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John Eaves

John Eaves lead a very competitive freestyle skiing career, from 1977 to 1981, where he won six world titles for Canada, three in combined freestyle and three in his specialty: aerials. He is also know for his stunt work Read More →

The Balance of Powder

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This past year Island Lake Catskiing and Mica Heliskiing partnered with Sherpas Cinema to produce a T.V. show called The Balance of Powder. The Sherpas are a youthful group from Whistler with creativity and originality and are creating award-winning Read More →

TLH Heliskiing Eurocopter B4

Eurocopter B4

TLH Heliskiing will be one of the only heli-ski operators to fly small groups in the luxurious Eurocopter B4 Helicopter this winter. With more room in the aircraft for guests and all seating facing towards the front, all passengers Read More →

Mike Wiegele Heli-Skiing On TV

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Ski Television experiences Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing in Blue River, B.C. Join Edith Rozsa and Wiegele guide Bob Sayer for this epic adventure. National Treasures hooks up with up-and-coming aerialist standout Travis Gerrits. 11-11 Wiegele Segment 1 Ski Television Read More →

Northern Escape Boasts 100% Skier Days

Northern Escape

That’s right, 100% skier days with no down time. It’s a lofty claim, but they have skied everyday of the winter thus far and that includes doing turns right through one of the biggest storms BC has seen in Read More →

BC is the mecca for powder

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There are two types of skier: those who can afford to heli-ski, and those who can’t. Granted, there may be a third category for those who simply don’t want to heli-ski, but they are few and far between. Indeed, Read More →

Northern Escape Heli Skiing Launches SnowCats!

Northern Escape Snowcats

Northern Escape Heli-Skiing launched their back up snowcat population this weekend with great success. NEH’s new snowcat terrain Late last summer NEH purchased two snowcats and worked hard all fall to open their long-awaited snowcat area. The work included Read More →

How to Go Heli-skiing Free

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Most people haven’t seen a magazine ad for Crescent Spur; they don’t turn on the radio to hear a jingle about heliskiing here; and, it sort of goes without saying, that they aren’t thinking about running a heliboarding commercial Read More →

Mica Heliskiing Powder Play

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Henrik Windstedt, Mark Abma, Mike Douglas and Asmund Thorsen spend a week shredding pillows and trees in some of the deepest snow of the season at Mica Heliskiing in Read More →

Everything is White In the North

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I expected the snow to be white and untracked and it was. It was the other white tracks that were a complete surprise. On the first afternoon of our heli-ski trip we encountered high avalanche and poor flying conditions Read More →

Chilean Heli Ski News

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Hello Skiers, I would like to sincerely thank the many friends, colleagues and guests that wrote to express your concern for us here in Chile since our very powerful earthquake. We greatly appreciate your friendship and your expressions of Read More →

Mica: 250,000 Acres and Growing

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Mica Heliskiing has announced the opening of another 3700 acres (1500 hectares) of new ski terrain within their 250,000 acre operating area. Mica Heliskiing’s 2010 guests will have the opportunity to make first-descents in some of the best tree Read More →

Terrace's Northern Escape & Shames

Northern Escape Heli

My trip to Terrace was more than getting together with my ski buddy, Owen. It was a celebration of his surviving a 19 minute avalanche burial under a meter of snow in Chile followed by a quadruple bypass heart Read More →