Researched routes
- Avalanche Crest, to treeline, Rogers Pass. A summer trail turned ski track, switchbacking up to treeline under Avalanche Crest's long west face at Rogers Pass. Parks Canada posts it open or closed each morning. (Distance 9.4 km, Elevation gain 733 m, At treeline 1,913 m)
- Boom Lake, Banff. A forest trail near Vermilion Pass to Boom Lake, and the way in to Mount Bell's slide paths and Boom Mountain's couloirs. (Distance 10.3 km, Elevation gain 245 m, At the lake 1,890 m)
- Bourgeau Lake, Banff. A long forest trail under Mount Bourgeau's avalanche paths, then a steep headwall by a waterfall to a lake in a deep cirque west of Banff. (Distance 13.7 km, Elevation gain 800 m, High point 2,160 m)
- Bow Summit, Icefields Parkway. A short skin to treeline above the Peyto Lake lot, then laps in open trees that are avalanche terrain, under a bowl with a long record. (Distance 3.6 km, Elevation gain 176 m, End of the track 2,250 m)
- Burstall Pass, Kananaskis. A long, mostly gentle valley tour to a pass on the edge of Banff National Park, with steep slopes and cornices above the second half. (Distance 15.6 km, Elevation gain 550 m, High point 2,380 m)
- Chester Lake, Kananaskis. A gentle, busy ski trail up through the meadows to a lake below Mount Chester, with avalanche terrain on three sides of it. (Distance 8.5 km, Elevation gain 340 m, High point 2,210 m)
- Cirque Forepeak, Center Rib, Icefields Parkway. Straight across the road from Bow Lake and up a rib of forest and open glades, to where the trees thin out below Cirque Forepeak's alpine. (Distance 3.9 km, Elevation gain 392 m, Top of the glades 2,343 m)
- Commonwealth Lake, Kananaskis. From a highway pull-off, flat old roads and one steep forest climb to Commonwealth Lake, the common way in to the trees and glades above it and the loop over the col beyond. (Distance 5.3 km, Elevation gain 217 m, At the lake 2,019 m)
- Crowfoot Glades, Icefields Parkway. Along the shore of Bow Lake, 400 m across its south end on the ice, then up north-facing glades below Crowfoot Mountain and Bowcrow Peak. (Distance 6.0 km, Elevation gain 268 m, Top of the glades 2,190 m)
- Crowfoot Pass, Icefields Parkway. Across the foot of Bow Lake on the ice, up the glades, then along the bench under Bowcrow Peak's fans to a broad pass. (Distance 11.3 km, Elevation gain 488 m, The pass 2,370 m)
- Dolomite Shoulder, Icefields Parkway. A long ridge above Mosquito Creek that skis right back to the road, beside slopes with a record of large slides. (Distance 7.1 km, Elevation gain 820 m, High point 2,710 m)
- Healy Pass, Banff. A long forest trail under avalanche paths, then open meadows to a wide pass west of Sunshine Village, with gentle skiing up top. (Distance 18.1 km, Elevation gain 750 m, High point 2,330 m)
- Hector South Ridge, south peak, Icefields Parkway. A forest climb off the Icefields Parkway to the small peak at the south end of a roadside ridge, with short north and west runs off the top. (Distance 6.5 km, Elevation gain 696 m, At the top 2,451 m)
- Helen and Katherine Lakes, Icefields Parkway. The Helen Lake trail off the Icefields Parkway, over a ridge to Katherine Lake: the common way in to the skiing between the two lakes and the alpine beyond. (Distance 16.2 km, Elevation gain 669 m, At the ridge crest 2,537 m)
- Helen Shoulder, Icefields Parkway. A short climb off the Icefields Parkway, through open trees and up a ridge, to a burned forest and a south facing bowl under Sitting Bull. (Distance 4.6 km, Elevation gain 590 m, High point 2,520 m)
