Get outside, get active, and help support Avalanche Canada with the Backyard Backcountry Challenge. This is not a race. It’s not about the fastest or longest journey. The Challenge is to motivate, energize, and encourage you to share your backcountry activities.
Travel safely and check avalanche.ca before you go.
The Challenge
Starting on Friday, April 1 05:00am PST until Tuesday, April 19 12:00am PST participants have 19 days to log as many vertical meters as possible. The goal is to climb the equivalent vertical of Mount Everest, the highest point on the planet at 8,849 metres or 29,028 feet.
Download
Download the FATMAP app.
Use the download link sent after & connect your FATMAP account with your tracking device (Suunto, Garmin, Strava – instruction guide HERE) so that your tracks get automatically sent to your FATMAP account.
Climb
Get your friends involved and log that vert!
Make sure you edit the title of your adventure in FATMAP with the hashtag #BackcountryChallenge so that we can see your vertical meters. Click HERE for info on how to edit your adventure.
Log
Log your daily activities using your results from FATMAP, or your best estimates, on Race Roster making your way up to Everest!
By participating in the Challenge, you will support the programs and services of Avalanche Canada including the daily avalanche forecasts that help us make good decisions and travel safely in the backcountry in our backyard.
Registration fees
Prices are inclusive of mandatory charges, items, and fees
Climb Mt. Everest Closed
A processing fee of $3.36 will be added to your registration fee.
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$30.00Mar. 28 - Apr. 19
Included with Your Registration
- All registrants get a one-month FATMAP Explore membership
- First 100 registrants get an Avalanche Canada neck tube
- Eligible for weekly door prizes from The North Face, Dakine and Arc'teryx.
- Eligible for 2 grand prizes from Mammut
Registration fees are not eligible for tax receipts
Thanks to our Sponsors
Weekly door prizes will be drawn Tuesday, April 5 and Tuesday, April 12. The Grand Prizes will be drawn on Wednesday, April 20.
Grand Prizes: Mammut Pro Protection Airbag 3.0 and Barryvox S Transceiver
Weekly Door Prizes:
Dakine Drafter 10L Hydration Pack
The North Face Base Camp Duffel
Arc'teryx Blade 28 Backpack – black
Dakine Syncline 12L Hydration Pack - Grey
Dakine Syncline 12L Hydration Pack - Camel
Arc'teryrx Granville 10 Courier Bag
The Fine Print
Mont Everest South Col Route
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Contact information
- Event contact
- Amy Erving
- acf@avalanche.ca
