If you have been dreaming about booking a helicopter skiing trip to British Columbia, you have a few days left to get a smokin’ deal. Northern Escape Heli-Skiing is currently offering a 5% discount on all trips booked by April 30, 2011. This early booking discount is a great way to save money, while getting a jump start on your heli ski plans for the 2012 season.

Trips book up fast at Northern Escape Heliskiing, so make sure to jump on this deal! For more information, visit: http://www.neheliski.com/

Heli Skiing and Cat Skiing Trips: DOs and DON’Ts

Thinking about taking the powder skiing trip of a lifetime next season? If so, take a second to read through these tips about what to do (and what not to do) when you visit a heli skiing or cat skiing operation.  This is just a starting point, so feel free to add comments with your own Dos and DON’Ts and any questions you have about heliskiing and catskiing in general.

DOs:

• DO Tip your guides. These guys are using their personal knowledge of the mountain to get you to the absolute best goods they can provide.
• DO Listen to your guides. They’re not trying to limit you, they’re keeping you safe and making sure the group has the best day possible. Once in a while, you get a jerk who ignores the guides and does something stupid such as [..]

Ah, the finer things in life…. that sports car, yacht, vacation home, or replacement spouse with a couple fewer decades on the ticker. Admirable pursuits, indeed. There comes a point in every skier or boarder’s life, however, when you need to put that stuff aside and plunk down a little cash for a powder trip so luxe you’ll be talking about it for the rest of your life. Five-star accommodations? Check. Gourmet meals? Yep. So much vertical your thighs will be begging for mercy, and powder so deep you’re going to need to floss it out of your gaping maw? You know it. Check out TLH Heli Skiing in Gold Bridge, British Columbia. In March 2011, Untracked Guides had an opportunity to join Dendrite Studios, B4Apres Studios, and Epic Planks for a four-day filming trip at TLH Heli Skiing.

Under the watchful eye of new ownership and a dedicated staff, TLH Heli Skiing has re-established itself as one of the premiere heli skiing destinations in the world. Recent improvements include multi-million dollar upgrades to the Tyax Wilderness Lodge, a beautiful log “cabin” easily capable of accommodating the 20 or 25 guests that may be present at any given time. They’re now placing an emphasis on drawing in the core skier by offering unlimited vertical and assigning only one group of riders to a helicopter to eliminate waits while the bird drops off another group or heads off to refuel. With only one group to a helicopter, you can fly farther out into the massive tenure right off the bat to get to wherever the snow is best that day. The average day includes about 10-20 runs, between 7,000 and 10,000 vertical meters, and if you’re up to it and the weather cooperates, it doesn’t have to stop at “just average.”  At 830,000 acres, TLH Heli Skiing is 27 times larger than every ski resort in Colorado…. combined.

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