Winter Terrain Atlas. Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks
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1 Winter Terrain Atlas Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks
2 Winter Terrain Atlas - Table of Contents Glacier East Slide Paths Hermit Macdonald and Avalanche Connaught Creek Drainage Ursus Creek Drainage Cougar Valley Cheops Mountain Illecillewaet Drainage Asulkan Loop Brook Glacier Circle Deville Bostock and McGill Flat Creek Mount Revelstoke Winter Restricted Areas
3 Glacier East Slide Paths
4 Tupper - Connaught Slide Path Tupper Rogers Swiss Hermit Swiss Glacier
5 Tupper - Connaught Slide Path
6 Hermit
7 Hermit Tupper Sifton Rogers Fleming Grant Swiss Truda Hermit Meadows Hermit Slide Path
8 Hermit Grizzly Little Sifton Sifton Swiss Rogers Peaks Hermit Tupper Hermit Meadows Grizzly Slide Path Lone Pine Slide Path
9 Hermit Hermit Tupper Hermit Slide Path
10 Hermit Rogers Swiss Peaks Truda Hermit Swiss Glacier
11 Hermit Little Sifton Little Sifton- Sifton Col Grizzly Shoulder Hermit Meadows
12 Hermit - Tupper Traverse from Hermit Tupper Tupper Glacier
13 Macdonald and Avalanche
14 Macdonald - Crossover Slide Path Crossover slide path Macdonald West Shoulder WPA
15 Macdonald - Crossover Slide Path
16 Macdonald and Avalanche Macdonald Avalanche Macdonald West Shoulder WPA Avalanche WRA Macdonald WRA
17 Macdonald West Shoulder Avalanche Peak #1 #2 #3 #4 Shoulder Valley Vent Shaft Ridge Macdonald West Shoulder WPA NRC NRC Gully
18 Macdonald West Shoulder NRC Gully Avalanche Avalanche Crest Shoulder Valley Vent Shaft Ridge Macdonald West Shoulder WPA NRC NRC Gully
19 Avalanche Crest Sir Donald Avalanche Eagle Uto Vent Shaft Ridge Kors- Thomas Bowl Avalanche Crest The Overlook
20 Avalanche Crest Bowl Avalanche Eagle Avalanche Crest Avalanche Moraines
21 Avalanche Crest Bowl Eagle Avalanche Moraines
22 Avalanche Crest Bowl Eagle Avalanche Moraines
23 Avalanche - Avalanche Crest Bowl Eagle Avalanche Avalanche Crest
24 Avalanche (from Macdonald West Shoulder) Avalanche Avalanche Glacier
25 Connaught Creek Drainage
26 Connaught - The Hourglass
27 Grizzly Mountain Connaught - Grizzly Bowl Frequent Flyer Grizzly Couloir Little Sifton Sifton Rogers Teddy Bear Ridge Grizzly Shoulder
28 Connaught Ursus Minor Grizzly Grizzly Couloir Grizzly Knob Little Sifton Teddy Bear Trees Grizzly Shoulder Rogers Run Grizzly West/ Puff Daddy
29 Connaught - Grizzly Shoulder Grizzly Grizzly Knob Sifton Hermit Grizzly Shoulder Rogers Run Grizzly West/ Puff Daddy
30 Connaught - Grizzly Shoulder Grizzly Knob Hermit Bowl Grizzly Shoulder
31 Connaught - Grizzly Shoulder Sifton Rogers Swiss Peaks Truda Hermit Grizzly Shoulder Grizzly Bowl
32 Connaught - Little Sifton Sifton Little Sifton Grizzly Shoulder Grizzly Slide Path Hermit Meadows
33 Connaught - Little Sifton Little Sifton Grizzly Shoulder
34 Connaught - Grizzly Peak Grizzly
35 Connaught - Teddy Bear Trees Grizzly Ursus Minor Frequent Flyer Teddy Bear Trees Frequent Flyer Teddy Bear Trees
