Canadian Mountain Holidays

Travel 350 kilometres west of Banff and you'll find Adamant Lodge situated at the confluence of four major alpine valleys. It's named for the surrounding diamond-hard peaks, a sub-range of the Selkirks, where we do all our Adamants-based Heli-Skiing.

The Selkirks are famed for long glaciers, deep valleys, and rugged vistas. Classic tree skiing and huge, open glacier terrain await Adamants skiers. The challenging access to these mountains ensures that our abundant terrain remains untouched by all but CMH guides and guests.

Adamant Lodge is located near the head of the Goldstream River in the heart of some of the most rugged mountains in North America. When it opened in 1990, it was the most luxurious of the CMH lodges and set the standard for future development, but like the other CMH areas, the lodge is dramatically overshadowed by the surrounding mountains.

When the snow melts off the vertical walls that form a surreal backdrop to the ski season, the summer season in the Adamants demonstrates perfectly why the helicopter is the ideal tool for modern mountain exploration. The cliffs virtually enclose some valleys like the walls of a castle.

On the eastern edge of the Adamants tenure, the Fairy Meadows hut serves as a base for skiers and climbers, but the sheer walls to the west keep even the most adventurous climbers and skiers out of the heart of the CMH Adamants terrain.

From Bugaboo Dreams by Topher Donahue