I used to think that the face shot, that blissful moment of deep powder skiing when the snow pours around your head, was purely a phenomenon of snow quality. But shooting photos of CMH Heli-Skiing guides and guests has taught me that face shots can be controlled by the skier, and that some skiers have taken the face shot to an art form. These photos, taken over the last couple of weeks in the deep powder nirvana around Revelstoke, BC, where snow depths are near record levels for this time of year, reveal the art of the face shot.
Quite often I’ll get photos of two skiers descending the same pitch. One skier will disappear into the powder on every turn, while the other will seemingly never get the snow higher than his or her waist.
I spoke with a guide about the phenomenon, and he explained one of the reasons ski guides sometimes avoid the face shots is so they can maintain the best visibility when making route-finding decisions.
With today’s fat skis, the face shot has become even more voluntary. For those of us not making the route-finding decisions, getting huge face shots is a big part of the fun of deep powder skiing. John Mellis, the manager of CMH Cariboos and one of the best face shot artists I’ve skied with, explains that there are 3 parts to making face shots happen:
- You gotta make something happen to get the snow to really fly.
- Try to move your skis or snowboard like a dolphin swimming playfully - diving under and then popping out of the snow between turns.
- Get out of the back seat - when you lean back, fat skis float to the surface and you don’t get the penetration needed for a good face shot.
Any of you powder hounds out there have any other tips for the ultimate face shot?
CMH Heli-Skiing gear guru Bruce Rainer has been taking care of the shop at CMH Galena for 22 years. He’s seen the transition to fat skis, custom ski boots, and online gear sales - not always for the best.
We talked about the mistakes people make in buying gear for world-class backcountry ski trips, and while he spoke he worked on a snowboard binding that was the cat’s meow for the resort, but when the deep snow works its way under the binding it literally separates the binding from the board.
Bruce laughed at the irony of our conversation while working on the bindings: “Things that seem to work just fine at the ski hill, sometimes don’t work at all in the environment we ride in out here.”
He quoted former CMH Revelstoke area manager Buck Corrigan who had this to say when explaining the difference between ski resort and backcountry skiing: “We ski in the snow, not on the snow.”
Here’s the 9 biggest gear mistakes people make, according to Bruce, when going backcountry, cat or heli-skiing:
- Taking new boots on a ski trip. Skiers spend a bunch of money on new boots for their dream trip and then end up with sore feet, blisters, and simply don’t have as much fun.
- Buying stiff, top-of-the-line racing boots for deep powder. Most people prefer a softer boot for powder skiing anyway, and stiff boots just make the fluid motions of deep powder skiing more awkward and difficult for all but the world’s best skiers.
- Fixing boot issues with thick, custom orthotics. When skiers are having foot issues, they try to solve them by retrofitting their boots with custom orthotics that take up so much space in the boot that they decrease the volume and often make the boots even less comfortable. Bruce noted that in numerous occasions he has helped people by simply taking their orthotics out of the boots. Bruce's advice: if you are going to use custom footbeds, get them fitted to the boots from day one.
- Assuming gear that works in bounds will work well in the backcountry. Skis and snowboards that work in a ski area, even a famous powder area like Alta, don’t necessarily work well when there is no firm base under the powder. Part of the issue is the sheer volume of deep powder heli-skiing allows. “Even on a good powder day,” explains Bruce, “in a resort you only get a few runs in the fresh before it gets cut up and packed down - out here we ski fresh snow all day every day.”
- Wearing small, low-profile goggles. You’ll notice the ski guides all wear the big, dorky looking goggles that allow lots of space between the face and the lenses. This keeps the warmth from the face from fogging up the goggles and work far better than the more stylish close-fitting goggles.
- Wearing inadequate ski gloves. Many cool ski gloves have short gauntlets that quickly fill with snow, or have too little insulation to keep the fingers warm in the deep winter of Western Canada.
- Skiing in too many clothes. “People go out in big, heavy jackets, and pretty soon they’re sweating, their goggles steam up, and then it’s just not as fun anymore.” says Bruce. If you don’t know what to wear, ask an experienced heli-skier or ski guide.
- Wearing jackets with open necks and fur. This should be obvious, but after a few tumbles or even just a meaty face shot, a fashionable fur-rimmed jacket will be holding a kilo of snow that slowly melts down your neck. Save the fashion for St. Anton or Aspen, and bring a jacket designed for powder to CMH Heli-Skiing.
- WEARING WHITE! “This last one is the biggest mistake of all!” said Bruce, “It’s a matter of safety!” When you wear white, you blend in with the snow and you make it harder for your ski partners and the guides to see you, and if you get lost even the sharp-eyed pilots will have more trouble finding you.
