bag, part of the lightweight tent (two guests per tent) and your lunch for the day.

For this programs Selkirk Mountain Experience has two guides who are thoroughly familiar with this ski-traverse and all the logistics of guiding a Selkirk Mountain Experience ski-traverse.

Lead Guide of this ski-traverse is Ruedi and the second guide will be Dan Madell, a senior SME guide who has guided for several years at Durrand Glacier, the Alaskan St.Elias - Wrangle Range and also in many parts of the European Alps.

SME puts enormous value on efficient and, at all times, reliable radio-communication with the outside world and our office in Revelstoke, while skiing with guests in such remote ski-traverses. For this the guides carry two-way radio communication, which operates via our radio repeater, located on the summit of Tumbledown Mountain (elev. 2755 meters) in the Northern Selkirks.