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Heli skiing

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aja_kiki
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i wanna know about it. whose done it? is it worth the mad expensiveness of it? i know a guy that is a guide...i should probably ask him...but

experiences? good stories? im very interested. although my wallet does not allow it...maybe someday haha
Dec 22 2007 1:55PM
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aja_kiki
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shoulda put this in ski gabber...sorry
Dec 22 2007 1:55PM
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djikstra
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I just checked and there are some other threads about it but tryn get a mod to throw it in ski gabber.
Dec 22 2007 2:11PM
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2bi40s
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beastkiki gonna kill the whirley bird skiing.

check the TGR forums too.
Dec 22 2007 2:24PM
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jimmer
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my cousin went heliskiing in BC and he said it was the experience of a lifetime....totally worth it according to him.
Dec 22 2007 5:03PM
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Peach.
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sounds like mad fun i think thats my life goal
Dec 22 2007 10:14PM
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ski_powpow
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its fun but not like the movies so don't expect that, way more mellow terrain, but still good snow i prefer cat skiing, but they are both expensive as crap
Dec 22 2007 10:34PM
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televback1
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i wounld make a trip out to silverton colorado druing a massive storm u can get great terrian for a 1/10 of the cost its awsome too
Dec 22 2007 10:47PM
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timmi
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it was the best day of my life. on the right day it was totally worth every penny. expensive though.
Dec 22 2007 11:02PM
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Pippin
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same, its on my checklist to
Dec 22 2007 11:09PM
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Pippin
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yep if you can't afford going heli skiiing go cat skiing....ive only been a couple times but some of the best times on skis
Dec 22 2007 11:33PM
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KRAMPUSNTROLLZ
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i wanna go heli skiing sooooooooooo bad !!
Dec 23 2007 2:35AM
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Bentley@DOSMedia
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There is a mini Alaska in the states that has heli skiing....
see if anyone here knows where im talking bout :)

Dec 23 2007 3:46AM
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JaySkier107
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i think that cat skiing gives you access to less extreme terrain, but from what I've heard the powder is much lighter than in heli skiing. Based on cost i would definitely go with cat skiing.
Dec 23 2007 6:49AM
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televback1
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the terrain isnt exposed when u go to most cat ski terrain becasue cats cant scale huge extreme slops like a heli can and usually the places that u go heli skiing are in costal mountains and so the snow is alot heaver
Dec 23 2007 10:55AM
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chazz.
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Ok, so last winter for christmas i got to go heli-skiing up in whislter. IT IS WELL WORTH THE MONEY!!!! They took our group up to Brandywine Glacier, which is about 5 miles due west of Whistler, and i had a total of five runs. It was the most amazing thing i have ever done, from being in the heli to them dropping you off at 10,000 feet and leaving and then there is just silence. Its so crazy becuase you could see whistler in the distance and it looked just like a little ant hill. Anyway, the price seems sort of crazy, but if you add up everything that you get in the package its fairly resonable, and totally worth it if you have the money. pm if you have any more questions...
Dec 23 2007 11:04AM
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televback1
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how much vertical did u get? how was the price too expensive for heli skiing or less expensive?
Dec 23 2007 11:21AM
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chazz.
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umm, i really cant remember how much vert...they would drop us at 10,000 and it would usually take like 15 minutes of pow skiing to get to the pick up zone, pretty slow skiing too with a few rests, i know it was a lot but i bet they would have it on their website. the price shouls be on there too, but it was really resonable for all the stuff that you get to do.
Dec 23 2007 11:34AM
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mski
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Sounds Delicious!
Dec 23 2007 5:39PM
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infedel_one
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im goin heliskiing in february at Kicking Horse...gona be sik shit...i dont have to pay for it too!! my friends dad sold their house on Nantucket and he's taken us...gona be ill cause even when we;re on the regular mountain there's like fuckin 75 peaks...hope its good snow
Dec 23 2007 5:44PM
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