Blessed by some of the deepest snowfalls on the continent, the Coast Mountains offer some of the finest ski mountaineering in North America. John Baldwin has recently published a completely revised third edition of his guidebook Exploring the Coast Mountains on Skis. He will give an overview of some of his favourite places for backcountry skiing in the Coast Mountains, from local slopes to trips deep in the wilderness across remote icefields that stretch north to Alaska.

John Baldwin has been ski mountaineering throughout the Coast Mountains for the past 35 years. Always curious about what lies over the next ridge, he has completed numerous first ascents and pioneered many long ski traverses, often to remote areas that have rarely been seen or photographed. He has written about his backcountry skiing and mountaineering adventures in Exploring the Coast Mountains on Skis, Mountains of the Coast and Backcountry Whistler Map.

The motivation for his writing and photography is to inspire others to discover and connect with the intense beauty of our mountain wilderness. He lives in Vancouver and for many years worked as a research engineer at UBC.