Tag: Hans Gmoser
Short Turns Fall 2014 Pt. 1 – Canadian Mountain Holidays
/Reading Time: 3 minutes The big 5-0 It’s hard to believe it was half a century ago that visionary Hans Gmoser introduced the world to Canadian Mountain Holidays and the rapture of heli-skiing, and had […]
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The Original Cat: Sekirk Wilderness Cat Skiing
/Reading Time: 4 minutes It was seeing a modified snowcat shuttle in Aspen Snowmass in 1965 that planted the seed for Canada’s first-ever cat operation— and all the dozens that would follow. “My dad […]
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The World According to Wiegele
/Reading Time: 7 minutes From the Spring 2006 issue Three men are generally credited with inventing helicopter skiing: Hans Gmoser, Herb Bleuer and Mike Wiegele. Gmoser, founder and long-time head of Canadian Mountain Holidays […]
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