Dogs in the BC?

First, the only places dogs aren't allowed around here are National Parks (except for the PCT, Rialto Beach and anywhere your car can go, so I guess that excludes skiing  ) and a few wilderness locations like the Enchantments. 

Now, I don't see why your dog would have any trouble skiing especially in spring snow.  A good place to test your pup is Hyak or Silver fir (once Summit Central closes).

My favorite place to ski will my dog in the spring/summer is Silver Peak at Snoqualmie Pass.  I highly recommend this ski location to you once it is ready.

I take my smallish 35 lbs dog skiing all the time.  She loves it.  Deep snow can be difficult for her.  Many times she takes the skin track down when it's too deep.

One thing I have not seen mentioned is dogs falling in tree wells or other holes.  My dog has done this several times.  Because of this I never ski out of sight from her.  She once broke through a hole created by a rock over hang.  The snow just gave out beneath her.   I approached the hole and looked down.  She was trapped 6 feet down.  I had to use my shovel to dig her out. 

I know a lot of parks won't let dogs there, but when you can, how do you think a a basset hound would fare in snow while skiing? I'm a bit concerened of the short legs they have.

Anyone ever took one out to a TC Ski trip?

I've skied with friends dogs before in spring conditions, on one trip noticed one dog yelping on the downhill chase, examining revealed blood spots in the snow and on his foot pads, this was a multi-day trip though in volcanic terrain. Might want to get some ruffwear paw boots

Try one of these:
Hungarian Kuvasz/yellow lab

I am very conservative with his safety, but he rips! Puts me to shame on the up and the down, no transition time, melts his own snow for water, comes stock with snowshoes, crampons, and a waterproof, breathable, shell with a down thermal layer.  Couldn't get snow to stick to him with glue. He goes up on the skintrack, and straightlines pow on the way down.  I take no credit, he's completely untrainable, BTW.
Kuvasz=independent, lab=goofy as hell.
Lots of fun though.

Keep 'em off off cornices, watch 'em near treewells, check their paws often, appologize profusely when they beg for other people's lunch, and pick up their poo!

My dog is my most reliable ski partner.  He's always ready to go, with all gear on, and is absolutely stoked to be in the snow.  He does tend to do better in spring (consolidated) conditions than fresh snow.  In addition to the excellent tips above, I'd also mention to watch out for creek crossings.  My dog doesn't seem very aware about these - once in the Wallowas on a backpacking trip he glibly dashed across a thinly snow-covered, steep gradient creek and ever since then I've tried to keep an extra close eye or leash on when we get around them.

One other thing I'm starting to consider is how to self-rescue my dog, should he get injured out on a tour, considering the gear that I'm carry. For smaller breeds, I guess you just put 'em in your pack and ski out but for my dog, that's not an option. Also, as the snowpack consolidates, my dog moves faster than in deep powder and his paws can get dinged by ski edges, ice, rocks, etc. So adding to the other pre-reqs, I like having good voice control over my K9 like Stop or go Left/Right especially when skiing with other partners.

My dogs absolutely love the snow and are very resilient. One of them develops snow balls on his paws very fast. My biggest concern is frostbite, even in spring. Frostbite damage is worse than other abrasions; the pads never heal 100%. Booties work until they lose them--which happens during the boisterous first minutes of a hike. (And never underestimate the ability of a dog to get lost.) Niko