[ skoo-kuhm ] POWERFUL and EXCEPTIONAL

Mindset & Reputation

Skookum Backcountry is an adventure tourism operator in Yukon, Canada. We don’t do “packages”. Instead, we invite you to work with us to develop a custom trip for you. No Skookum adventure follows the same tracks. But every trip is meticulously mapped for safety and designed for our clients’ backcountry proficiencies and hankerings.

 

 

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PREPARE AND PLAY

What We Do

 
 
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TRAINING

Be smart & safe

We do for a living what you want to do for fun. That’s what makes our avalanche skills training courses so unique. We teach you the core principles of avalanche safety but also get you into the most interesting terrain that the weather and snowpack will allow.

>> AST I

>> AST II

>> Crevasse Rescue

>> Glacier Travel

>> Ski Mountaineering

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TRIPS

Get out there

Tell us what kind of trip you want to take and fulfill your wildest expectations of the North in places that few people visit and do it safely and comfortably.

>> Multi-day ski and splitboard basecamp, backpacking treks and wilderness canoeing

>> Day trips for skiing, hiking and fly fishing

 

 

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The North

Otherworldly Terrain

From the tallest mountains in Canada and the largest non-Polar ice cap in the world, to the vastness of the Boreal forest and the sheer enormity of the rivers, the Yukon will take your breath away and leave you in awe.

 

 

OUR APPROACH

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Skookum’s lead guide and owner, James Minifie, approaches every trip and training course with leadership, safety and a passion to create extraordinary experiences for our clients.