Asulkan Cabin Winter Route
An out-and-back ski touring route in British Columbia, Canada.
- 1.9 mi
- round trip
- 1,768 ft
- climb
- 6,936 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
Asulkan Cabin Winter Route is an out-and-back ski touring route in British Columbia, Canada, inside Glacier National Park. It is 1.0 miles each way, 1.9 miles there and back. It runs between about 5,170 ft and 6,940 ft above sea level, with roughly 1,770 ft of climbing one way. Peaks within about 3 miles include Glacier Crest, The Pterodactyl and Lookout Mountain. For camping, Illecillewaet Campground and Sir Donald Backcountry are within about 6 miles. There are 12 other mapped trails within about 3 miles, so you can combine or extend the outing. Distances, elevations and the route shape here come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Ski touring crosses avalanche terrain: read the local avalanche bulletin and carry beacon, shovel and probe.
Make it a trip
Roamze builds the days around this route: where to sleep, where to eat after, what to do if it rains. You change anything.
Keep exploring — more snow worth the drive
Photo: Michael Cannon, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Great Glacier Trail
~4 min drive
An out-and-back ski touring route in British Columbia, Canada.
Cross Shoulder
~32 min drive
An out-and-back ski touring route in British Columbia, Canada.
Hawk-Owl
~32 min drive
An out-and-back cross-country ski trail in British Columbia, Canada.
Beaver Run
~32 min drive
An out-and-back cross-country ski trail in British Columbia, Canada.
Meadows-in-the-Sky Parkway
~60 min drive
An out-and-back cross-country ski trail in British Columbia, Canada.
Photo: Jack Borno, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Balu Pass Trail
~9 min drive
An out-and-back ski touring route in British Columbia, Canada.
Caribou
~33 min drive
An out-and-back cross-country ski trail in British Columbia, Canada.
Moose
~32 min drive
An out-and-back cross-country ski trail in British Columbia, Canada.
Sapphire Col Uptrack
~0 min drive
An out-and-back ski touring route in British Columbia, Canada.
BCIT
~1h 5m drive
An out-and-back cross-country ski trail in British Columbia, Canada.
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at Asulkan Cabin Winter Route for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