36 Connaught - Teddy Bear Trees Frequent Flyer Teddy Bear Ridge Teddy Bear Trees
37 Connaught 8812 Cheops Balu Pass Christmas Trees Ursus Trees Teddy Bear Trees Grizzly Trees
38 Ursus Major /Balu Bruins Pass Video Peak Ursus Minor Balu Ridge 8812 Bowl Bruins Ridge Ursus Minor Bowl Balu Pass
39 Connaught - Video Peak Video Peak 8812
40 Connaught - East of Balu Pass Ursus Minor Balu Pass 8812 Bowl 8812 Bruins Pass Video Peak Ursus Basin/ Hospital Bowl Ursus Trees Dispatcher s Bowl Hospital Knob Hospital Gully Christmas Trees
41 Connaught - Ursus and Dispatcher s Bowls Grizzly Ursus Minor Bruins Video Dispatcher s Bowl Ursus Basin/ Hospital Bowl Ursus Trees Christmas Trees
42 Connaught - Dispatcher s Bowl Ursus Minor Grizzly Bearpole Col Dispatcher s Bowl Waterfall
43 Balu (from Cougar Valley) Ursus Major 8812 Video Ursus Minor Grizzly Cougar Valley 8812 Bowl Ursus Basin Dispatcher s Bowl Cheops Balu Pass
44 Connaught (from Balu Pass) Macdonald Cheops 8812 Bowl Balu Pass
45 Balu Pass West Aspect Cheops West Face Balu Pass
46 Connaught - Cheops North Cheops Balu Pass Cheops North Bowl Cheops North 1
47 Connaught - Cheops North Cheops Cheops North 4 Niccy s Notch Balu Pass Cheops North Bowl Cheops North 5
48 Connaught - Cheops North Cheops North 4 Cheops North 5 Cheops North 5
49 Cheops (from Ursus Major) Youngs Peak Cheops Illecillewaet Glacier Glacier Crest Cheops West Face Niccy s Notch Balu Pass
50 Ursus Creek Drainage
51 Ursus Creek Peak and Ursus Major 8812 Peak Ursus Major Bruins Pass Bruins Glacier
52 Ursus Creek - Ursus Major Ursus Major Bruins Glacier
53 Ursus Major Ursus Creek - Ursus Major Ursus Major Col Bruins Glacier
54 Ursus Creek - Bruins Glacier (from below) 8812 Peak Ursus Major Bruins Pass Bruins Glacier
55 Ursus Creek - Ursus Minor West Face Ursus Minor
56 Ursus Minor Ursus Creek - Video Peak North Video Peak
57 Cougar Valley
58 Cougar Valley McGill Bagheera Catamount Catamount Pass Ursus Major 8812 Cougar Cheops Winter Prohibited Area Cougar Valley
59 Cougar Valley Ursus Major Cougar Cougar Pass McGill Bagheera Catamount Catamount Pass Cougar Valley Balu Pass
60 Cougar Valley Cheops Balu Pass Cougar Pass
61 Cougar Valley (from Cheops) Bagheera Catamount Cougar Pass Catamount Pass Ursus Major 8812 Balu Pass
62 Cougar - Ursus Major Ursus Major
63 Cheops Mountain
64 Cheops East Aspect Cheops Balu Pass Napoleon Spur Hourglass Cheops 1 Cheops 2
65 Cheops - South Aspect Cheops Napoleon Spur
66 Cheops (from Loop Brook) Cheops Cheops West Face Hermit Tupper Junction West Napoleon Spur Junction East
67 Cheops Napoleon Spur Cheops
68 Cheops - Napoleon Spur South Aspect
69 Illecillewaet
70 Illecillewaet Drainage Panorama Sir Donald Uto North Terminal The Overlook Vaux Moraine Perley Rock Lookout Col Lookout Glacier Crest Practice Slopes
71 North Terminal Illecillewaet Glacier Toe Perley Rock Lookout Col Lookout Glacier Crest Practice Slopes
