For the last five seasons Pete Wright, a local ski guide from Atlin BC has been taking ski touring expeditions out from Atlin Lake BC onto the Juneau Ice field skiing the Nunatacks, mountains in the Atlin recreation area and ski mountaineering in the Hoboe Creek to Llewellyn Glacier portion of the Juneau Ice Fields.

Recently they have been going a little further afield to the Gilkey Galcier that drops into the Lynn Canal Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska.

Last year Wright and his partner Julie Cossette ski toured across the Juneau Icefield from Atlin to Juneau Alaska timed to arrive during the epic, wild, eccentric Juneau spring folk festival.There is nothing better in all our years of ski touring, St Elias ranges, Mount Logan, Kluanne park, Haute Routen Switzerland, Coast mountains,etc etc never have we had such an epic wild finish to any ski tour than landing in Juneau amongst a throng of local Alaskan characters with some of the best music ,together with a Pacific coast town that is easy the most scenic amazing town in all of Alaska.

alternative: In all our years of ski touring places like St Elias ranges, Mount Logan, Kluanne park, Haute Routen Switzerland, and the Coast Mountains, nothing compares to the epic wild finish we had when landing in Juneau amongst a throng of local Alaskan characters with some of the best music in a Pacific coast town that is by far the most scenic and amazing place in all of Alaska.

We were so excited by this trip, that we decided to offer it to guests as a close of our Heliski season at Yukon Alpine Heliski (YAH). This will be the ultimate guides expedition and the finish to another great heliski season.

We booked rooms in the Alaska Hotel circa 1913, one of the social hot spots of the Yukon and northern territories from 1913 to 1930′s. This historic hotel is an essential part of this ski tour.  The hotel is “rustic”, breathes history and gold rush spirit  to fit perfectly with the whole experience we are trying to present for our guests.

The Alaskan Hotel, the oldest hotel in Juneau was built with proceeds from gold mined in the Atlin Gold Rush of 1898. Have a look at the history on our web site.

Although these accommodations may be somewhat basic with bathrooms at the end of the hall, rooms 1930′s style, and decor a bit worn, after sleeping in snow caves on the glacier for a week it will seem like absolute luxury.

The Alaskan hotel is also one of the best music venues in the entire Juneau folk festival; wild banjo picking, squeeze box fiddling, and hard core folk tunes. After skiing across one of the epic haute routes of North America from Dry Continental Yukon across the Coast Range to the wet rainforest pacific coast, there is no better finish to a ski tour experience of a lifetime.

To top it off we take a walk on Ferry from Juneau to Skagway via Haines Alaska amongst some of the most spectacular coastal scenery in the world. This ferry is a “mini cruise” in itself, with a comfortable one-day trip arriving in Skagway with enough time for a quick look around before heading to our base and hotel in Whitehorse Yukon to prepare for a final celebration evening dinner. The following morning we go to the Whitehorse International Airport and bid our guests farewell.