What is included in my multi-day town based tour?
Pre-trip planning is done and logistics like routes, road conditions, weather, avalanche conditions, and permits. Trips always include a Lead Guide and depending on numbers a second guide. Accommodation, food, transportation, lift passes, park passes, and equipment are all available for an extra fee.
What’s not included in my trip?
Accommodation before and after your Lodge trip and all accommodation during town-based trips, food on town-based trips, transportation to staging/heli-port for lodge based trips, and transport to trail head on Town-based trips, lift passes if required, National Parks pass if required. Touring equipment and avalanche safety equipment.
Revelstoke Guides vs other guiding outfits
Revelstoke Guides is a small boutique family run guiding operation We specialize in small, private groups of 6 guest per guide.
How safe are the trips?
We implement risk management strategies to help mitigate risks and we explain the conditions and risks so we can make decisions as a team. However, participating in the activities is not without risk and all risk cannot be mitigated. Many risks, dangers and hazards and terrain is uninspected, uncontrolled and unmarked and the guide may fail to predict whether the terrain is safe for the activities.
Every participant is required to sign a wavier where they freely accept the risk, dangers and hazards associated with participating in the activities and waive their legal right to claim compensation in the event of an incident. See the Waiver Requirement below.
Is Revelstoke Guides a good fit for me?
70% of our clients are returning customers with some backcountry experience. We host new backcountry folks whom have a reasonable fitness level and a keen desire for adventure.
How fit do I need to be?
Guest should be comfortable ascending 600m/2000 feet at a moderate rate. Most hiking trips are 4-8hrs and ascend between 1000m-2000m. Good comfortable modern equipment goes a long ways.
Are all the trips private or do you mix and match groups?
We typically only run private groups on our trips and tend to avoid mixing groups. These days it makes the most sense. We do however mix groups of similar interest and abilities upon request, which generally is the start to new friendships and adventure partners.
Should I purchase trip insurance?
YES, we highly recommend TRIP INSURANCE. Especially in these crazy times! As we are a small company, cancelling a trip can get complicated. Trip planning has already began, cooks have been hired, food bought. Finding a replacement for your trip can be difficult last minute. Most 3rd party lodges and helicopter companies have their own policies which can vary from full refund to none at all so it is important to understand the terms. See our BOOKING POLICY for more info.
