Jorg's Blog
November 27:
We are having the best early season skiing conditions in a decade. Check out some of the recent images from the Selkirks and the Monashees ranges on the CMH website. Currently, we have about 250 cm (8 ft) of settled snow at 1900 meters elevation around Revelstoke, BC. I'm heading there this Wednesday to start our heli-ski season! Ice climbing is also looking good. I did a trip into the Ghost River Valley last week with my friend Rinaldo from Grindelwald / CH. The House of Skies (WI 4) is in great shape already and we climbed all the way to the ridge line.
November 5: A bit of a shock to dive right into winter here after 7 weeks of running via ferrata and climbing trips in Europe, largely under the warm sun of Italy's Mediterranean Coast and Corsica.
We took our first clients ice climbing already this season - the earliest that I can remember ever! Interest in our trips is up substantially from last year. Seems like most of our clients have decided that they are tired of holding back with their mountaineering and skiing habit for the "crisis" sake.
June 10: Summer is slow to come here in the Canadian Rockies with new snowfall all the way to town level just a few days ago. At any rate, our summer planning is going full blast and we got a bunch of new itineraries to offer. We also lowered our prices for our Haute Route summer and winter trips by partly reducing our service level to what seems to be the market standard (i.e no airport shutles or luggage transfers included anymore in the price) but also by taking a hit on our margin.
Again, we enjoyed coverage in a travel magazine: Our Cortina Ferrata trip is featured in the "Asian Business Traveller" June Issue.


MEDIA COVERAGE:
Business Traveller Asia-Pacific (May 2009): Featured is our Cortina Via Ferrata Trek as one of a series of outstanding adventures.

Vanity Fair Travel (April 2009): On of our all time favorites, the Haute Route Glacier Trek is being featured on page 123 as one of two hand-full of "Great Journeys". That is why we have been running this itinerary for the last 15 years!

Explore Magazine (October 2008):
Jorg is featured in "Explore", probably the most popular Canadian outdoor magazine, representing mountain guiding in a piece about outdoor professions.

Following frequent requests, we finally posted an article that Jorg wrote for Rock and Ice Magazine in 2001 about the mountain guiding profession in the USA - pretty entertaining reading but unfortunately not much has changed in 10 years since!

FEATURED TRIPS
New:
Canadian Heli-Ski Touring - Bugaboos and Adamant Lodge
Sample the best ski touring terrain every day with a helicopter lift from a remote CMH Heli-ski Lodge. After excellent feedback from our first season of doing this new trip concept, Jorg will be personally guiding Feb 6 - 11 at the CMH Adamant Lodge and March 13 - 20 at the CMH Monashee Lodge. Cost all inclusive CD$ 2650 plus 5% GST

Oetztal Alps Ski Traverse in Austria Apr 18 - 25, 2010:
Join Jorg for one of the very best ski traverses anywhere. The Oetztal Alps divide are located both in Austria and Italy and offer perfect glaciated terrain for a spring ski traverse. The big pluses: Excellent huts with double rooms and great peak ascents!

Feb 13 - 20. Lodge-based Ski-Touring Week at Sunrise Lodge, Esplanade Range in the Selkirks, BC:
Join our friend and fellow guide Brian Webster, on his trip to Golden Alpine's Sunrise Lodge. Sunrise has been in high demand since the mid '80s due to its fantastic ski terrain. It offers a great blend of north-facing tree skiing, acres of excellent alpine skiing and opportunity for ski ascents of nearby peaks. Brian has been ski touring there for almost twenty years and knows his way around like few others! Only 2 spots left! Cost CD$ 2000 plus 5% GST all inclusive.

Feb 20 - 27. Whitecap Lodge, Coast Range, BC.
Join our guide Markus Beck on this trip in the Southern Chilcoten Range in Western BC. Cost CD$ 2100 all inclusive!