- Hermit Meadows, Rogers Pass. A steep summer trail at Rogers Pass up to an alpine bench of rolls and moraines. You can only go on days Parks Canada posts it open. (Distance 5.8 km, Elevation gain 820 m, High point 2,120 m)
- Jimmy Junior bowl, Icefields Parkway. A short climb up a creek off the Icefields Parkway to a small bowl on the east side of Mount Jimmy Simpson, under cliffs and cornices. (Distance 3.4 km, Elevation gain 375 m, At the foot of the bowl 2,353 m)
- McGill Shoulder, Rogers Pass. One long climb through big old forest at Rogers Pass to glades falling west off the shoulder. You can only go on days Parks Canada posts it open. (Distance 7.5 km, Elevation gain 1,100 m, High point 2,080 m)
- Molar Meadows, Icefields Parkway. A long, mostly gentle day up Mosquito Creek and a side valley to the edge of Molar Meadows, under Noseeum and Mosquito mountains. (Distance 18.4 km, Elevation gain 513 m, At the meadows 2,288 m)
- Mount Engadine Burn, Kananaskis. A short climb off the Smith-Dorrien, along the Rummel Ridge trail and up a strip of burnt trees to a bench where the laps start, below steeper avalanche paths. (Distance 3.9 km, Elevation gain 468 m, At the bench 2,273 m)
- Narao Trees, Yoho. Up the Lake O'Hara road and into northwest-facing glades on Narao Peak's north shoulder: climb to treeline, then lap. (Distance 6.0 km, Elevation gain 560 m, Top of the trees 2,160 m)
- Observation Sub Peak, south ridge, Icefields Parkway. A long south ridge between Bow Lake and Bow Summit, skied to where it narrows below the summit. The slopes beside it have a record of slides set off from a distance. (Distance 8.0 km, Elevation gain 840 m, Ski high point 2,830 m)
- OXO (Puzzle) Peak ramp, Icefields Parkway. From the Dolomite Shoulder start to a wide, low-angle alpine ramp above Mosquito Creek, with steeper ground and a record of slides right beside it. (Distance 8.8 km, Elevation gain 880 m, High point 2,718 m)
- Parker Ridge, Icefields Parkway. A short trail from a Parks Canada lot on the Icefields Parkway onto Parker Ridge: the common way to the north-facing slopes beside it and the wind-swept crest above. (Distance 3.8 km, Elevation gain 250 m, The crest 2,266 m)
- Ptarmigan Lake and Deception Pass, Lake Louise. A long day from the Fish Creek lot: up the ski-out to Temple Lodge, over Boulder Pass and across Ptarmigan Lake to the crest of Deception Pass. (Distance 22.4 km, Elevation gain 810 m, At the pass 2,450 m)
- Rummel Lake, Kananaskis. A long, gentle trail through the forest to a lake under Mount Galatea's north face, with little avalanche terrain until you get there. (Distance 10.3 km, Elevation gain 395 m, High point 2,210 m)
- Sherbrooke Lake, Yoho. A gentle trail through the trees on Kicking Horse Pass's BC side, and the common way in to the skiing on Paget Peak and Mount Ogden. (Distance 6.0 km, Elevation gain 230 m, At the lake 1,799 m)
- Taylor Lake, Banff. A steady climb through the forest to a lake under Mount Bell, and the common way in to Panorama Ridge East's larches and the couloirs around the lake. (Distance 13.4 km, Elevation gain 605 m, At the lake 2,064 m)
- Tower Lake, Banff. A long grind up an old fire road from Castle Junction, then a meadow track to a lake under Castle Mountain's cliffs, the last 1.5 km under avalanche terrain. (Distance 15.3 km, Elevation gain 729 m, At the lake 2,125 m)
- Tryst Lake, Kananaskis. A short day from the Smith-Dorrien: flat old roads, then a steep-sided forest draw up to a shaded lake under avalanche chutes. (Distance 5.7 km, Elevation gain 346 m, At the lake 2,154 m)