72 Illecillewaet (July 2011) Sir Donald South Terminal Perley Rock Illecillewaet Glacier Lookout Col
73 Illecillewaet Uto Eagle Avalanche The Overlook Practice Slopes
74 Illecillewaet - Practice Slopes Eagle Uto Uto-Sir Donald Col The Overlook Practice Slopes
75 Illecillewaet The Overlook Uto Northwest Ridge
76 Illecillewaet - Lookout Col Sir Donald Uto North Terminal South Terminal Illecillewaet Glacier Perley Rock Lookout Col Lookout Couloirs Glacier Crest The Ravens
77 Illecillewaet - Lookout Couloirs (from Lookout Col) Lookout Couloirs Asulkan Pass
78 Illecillewaet - Lookout Col Glacier Crest Lookout Col
79 Illecillewaet- Terminal from Youngs Sir Donald South Terminal Terminal-Terminal Col North Terminal Illecillewaet Glacier
80 Illecillewaet - Terminal Terminal Terminal Col
81 Asulkan
82 Asulkan - Abbott Rampart Abbott Dome Afton Abbott Ridge Bonney Abbott Hut Abbott WPA Observatory Observatory Minor
83 Asulkan - Abbott Abbott Ridge Abbott Hut Abbott WPA Observatory
84 Afton Abbott Asulkan Abbott Ridge Abbott WPA Mushroom People
85 Rampart Afton Asulkan Cleaver Abbott Abbott Ridge Dome Glacier Triangle Moraine Mushroom People The Mousetrap
86 Asulkan - Abbott and Mushroom People Abbott Afton Abbott Abbott Ridge Mushroom People Mushroom People
87 Asulkan Asulkan Pass Leda Jupiter Pollux Castor Asulkan Glacier Sapphire Col Cleaver Dome Mushroom People
88 Asulkan - Dome Glacier Dome Dome Col Sapphire Col Cleaver Dome Glacier
89 Asulkan - Cleaver Dome Asulkan Glacier Cleaver Dome Glacier
90 Asulkan - Jupiter Leda Pollux Castor Asulkan Pass Sapphire Col Asulkan Glacier
91 Asulkan (July 2011) Leda Pollux Castor Sapphire Col Asulkan Glacier Triangle Moraine
92 Asulkan - Sapphire Col Sapphire Col Dome Bonney The Rampart Asulkan Glacier Cleaver Dome Glacier Triangle Moraine
93 Asulkan (July 2011) Asulkan Glacier Cleaver Dome Glacier
94 Asulkan (July 2011) Sapphire Col Asulkan Glacier Cleaver
95 Asulkan Dawson Group (from Sapphire Col) Michel Donkin Pass Donkin Purity Incomappleux River Valley
96 Asulkan (view south of Asulkan Pass) Fox Topham Selwyn Hasler Feuz Michel
97 Asulkan - Dawson Group (from Youngs Peak) Fox Hasler Comstock Couloir Feuz Michel Purity Donkin Donkin Pass
98 Asulkan Fox Selwyn Hasler Youngs Peak Asulkan Pass
99 Asulkan - Lookout Notch Sir Donald Uto North Terminal South Terminal Illecillewaet Glacier Perley Rock Glacier Crest Lookout Col Lookout Couloirs The Ravens
100 Asulkan to Illecillewaet Sir Donald Avalanche Eagle Uto South Terminal Perley Rock Illecillewaet Glacier Glacier Crest Lookout Col The Ravens The Mousetrap
101 Asulkan - The Ravens Lookout Lookout Col The Ravens
102 Asulkan - Sapphire Col (from west side) Avalanche Eagle Uto Sir Donald Castor Sapphire Col Hut Lily Col
103 Asulkan / Illecillewaet - Youngs Peak Traverse Youngs Peak Forever Young
104 Asulkan Hut area Forever Young Youngs Asulkan Glacier Pterodactyl Asulkan Hut Asulkan Pass Tree Triangle Mousetrap
105 Asulkan - The Mouse Trap Tree Triangle
