Bookings

For a listing of the weeks that are currently available click here. This listing is updated regularly, but availability can change by the hour during busy periods. We recommend giving us a call to check on the current listing of available weeks prior to placing your booking. If you don't see a week listed that you would prefer it means another group has already booked that week. Please contact us if you wish to be placed on a Cancellation Waiting List for any week that is previously booked.

Moon Phase Calendar

Reservations for the 2013 season will require two payments. The first payment is a deposit equal to 30% of the full booked price (prior to taxes) and is due within four weeks of placing the booking. The second payment is a final payment of the full trip cost and it is due 12 weeks prior to your departure date. Please note that both payments are non-refundable unless we are able to rebook canceled spaces at the full terms of the original reservation (see ‘Cancellation Policy’ section). See 'Forms of Payment' section regarding details about how to make payments.

Reservations for future seasons (2014 and beyond) require three payments. The first is a non-refundable deposit of $500 CAD for a group of 7 to 12, or $250 CAN for a group of 6. A second deposit equal to 30% of the full booked price (prior to taxes) will be due by January 1st of the season previous to the trip. The final payment of the full trip cost is due 12 weeks prior to your departure date.

Please note that the rate charged will be for the year the trip is actually taking place in, not the rate for the year that the trip was booked (i.e. for a trip that will take place in Feb 2013 that was booked in 2012, the rate charged will be the 2013 rate). Rates for the upcoming season will be posted by January 1st each year. Our annual rate increase is normally less than 10%. If we raise our per-person rates by more than 10% of the previous year, and people who have bookings with us find they can't afford our new rates and wish to cancel, we will provide a full refund of their first deposit if they cancel their booking before January 15th.

Payments can be made by personal cheques, either in Canadian funds or foreign funds equivalent to Canadian dollars. They should be made out to ‘Powder Creek Lodge’, and if they are in foreign funds must be sufficient to cover the payment required after they are exchanged. Please contact us if you wish to make a payment in foreign funds, and we will advise you on what the equivalent is in Canadian dollars. Note that the exchange rate we get at our bank at the time of deposit will likely be slightly different from what it was at the time you wrote the cheque, and you will be credited with the actual amount of exchange our bank provides us with on the date of the deposit. Any overpayments will be deducted from the final payment and any refunds owed will be made in Canadian funds. A $25 service charge will be charged for any dishonored cheques.

Gratuities are not included in our rates and are entirely at guest's discretion. Any gratuities offered will be gratefully accepted and shared equally among all the staff that attended your stay.

We highly recommend you consider purchasing Trip Cancellation and Hospital/Medical Evacuation Insurance when you book a trip with us (see our Cancellation and Evacuation policies). We offer Trip Cancellation insurance through a local broker at a cost of approximately 4%-6% of your total trip price, depending on what services you require. Note that trip delays or cancellations due to poor weather are not included in the coverage. If you are interested in purchasing or finding out more about the insurance offered through our local broker, please contact Glacier Travel Ltd at 1-800-900-9228 or (250) 352-2200, or by e-mail at glacier.travel@telus.net. Note that this particular insurance must be purchased within 72 hours after initial deposit is paid.

For Hospital/Medical Evacuation insurance, any non-Canadian guests should check into their personal insurance to ensure air evacuation/ambulance is included as they will not receive coverage here in Canada (see 'Evacuation Policy and Medical Insurance' section). US citizens may want to consider contacting the American Alpine Club to become members and apply for insurance offered through them called 'Global Rescue'. This insurance is reported to be cheap and effective, and covers members for air evacuation anywhere in the world. Their website is www.americanalpineclub.org/pages/page/97.

In order to ensure the best possible guest safety and make trip planning easy and economical for our guests, we deal with a single local helicopter transport company. The helicopter company charges us a fixed rate to transport guests, and we in turn pass that charge on to guests as part of the trip package price. This fixed rate is based on the helicopter being full and costs being shared by both incoming and outgoing guests (this is called 'dovetailing'). It is also based on all flights occurring consecutively. If guests create circumstances where dovetailing and consecutive flights do not occur there will be an additional helicopter charge to guests. Some of the circumstances where extra charges apply are where clients require a mid-week flight, clients are late for flights, or clients insist on being flown even if it means all flights cannot be done consecutively (i.e. poor weather where only one flight can be completed). These extra charges will be at the discretion of the helicopter transport company and will vary with the circumstances.

Being a helicopter accessed lodge, weather dictates all of our coming and goings to and from the lodge. Helicopters cannot fly in poor weather conditions. It's not uncommon for flights to be delayed by several hours and occasionally even a day or more. If this occurs there will be no additional charges for guests staying at the lodge that are delayed flying out, but guests delayed on their flights in to the lodge are responsible for all expenses due to the delay. No refunds or rain cheques will be given for delays or trip cancellations due to bad weather. We highly recommend that guests keep potential delays in mind when making travel plans and purchase travel insurance and trip cancellation insurance for all modes of travel when planning their trip.

All payments are non-refundable unless we are able to rebook the cancelled spaces at the full terms of the original reservation. If this occurs we will provide a full refund in Canadian funds. Alternatively, if we receive a cancellation before the 12 week final payment deadline we will try to find you another week at our lodge for the same season and transfer your reservation. No refunds or rain cheques will be made for leaving early or arriving late or days lost to unforeseen circumstances. All cancellations must be made in writing. We strongly recommend you purchase trip cancellation insurance when you place a booking with us.

In the event of an accident where evacuation is necessary, payment of any rescue or evacuation costs will be the responsibility of the injured party. As any evacuations will be made by helicopter the costs can be considerable. We strongly recommend that you consider purchasing Hospitalization and Medical Evacuation insurance (including air evacuation) for your trip (see 'Trip Insurance' section). Any non-Canadian guests should check into their personal insurance to ensure air evacuation/ambulance is included as they will not receive coverage here in Canada.

Backcountry recreation in uncontrolled wilderness environments contains many elements that are impossible to predict reliably. As an experienced backcountry recreator you are already aware of the hazards present in wilderness environments, and you accept that these hazards are a part of the sport you choose to participate in. As a condition of our license with the Province of British Columbia we are required to ensure that all guests sign a liability waiver form when they book a stay at our lodge. This document is a contract that states that you are aware of the hazards inherent to backcountry recreating and that you relinquish your rights to sue us, the helicopter transport company, or the Province of British Columbia. All guests are required to read the waiver (preferably before arriving for your trip) and complete and sign it in front of one of our staff prior to departing for the lodge.

Click here to view our Guided Waiver or our Self-Guided Waiver.

We are again happy to be able to welcome minors (children under the age of 19 years) to our lodge. All minors must be accompanied at all times by a parent or adult charged with their care.