Coast Mountain Guides

Coast Mountain GuidesCoast Mountain Guides offers a variety of guided walks and hikes on Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains and in the Whistler area.


To Book:

Phone: 604.932.7711
Fax: 604.905.6936

Email: info@coastmountainguides.com


Blackcomb Mountain Discovery Tours

Blackcomb Mountain has a very unique south facing alpine eco system that reflex hundreds of years of undisturbed meadows and tarns that you can only experience with us. Take great care to stay on the trails these landscapes are so fragile that even our foot steps could damage its pristine environment. It’s like walking through the Garden of Eden.
Departure: 9:00am
Difficulty: Moderate
Duration: 5-6 hours (return) 
Cost:
Price includes mountain access and lunch.

Adult: $177 pp; Youth: $127; Single on a tour: $347

Day Hikes - The Sound of Nature

There is a light whistle in the wind as we reach the crest of our hike. It sounds like the sweet melody of beauty in the making. The views opens up with an explosion of colors carpeting the landscape and all you can think of is Edelweiss! Edelweiss! “the sound of music”. This canvas has a small twist, it changes color, shape and form has you turn around every corner. More than a dozen hikes to choose from: Musical Bumps, Spearhead Hike, Joffre Lakes and many more…

Departure: 8:00am
Difficulty: Moderate to challenging
Duration: 6 to 8 hours (round trip)
Cost:
Price includes mountain access and lunch.

2 people: $197pp, 3 people+: $177pp, Single on a tour: $347

Eco Glacier Walk – Battling Global Warming

Horstman Glacier on Blackcomb Mountain
It is quite amazing to think that these glaciers could be gone in less than 30 years! Maybe this will be the first and last time you walk on a glacier. We have a mission! Take you to the edge of the Horstman Glacier educate you on how important these glacier are to our planet, strap on a pair of crampons and explore the different features found only on these remarkable geological formations. This tour will change your life!
Departure: 9:00am – daily
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 4 hours
Cost:
Price includes mountain access, glacier equipment, boots and daypack.

Adult $147; Youth (7-16) $97;
Family Pass $437 (2 adults and 2 youth)

Glacier Hike – A new way of Hiking

Blackcomb Glacier Provincial Park
Hiking has a new meaning! Glacier rendonnee is a unique way to enjoy the mountain and experience how it feel to be standing on thousand’s of years old moving ice rivers. Equipped with crampons, ice axe, harness and helmet we trek on and forget about all the rest of the world. The mountains are all yours, how selfish!

Departure: 9:00am – daily
Difficulty: Moderate - Challenging
Duration: 7 hours
Cost:
Price includes mountain access, glacier equipment, boots and daypack.		 $197 per person
Single on a tour $347

Alpinism – Meet the Mountains

The Coast Mountains are home of some of the finest mountaineering in Western Canada. Our knowledge of the area guaranties you the best route selections Whistler region has to offer. Blackcomb Buttress, Wedge Mountain, Joffre Peak and Mount Matier are only a few options to choose from. Join us in a memorable experience of an alpine adventure.
Departure: July to October
Difficulty: Challenging. Previous mountaineering experience an asset.
Duration: Full day
Cost:
Price includes mountain access, technical equipment. 		$397 per person; $147 pp additional)

Summer Spearhead Traverse - A Classic

Well know as a winter classic on skis, The Spearhead Traverse is also a great summer mountaineering trip. It is an exhilarating 4 day tour from Blackcomb to Whistler Mountain crossing over 12 glaciers and offering you some of the most spectacular mountain sceneries. It is known as the Canadian version of the haute route in the Europe Alps, but the Canadian way, spending each night in a tent. A truly Canadian adventure.
Departure: July to October
Difficulty: Challenging. Previous mountaineering experience an asset.
Duration: 4 days
Cost:
Price includes mountain access, technical equipment. 		$897 per person; minimum two people

Ice Camp - A Rewarding Experience

The Ice Camp Program is designed for enthusiastic and energetic people wanting to learn the skills required for safe traveling in the mountains. This three day learning camp will teach you the basics of alpinism. The main topics taught at this training are crampons and ice axe technique, self arrest, rope management, crevasse rescue, glacier travel, mountain hazards and risk management. Your reward will be the exhilarating experience to ascent a local summit.
Departure: July to October
Difficulty: Moderate. Good fitness level and agility required.
Duration: 3 days. Based in Whistler Village.
Cost:
Price includes mountain access, technical equipment. 		$497 per person; minimum two people