Chatter Creek Builds New Backcountry Lodge

Golden (BC), Canada - Monday, September 13, 2004) – Chatter Creek Mountain Lodges Ltd. (CCML), operating as Chatter Creek Cat Skiing, is competing a new ski lodge at its remote Rocky Mountain site, about 100 km. north of Golden B.C.

Solitude Lodge stands adjacent to the existing 9300 sq. ft. Vertebrae lodge to provide double-occupancy bedrooms and a lounge area for an additional 12 guests. All guests will share the dining and recreation facilities of Vertebrae Lodge, which will be renovated to expand its bar and games areas. The new 7600 sq.ft.lodge will be in operation in time for the 2005 snowcat skiing season.

CCML. provides backcountry snowcat skiing and snowboarding tours for powder snow enthusiasts. The addition of Solitude Lodge will permit Chatter Creek to host groups of 36 clients who will ski from three independent Bombardier snowcats. Two tours of 36 skiers will be hosted each week, during the peak season. Photographs of Solitude Lodge can be seen on the Internet at: www.solitude-lodge.blogspot.com

In conjunction with the construction of Solitude lodge, CCML will expand access to its 130 sq. km. tenure area by developing new winter roads into regions not previously accessed. This will provide ample new terrain to accommodated the additional skiers and boarders. An application is underway for doubling the size of the present land tenure to over 260 sq km.

Dale McKnight, President of CCML says, "Our guests will not only enjoy the high glacier skiing that Chatter Creek is famous for, but also have access to a significant expansion to our alpine and sub-alpine terrain. There will be more than enough untracked powder snow for everyone."

Solitude Lodge has the same rustic "round log" construction used in Vertebrae Lodge, with bedroom and ensuite washroom facilities built to the same high standard that guests have enjoyed in the past.

Next winter, CCML will host over 900 skiing and snowboarding guests. Most of Chatter Creek’s clientele come from BC, Alberta and the western USA, with significant numbers traveling from as far away as eastern Canada and the eastern US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Most guests book their Chatter Creek tours up to a year ahead and many guests return year after year. Guests visit Chatter Creek expressly for its well-known powder snow skiing, the homey atmosphere of Vertebrae Lodge and the friendly, high-energy staff.

McKnight estimates that 70% of his clients spend at least one night in nearby Golden, BC and many spend at least one day skiing at the local Kicking Horse Resort. CCML engages Alpine Helicopters Ltd. to provide approximately 100 return helicopter flights, transferring clients between Golden and the Chatter Creek lodge site.

For more information, please telephone 250-344-7199 or email information@catskiingbc.com or reference Chatter Creek's Web site at: www.chattercreekcatskiing.com
On behalf of Chatter Creek Mountain Lodges Ltd.
Box 333 Golden B.C. V0A1H0 Canada
Phone: 250-344-7199
Fax: 250-344-2229
Email: information@catskiingbc.com