Accommodation
Accommodation
Ski Week applications open each spring for the following winter season.
Applications are open for the following winter season.
ACC Ski Weeks
A full week of backcountry skiing. Heli access. No crowds. No compromises.
Your ski week is a 7-night, helicopter-accessed stay at one of The Alpine Club of Canada’s most iconic huts: Kokanee Glacier Cabin or Fairy Meadow Hut. You and your group have the entire hut to yourselves, with world-class touring terrain right out the door.
Fair Access Bookings exists for these huts because demand exceeds available hut capacity. The ACC uses a randomized allocation process to distribute booking opportunities fairly.
Applications open each spring. This is a self-guided experience: you’re responsible for building your group, making route decisions, and managing your own safety in remote avalanche terrain.
Choose a Hut
Kokanee Glacier Cabin
- Heli Access
- Sleeps 15
- Nelson, BC
- 7 Nights
Set at 2,000 m in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, the cabin offers moderate glaciated terrain, mellow bowls, and treed options for lower-visibility days. A full-time custodian handles hut operations and helps orient your group on arrival — making it a strong choice for mixed-ability groups or first-time ski-week trips.
Rates:
All rates are subject to 2% MRDT (Municipal and Regional District Tax). Includes return helicopter flights and exclusive 7-night hut use.
Fairy Meadow Hut
Bill Putnam Hut
- Heli Access
- Sleeps 20
- Golden, BC
- 7 Nights
Tucked deep in the Adamant Range of the northern Selkirks, Fairy Meadow offers some of the most committing ski terrain in the ACC hut network — big glaciated lines and objectives that reward strong navigation and glacier travel skills. Fully self-serve, with no custodian, it’s a serious week for experienced, self-reliant parties.
Rates:
Includes return helicopter flights and exclusive 7-night hut use. Active ACC membership required to book.
How It Works
Fair Access Bookings exists for these huts because demand exceeds available hut capacity. The ACC uses a randomized allocation process to distribute booking opportunities fairly.
Apply
Applications open each spring.
Selected applicants notified
Selected applicants are notified by email.
Book your week
Pay 50% non-refundable deposit within 7 days of being selected. Balance due 90 days before your departure date.
Enjoy a week of skiing!
Seven nights of remote, self-guided ski touring from Nelson or Golden.
- All payments are 100% non-refundable once processed including weather cancellations and flight delays.
- You have 7 days from selection notification to offer to pay the 50% deposit, or it passes to the next applicant.
- These are self-guided trips in remote avalanche terrain. You are responsible for your group’s safety and experience level.
Ready to apply?
Ski Week applications open each spring for the following winter season.
Common Questions
Apply for the specific weeks you're interested in during the application period. After applications close, selected applicants are notified by email. See "How it works" above for the full timeline.
No, but you will need an ACC membership to book Fairy Meadow Hut. Kokanee Glacier Cabin can be booked by non-members.
You'll be notified by email. Selected applicants book their week first come, first served, subject to availability.
No. Ski week bookings are 100% non-refundable once processed, and the dates of your booking cannot be moved to a different week. Your group composition can change after booking (adding or swapping people), but the booking itself stays with the selected applicant. Travel insurance is strongly recommended.
No. The rates shown include return helicopter flights, exclusive 7-night hut use, and all taxes. The only additional charge is 2% MRDT for Kokanee. Excess baggage over 100 lb per person may incur additional helicopter charges.
You don't need to be elite, but you do need to be capable, prepared, and realistic about the terrain. You should be confident skiing or split-boarding in backcountry and avalanche terrain. These are remote, unmanaged environments where self-rescue is your responsibility.
Avalanche training (AST 1 minimum, AST 2 recommended) is strongly recommended for every member of your party. You're welcome to hire a certified ACMG guide as part of your group if you'd like professional support, but it's not required.
You're booking the entire hut, not individual spots. You're responsible for building your own group of up to the hut's maximum capacity (15 at Kokanee, 20 at Fairy Meadow).
Kokanee Glacier Cabin has a full-time custodian on-site who will help orient you on arrival. The custodian has separate living and sleeping quarters but shares common spaces with your group during your stay.
Fairy Meadow Hut is self-serve, with no custodian. Your group is fully responsible for hut operations during the week.
Helicopter flights are weather-dependent. If your fly-in is delayed, your 7-night booking starts when you arrive at the hut. Delays do not extend your booking or generate refunds. Build flexibility into both ends of your trip, and budget extra days in your travel plans.
Fair Access Bookings & Terms
Fair Access Bookings
Applying
- Ski Week applications open once a year, each spring, for the following winter season.
- Only the weeks listed during the application process are available, though additional weeks may be added during the application period.
Selection & notification
- When applications close, the applications for each week are placed in a randomized order.
- Selected applicants are notified by email.
- Selected applicants book first come, first served, subject to availability.
Securing your booking
- A 50% non-refundable deposit is required within 7 days of accepting the offer.
- Final payment is due 90 days before your trip departure date.
- All payments must be made in a single transaction — partial payments are not accepted.
- Active ACC membership is required to book Fairy Meadow Hut.
What’s included
- Exclusive use of the hut for 7 nights (Saturday to Saturday).
- Return helicopter flights from the staging area to the hut.
- All applicable taxes.
- Maximum baggage allowance of 100 lb per person. Excess baggage requiring additional helicopter flights will incur extra charges.
Cancellation & change policy
- All ski week payments are 100% non-refundable once processed.
- The ACC does not refund or discount bookings due to weather, flight delays, or any circumstances beyond our control.
- Dates are non-transferable between weeks or between huts.
- The ACC reserves the right to cancel bookings without notice in the case of late payments.
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