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 HELISKIING CANADA
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TERRAIN
 Glaciers and Open
Bowls:
The glacier and open bowl
skiing are second to none. The abundance of snow allows
almost endless possibilities to ski / board the
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Snowfall
Annual
snowfall is 5,200 feet (1600 meters) is approximately 65 -
100 feet (20 - 30 meters). That translates to an
average base of 15 - 18 feet (5 - 6
meters).
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This is one of the most snow
intensive areas of the world. The Skeena Mountain
Range, imposing and heavily glaciated, provides a
limitless amount of challenging terrain, offering both
incredible tree runs as well as majestic scenery second
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Our Ski
Area
The ski area is between 1,200 - 8,500
feet (360 - 2600 meters) above sea level. A good majority
of the terrain still awaits it's first tracks. There is
up to 600 different ski runs within the area of 3,500 square
miles (9,000 square kilometers).
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The
Glaciers and Open Bowls
The glacier and
open bowl skiing is second to none. The abundance of snow
allows almost endless possibilities to ski / board the
challenging terrain within the vast area. The open runs are on
average between 2,500 - 3,300 vertical feet (750 - 1,000
vertical meters). The longest runs are approximately 5,000
vertical feet. Skiing amongst the majestic peaks of the Skeena
Mountains is a truly awe inspiring experience. Finding good
powder snow is generally an easily achieved objective given
the consistent snowfall.
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The
Trees
Trees are for many skiers the
most exiting and challenging skiing imaginable. The snow
usually is untouched by the wind and stays light and fluffy
for a long time. There is nothing more exhilarating than to
spend a day skiing the trees with a heavy snowfall, covering
your tracks behind you. Many of the tree runs, are close to
the lodge and easily accessible in poor weather. The
outstanding quality of these runs, insures that the tree
skiing will live up to and exceed the expectations of the most
demanding skiers. Your guides are always happy to provide
pointers on tree skiing techniques in order to make this
integral part of Heli-Skiing an enjoyable experience for
everyone.
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Vertical
Footage
On average you ski between 10
and 12 runs per day or 30,000 vertical feet (9,200 vertical
meters). Per week, guests average 150,000 vertical feet
(45,000 vertical meters). On a 'good weather' week one can ski
over 200,000 vertical feet (61,000 vertical meters), during a
'poorer weather' week 90,000 vertical feet (28,000 vertical
meters) is realistic.The amount of skiing is determined mostly
by the weather and snow conditions, but also by the desire of
each group of skiers.
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| © 1994-2007 GCAC |
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