106 Asulkan - Youngs Peak (from Asulkan Hut) 7 Steps of Paradise
107 Asulkan - Youngs Peak Youngs Peak Asulkan Pass 7 Steps of Paradise
108 Asulkan - Asulkan Hut and Youngs Peak Sir Donald Youngs South Terminal Lookout Asulkan Pass Asulkan Hut Asulkan Glacier
109 Asulkan (July 2011) Youngs Asulkan Glacier Asulkan Hut
110 Asulkan Youngs Asulkan Pass Asulkan Hut
111 Asulkan - Youngs Peak Youngs
112 Asulkan - Forever Young
113 Asulkan Youngs Peak 7 Steps of Paradise Pterodactyl
114 Loop Brook
115 Loop Brook Dome Col Dome Swanzy Tuzo Couloir Clark Bonney Lily Col Lily Glacier Bonney Glacier Bonney Moraines Bonney Trees
116 Loop Brook (July 2011) Dome Swanzy Lily Col Lily Glacier Bonney Glacier
117 Loop Brook Bonney-Green Col Green Ross Bonney Moraines East Bonney Trees
118 Loop Brook (July 2011 from Abbott) Bonney Bonney Glacier Bonney Moraines West Bonney Trees
119 Loop Brook (July 2011) Bonney Green Bonney Glacier
120 Loop Brook - Bonney Glacier (February 2014) Swanzy Bonney Bonney Glacier
121 Loop Brook - Bonney Trees Bonney Moraines West Bonney Trees
122 Loop Brook - Approach to Mt Green Bonney-Green Col
123 Loop Brook - Lilly Dome Col Swanzy Dome Lily Glacier Lily Col
124 Loop Brook - Sapphire Col (from west side) Sir Donald Castor Avalanche Eagle Uto Sapphire Col Hut Lily Col
125 Loop Brook - Swanzy Eastern Aspect Swanzy Swanzy Glacier Lily Col
126 Loop Brook - Swanzy Eastern Aspect Swanzy Swanzy Glacier Lily Col
127 Loop Brook - Bonney West Face (from Patience) Bonney Smart
128 Loop Brook Ross Green Green Bonney Glacier Ross Peak Slide Path
129 Loop Brook - Abbott and Afton (from west) Afton Uto Sir Donald Abbott Ridge Abbott Abbott WPA
130 Loop Brook - Abbott Abbott WPA
131 Glacier Circle
132 Fox Glacier Circle Witches Tower Youngs Hut
133 Glacier Circle - Macoun Route Selwyn Topham Deville Fox Macoun Witches Tower
134 Glacier Circle - Macoun Route
135 Glacier Circle - Macoun Route
136 Glacier Circle - Witches Tower Route Witches Tower Youngs Peak
137 Glacier Circle Macoun Topham Geikie Glacier
138 Glacier Circle Macoun Geikie Glacier
139 Glacier Circle Fox descent Illecillewaet Neve
140 Deville
141 Deville Neve Deville Headwall Selwyn Ledges
142 Deville Rappels Original Route: 4 x 50m bolted rappels New route: 3 x 30m bolted rappels
143 April New Route For detailed information contact Glacier Visitor Safety Specialists at Deville Rappels Stn 1 25 m Stn 2 30m Stn 3 30 m T-Slot or steep ski
144 Deville Rappels Cairn Station 1 Station 2
145 Deville Rappels Stn #1 UTM at first station is: 11U / Top of Rappels Bottom of rappels Stn #2: Stn #3: Stn #2:
146 Deville - Beaver Overlook
147 Deville - Grand Grand High Col
148 Deville - Mount Kilpatrick
149 Deville - Mount Wheeler Deville Neve
150 Deville - Mount Wheeler Deville Neve
151 Deville - Sugarloaf
152 Bostock and McGill
153 Bostock - McGill McGill McGill Paths Gun Barrels Camp West McGill Trees McGill Shoulder
154 Bostock- McGill McGill McGill Paths McGill Trees Bostock Summer Trail
