Shaped By Wild
The diversity of landscape and culture distinguish the Coast Mountain Range from anywhere else on Earth.
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Category: Bella Coola, BC
Pandemic Heli Ski Shutdown Doubled Range of Caribou
Studies by University of British Columbia Okanogan Campus (UBCO) have shown that the Pandemic Heli Ski Shutdown doubled the range of caribou. During the 2020 “anthropause,” when COVID-19 travel restrictions nearly grounded heli-skiing, both movement and mean home-range of the caribou groups increased dramatically compared to years when normal heli ski operations dominated. The anthropause …
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Avalanche Canada: The Persisting Problem
Avalanche Canada is reporting that the snowpack is spooky for much of Western Canada.
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Bella Coola Crowned World’s Best Heli Ski Operation
Bella Coola Heli Sports has planted its flag atop the peak at the World Ski Awards yet again, earning a fifth-consecutive nod as the World’s Best Heli Ski Operation and the sole Canadian entry to be singled out for best-in-world status at the ninth annual awards ceremony last week. Bella Coola Heli began helping skiers …
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Avalanche Canada: Don’t always trust a robust crust
An update on the lasting impact of the atmospheric rivers
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Avalanche Canada: The River Has Run Dry
The backcountry is a changed landscape in the aftermath of the series of atmospheric rivers.
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Bella Coola offers World’s First Climate Positive Heliskiing
While there is currently no alternative to carbon-based aircraft fuel available, we are determined to do our part and make a tangible difference, particularly in our home province.
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Bella Coola Heli Wins World’s Best
Bella Coola Heli Sports has won “World’s Best Heli-Ski Operator” at the 2019 World Ski Awards held in Kitzbühel, Austria, for the 3rd year in a row.
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Heli Ski Mystery Mountain
Mount Waddington, once known as Mystery Mountain, is the highest peak in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia. Although it is lower than Mount Fairweather and Mount Quincy Adams, which straddle the United States border between Alaska and British Columbia, Mount Waddington is the highest peak that lies entirely within British Columbia. It and the …
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Bella Coola Heli Voted #1
Bella Coola Heli Sports was named the “World’s Best Heli-Ski Operator” at the 2017 World Ski Awards in Kitzbühel, Austria.
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Kye Petersen’s “In Search” released
“In Search” is a short film covering a skier seeking adventures into deep backcountry zones on skisand is a sweet 10 minutes of Kye’s last seasons ski journeys in the backcountry terrain of Alaska and British Columbia.
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