Tag: heli-ski
Going To Town With Stellar
/Reading Time: 5 minutesA Main Street Home Base, And Ethos, Sets This B.C. Heli-Ski Op Apart As the throbbing of the departing helicopter picks up in tempo a cloud of dry, light snow […]
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Off to the powder room
/Reading Time: 3 minutesby Iain MacMillan, editor, from Fall 2012 issue Jennifer, a dandy skier who runs our design studio, piped up the other day about her biggest frustration last winter at the Ski Canada Test […]
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A Bite with Dave Brownlie
/Reading Time: 3 minutesWhistler Blackcomb ’s CEO goes beyond the ropes with Ski Canada. by Tobias C. Van Veen Dave Brownlie is not your average CEO. As I chased him down The Bite on […]
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Is it all doom and gloom?
/Reading Time: 9 minutesIt was a magical January day with Mica Heli Guides high in the Rocky Mountains northeast of Revelstoke. We were pausing between huge pitches to gaze at the mountains ringing […]
Read more »The Feral Cat: Great Northern Snow Cat
/Reading Time: 4 minutesNo signs or billboards will lead the way either. It’s that kind of place. You have to want to get there. Or you have to have been there once before, […]
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The World According to Wiegele
/Reading Time: 7 minutesFrom 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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