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Backcountry ski touring is the ultimate winter experience. Sure,��you could plan one yourself, but hiring a guide to book you the best backcountry huts and show you their favorite hidden powder stashes will ensure your next trip goes smoothly. Heck, they’ll even break trail for you.��But the best part? From snow camping in an expedition tent to posting up in a lavish, off-the-grid lodge, you can go��as hardcore or luxe as you want. These multi-day ski tours are perfect for everyone from backcountry newbies to more experienced��ski mountaineers.

Valhalla Mountain Touring

New Denver, British Columbia

This will pick you up in a snowcat and deliver you to a backcountry lodge in B.C.’s Selkirk Mountains, where you’ll spend six days dropping 2,000-vertical-foot, powder-filled lines��through the high alpine. You won’t exactly be roughing it. The lush��two-story��lodge has seven private bedrooms, a sauna, Wi-Fi, and delicious, hearty meals prepared by a cook and skier named Annie.��From $1,950

Big Sky Backcountry Guides

Bozeman, Montana

Big Sky Backcountry Guides's�� earns its name. From��late March through��early April, they'll��lead you deep into the Tobacco Root Range west of Bozeman and set up a deluxe snow-camping outpost 12 miles from the nearest access point. For four days, you’ll send world-class couloirs rarely accessed by day-trippers before returning to one of the most comfortable winter camps around,��complete with expedition-quality tents,��a propane heater in the group shelter, home-cooked meals, and bonfires each night. Basically, it’s expedition skiing without the suffering—porters even help haul in the heavy gear. From $1,500 ��������

Alpenglow Expeditions

Quito, Ecuador

If you’re a backcountry enthusiast who’s dreamed of getting into ski mountaineering, consider Alpenglow Expeditions. On its 11-day , you’ll��climb, summit, and ski two of Ecuador’s tallest volcanoes, 19,347-foot Cotopaxi and 18,997-foot Cayambe. Designed for��burgeoning ski mountaineers who already have some high-altitude and steep-skiing experience, the trip is perfect for those��looking to learn technical skills��like acclimatization, glacier travel, and crevasse-rescue techniques. $4,750

Northern Alpine Guides

Lofoten Islands, Norway

Each��February through May, ��offers��three-to-seven-day ski-touring trips around the Lofoten Islands, where guides will lead you on summit-to-sea adventures that end in arctic fjords and charming fishing villages. You’ll spot the northern lights while sleeping in the family-run, waterfront , which has a sauna, après-ski waffle buffet, and cozy cabin accommodations. From $160����

High Sierra Snowcat and Yurt

Bridgeport, California

You can do guided, single-day outings with , but you’ll want a few days to truly experience the vast couloirs, wide-open bowls, and peaks of the eastern Sierra Nevada. You’ll stay in bunks in a remote backcountry yurt��accessed via snowcat, and��guides will prep meals and give safety briefings each day. The snowcat helps with shuttles up to higher ground, but you’ll earn your turns from there. From $295

Points North Heli-�����ԹϺ���s

Cordova, Alaska

Want to experience heli-skiing but don’t have the budget for a $10,000 trip? Check out ’s weeklong, helicopter-assisted touring trips. Its backcountry base camp reopens next year, so for this year’s��expeditions,��which will happen in March, you’ll spend three days being dropped by a helicopter into the Chugach Mountains and three days ski touring from Cordova’s . $3,850, including meals and lodging