Excavation time is by far the biggest contributing factor in avalanche fatalities. By reducing or eliminating burial depth you substantially increase your chances of survival. The Float 30 is the first airbag that is both affordable and easily reusable. Back Country Access uses a smaller cylinder, single–chamber 150–liter airbag, and super–efficient venturi system to reduce cost and weight. The airbag itself not only helps prevent burial, but protects the head, neck and upper body from trauma. With its location behind the head and away from the hips and arms, it preserves the user’s peripheral vision and his or her ability to escape the avalanche before it picks up speed. Click here for more info and a demo video of the BCA Float 30
Visit the contest page on our affiliate site catskiing.ca for a chance to win 2 days of catskiing at the operation of your choice, plus gear and clothing from Backcountry Access and Icebreaker. That's right, winter is on it's way, and the powder is coming!
We just found our about some new stuff coming down the pipe from Icebreaker to keep you toasty and warm this season when you're out in the mountains. Icebreaker's Fall/Winter 2010/11 GT Range is designed to give wearers a compettitive advantage in high performance sports. Merino wool is paired with LYCRA for a technical fit and faster dry time while strategically placed eyelet fabric adds ventilation.
Shown here is the GT 260 Pursuit Range: Midweight for cold weather conditions, wear it solo or under insulating layers. Check out the GT line here.
TGR has released a sneak preview of its footage filmed at the Ripley Creek base of Last Frontier Heli. Sammy, Seth, Kye, Callum and the crew at work. Look out for the lastest movie Light the Wick which will be released in Fall 2010.
It's summer time up here, but the skiing is just getting started in New Zealand. Harris Mountains heli has been in operation for over 27 years, and being the largest heli-ski company in New Zealand has meant they have discovered the best heli-ski terrain available for heli-skiers and boarders to enjoy. They are a professional and dynamic Heli-Ski/Boarding operation and with years of experience they are able to offer a highly sophisticated safety infrastructure. They provide outstanding daily, multi-day and private charters heli-ski/boarding on our exclusive and expansive variety of terrain. Get rid of your summer blues, and go rip up the powder in the Southern Hemisphere.
Northern Escape Heli-Skiing, with our location in BC's remote Northwest, has long been renowned for providing the deepest, most reliable, snowpack on the planet and, between you and me, all that deep fluffy stuff doesn't fall from blue skies... It Snows up here and it's Deeper up here!
With all that snow comes some inevitability difficult flying conditions. Therefore, NEH is proud to offer snowcat back-up to all of our heliskiing packages. Now, when the snow is falling hard and it's lying deep in the trees, you'll be enjoying some of the finest, deepest, powder skiing/boarding available thanks to our snowcat back up. Ski/board every day of your package – guaranteed!
Our catskiing area was created out of some of our best tree skiing terrain and encompasses over 6,000 acres, that's nearly the size of Whistler and Blackcomb ski areas combined. It offers everything from steep trees to pillows and open bowls with an average run length of over 2,000 vertical feet.
Should the weather clear enough to fly while we are catskiing, the helicopter will simply pick us up and we'll continue our day of deep powder skiing without interruption. Or, if we're heliskiing and the weather starts to turn for the worse, we will meet the snowcats and again continue our day seamlessly enjoying that deep powder. It's the best combination imaginable - Heliskiing/boarding perfected!
Snowwater would like to thank all of their friends for another great season of fun and powder in the mountains. Their new all-inclusive packages were a huge success - so much so that they have been knocked off their feet with more pre-bookings than ever before. There are only a few spaces left in February at this time. So if you are thinking of coming out in 2011, book it before it's gone! Here's what available:
JAN Jan 17-20 - (4 day) - 12 SPOTS Jan 21- 24 (4 day) - 12 SPOTS
FEB Feb 7 - 10 (4 day) - 4 SPOTS Feb 14 -17 (4 day) - 5 SPOTS Feb 25, 26, 27 (3 day) - 6 SPOTS
CMH is holding heli-skiing prices flat for the coming 2011 and 2012 seasons, maintaining the published 2010 rates. No increase, no gimmicks, no fine print. This is great news if you want to get yourself out on a world class trip with Canadian Moutain Holidays this coming winter. If this seems a bit too good to be true, call the Heli-Ski Experts at 1.800.661.0252 or check them out here for more details.
Perhaps it was the massive vertical achieved through six helicopter drops in the 500,000 acres that comprise Selkirk Tangiers Heli Skiing backcountry terrain; or maybe it was from skiing on North America's longest resort runs.
Either way, my brain struggled to comprehend the gargantuan scale of the mountains.
Day 1: Heli-skiing with Selkirk Tangiers
I extended my avalanche transceiver and worked with my group to find the hidden beacon. We located our target, marked it and began to probe the snow.
That's right, TLH is offering a Book Early & Save special from now until the end of their heliski season, April 9th, 2010. If you book and confirm your trip with them prior to April 9th, you'll get the 2010 pricing. Check out TLH for more details.
Here is a look at some of our favourite 2011 Powder Skis from K2, Armada, Rossignol, and Volkl.
2011 Armada JJ
Fairly mellow graphic, great ski that can do everything well.
2011 K2 Hellbent
Ugly as ever, but still skis awesome! Amazingly maneuverable for such a large ski, and you can still rail turns if you put em up on edge.
2011 K2 Obsethed
Great graphic, gotta love the bright bases. New Powder rocker on the front ( more like the Hell Bent ) with classic rocker on the back. Still one of my favorite skis made even better.
2011 Volkl Chopstick
I really want to get these out in the powder to really try them out. Great graphic, the Volkl feel in a big pow pow ski.
2011 Rossignol S7
Nice graphic, not as friendly on the groomed as the rest. Very solid ski.
Want to have the ultimate Kootenay experience? Well Valhalla Powdercats and Snowwater Heliskiing have put together a little sample package for us people who are stricken with powder fever! The Kootenay Sampler Package gets you the best of all worlds: 2 days catskiing at legendary Valhalla Powdercats, 2 or 3 days heliskiing with Snowwater a day at the ski hill, a little dip in the hot springs and all your breakfast and accomation taken care of! Give them a call for more info on dates and pricing: 1-866-722-7669
You may recognize the name Skeena Heli Skiing from other ski films out there in the skiing realm. We thought this one featuring Sascha Schmid does the area justice. Located in Smithers BC where they have to lie about their base depth because it is so deep no one will believe them! Looking for an exclusive place to brag to your ski buddies about? Try Skeena...
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