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The skiing

Up, up and away: CMH's powerful Bell 212 choppers carry 11 skiers and one guide deep into untracked mountain terrain.
 
Heading out around 8.30am, four groups are lifted in rotation from the lodge and flown back, depending on the time of year, between 3.30 or well after 5pm in the springtime. It’s worth noting at this point that you’re now in strictly off-piste territory and, while (gratis) fat skis have made it a thousand times easier, it’s never going to be easy to ski powder in a snowplow position.

To heliski comfortably and safely, you need at minimum the skills of a strong intermediate, with some prior experience of deep snow. The better your physical condition, the more fun you’ll have too. Typically, you can expect 8-12 runs per day, and there are usually opportunities to fly home early should your energy give way in advance of your pride.

In snowy and cloudy weather, guides head for the fantastic tree skiing. This allows the trees to be used as visual reference both by skiers and by the pilot. Over the years selective glading and commercial logging have produced some of CMH’s best tree runs. When conditions allow, the high alpine bowls beckon, and classic huge-vertical descents like Run of the Century in the Gothics produce the pictures, the memories and enough lactic acid in the legs to last a lifetime.

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How to Book

For booking in Canada
Canadian Mountain Holidays
217 Bear St.
Box 1660, Banff, Alberta
Canada T1L IJ6
Tel: + 1 403 762 7100 / 800 661 0252
info@cmhinc.com
 

For UK bookings
Powder Skiing in North America Ltd
Tel: +44 (0)20 7736 8191
info@psna.co.uk

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