155 Bostock - McGill McGill McGill Pass McGill Paths
156 McGill Paths McGill
157 McGill and Camp West McGill Copper McGill Pass Camp West McGill Shoulder
158 McGill and Camp West McGill Copper Camp West McGill Shoulder
159 McGill and Camp West McGill Camp West McGill Shoulder Moccasin Flats
160 Fidelity and Christiana Fidelity Fidelity Prohibited Area North Cirque Dafoe s Wiggle
161 Fidelity Fidelity Fidelity Prohibited Area Christiana Trees
162 Fidelity - Christiana Trees Fidelity Prohibited Area Christiana Trees
163 Fidelity - Christiana Trees Fidelity Prohibited Area Christiana Trees
164 Flat Creek
165 Flat Creek - Fortitude Fortitude sub-summit Flat Creek Pass Fortitude Slide Path Fortitude Ridge Flat Creek Highway
166 Flat Creek Slick Flat Creek Pass Smart Flat Creek Highway
167 Flat Creek - Fortitude
168 Flat Creek Fortitude Fortitude sub-summit
169 Flat Creek Patience Fortitude
170 Flat Creek - Fortitude Fortitude sub-summit Fortitude Slide Path Cats Claws
171 Flat Flat Creek- - Smart Smart Stegosaur Ridge Slick Tomatin Findhorn Flat Creek TCH
172 Flat Creek - Smart Smart Smart Paths Flat Creek TCH
173 Flat Creek- Smart Bonney Smart Stegosaur Ridge Smart Paths
174 Flat Creek - Mount Slick Northeast Aspect Slick Flat Creek
175 Flat Creek - Smart East Aspect Smart Flat Creek Highway
176 Flat Creek Hope Charity
177 Mount Revelstoke
178 Mount Revelstoke - Clachnacudainn Icefield Coursier Woolsey Glacier Woolsey Shelter
179 Mount Revelstoke - Clachnacudainn Icefield Inverness Inverness Glacier
180 Select Winter Permit System Boundaries NOTE: Not all Permit Areas are included in this document WRA - Winter Restricted Area A valid Winter Permit is required to park a vehicle or ski in these areas. Permit holders can only ski here on days when the area is posted as open, when there is no chance of artillery fire happening in the area. WPA - Winter Prohibited Area These areas are closed to visitors all winter. The areas are used for snow study, explosive testing or are at risk of triggering avalanches directly onto the highway
181 Macdonald WRA, Macdonald West Shoulder WPA and Avalanche WRA Macdonald Avalanche Avalanche WRA Macdonald West Shoulder WPA Macdonald WRA
182 Macdonald West Shoulder WPA and Avalanche WRA Avalanche Avalanche Crest Macdonald West Shoulder WPA Avalanche WRA
183 Grizzly Peak Hermit and Grizzly Shoulder WRA Little Sifton Hermit WRA Grizzly Shoulder WRA
184 Grizzly Peak Hermit and Grizzly Shoulder WRA Little Sifton Hermit WRA Grizzly Shoulder WRA
185 Cheops North WRA Cheops Balu Pass Cheops North WRA
186 Loop Brook WRA and Abbott WPA Loop Brook WRA Abbott WPA
187 Loop Brook WRA and Abbott WPA Loop Brook WRA Abbott WPA Asulkan Parking
188 Fidelity Prohibited Area Fidelity Fidelity Prohibited Area Christiana Trees
189 Fidelity Prohibited Area Fidelity Fidelity Prohibited Area Christiana Trees
190 Fidelity Prohibited Area Fidelity Prohibited Area Christiana Trees
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