When he’s not fitting skis, adjusting snowboard binding positioning for better performance in the deep, and answering gear questions, Bruce is always hoping for another ride on his favourite ski run in the universe: Galena’s Freefall.
Photo of a heliskier demonstrating why yellow and blue are better colours than white when riding in the backcountry.
Well, it is February 1st. So, if I post pictures only from January 2012, they are technically the best photos from the year... Right? Well, I will go with it anyways.
As I was going through out "best of" gallery for January, there were so many pictures that could have made a best of list! So, I decided to break it down into a category: Guide Photos. Now, everyone loves seeing a skier in a bright orange jacket blasting through blower pow, but you will notice that all but one of these pictures is missing that. Each of the following pictures was taken by one of our guides across 4 different heli-ski areas, with the Bugaboos getting the double shout out. Here they are, in no particular order.
CMH Bugaboos:
Photographer, Dani Lowenstein
Skier, Lianne Marquis
Few people know that Lianne is actually on telemark skis here. But honestly, after the snow January brought, I would believe it either way...
CMH Revelstoke
Photographer: Jorg Wilz
Skier: Bell 212
The Selkirk Mountains near the Rogers Pass make for a nice back drop at the end of the day.
CMH Galena
Photographer: Mike Welch
Skier: Patrik
Burnt forrest, fisheye lens, deep pow... Can it get any better?
CMH Bobbie Burns
Photographer: Carl Trescher
Skier: Marty Schaffer
Marty claims this is him... So we'll give him credit for taste testing the snow in the Bobbie Burns
CMH Bugaboos
Photographer: Andrew Wexler
Skier: Sepp Hochlahner
Sepp proves just how light and fluffy the snow is in the Bugaboos. He is also missing the top half of his tuque...
Well, that is the end of the epic photo recap from January. Today is the first day of February, which means you have 29 days to be included in the next round! Send us an email to find out when you could be out there: info@cmhinc.com
I talked to a professional snowboarder last week who said that the conditions in the Columbia Mountains were creating the deepest snow he had ever ridden - then it snowed for the next week straight...
Over the last 2 weeks, the Columbia Mountains’ snow machine has dumped nearly two metres of low-density snow at treeline in the CMH Heli-Skiing tenures.
Shooting photos in these conditions resulted in some exceptional images of the deep powder heliskiing experience, some of which I shared last week, but some of the best face shot photos have yet to see the light of day. It seems only fitting that the loyal readers of the Heli-Ski Blog should see them first.
This first shot shows CMH Galena guide Bernie Wiatzka, the ski guide with by far the most experience at the tree skiing paradise of Galena, doing what he does best - disappearing in a cloud of cold, white smoke.
It snowed between 10cm and 30cm every night, and the CMH Galena Lodge was as fascinating in these conditions as the skiing itself:
While much of the time, the snow was so deep that it was impossible to tell if the CMH Heli-Skiing guests were on skis or snowboards, occasionally everything would ride to the surface and the deep powder travel tool of choice would be revealed:
Conditions were ideal for big air, and the CMH guides were in good form suggesting the best pillow drops, not to mention the mandatory air on some of the runs. Here, the co-owner of The Source snowboard shop demonstrates one method of choking on a mushroom:
The CMH Ski Guides wear bright orange jackets to make them easier to follow, but in these conditions much of the time they were nearly invisible in a cloud of snow. Luckily, CMH Ski Guides, one shown here up to his earlobes in low-density powder, are exceptionally good at giving directions and nobody had any issues following them down run after run of the deepest snow imaginable:
Even the Bell 212 helicopter, known to be the safest helicopter ever made, seemed to enjoy the mind-blowing storm cycle:
Yesterday, the CMH Heli-Skiing area's snow reports showed up to half a metre of new snow over the last 24 hours - on top of what you see here. If you haven't booked a heli-ski trip yet this year, call your boss, your partner, and CMH Reservations at 1 (800) 661-0252. Not necessarily in that order!
Why do we ski? Sure, it's about the decent. But it's also about who we share the days with. While we may consider ourselves naturally born to try something as close to flying as humans can get without power, it's always a lot more fun to do it with folks we are close to.
Whether you've got nine buddies, three kids, four friends or a small gang you want to celebrate with, nothing says FUN! like private heli-skiing. Just you, your friends and your guides deciding on how many runs, how fast to ski and even when and what to eat. When nothing but the best will do, a custom-designed heli-ski trip is what you deserve.
At CMH Heli-Skiing we offer a myriad of options to do just that. Here's a breakdown of how you can make your dreams reality:
Program: Revelstoke or Monashee Private
Group Size: 4 skiers/riders & 2 guides
At the end of your ski days you share lodge life (or hotel life, in the case of Revelstoke) with the other heli-skiers, but each day the choice of timing and terrain are between you, your guides and your Bell 407 pilot.
Limited availability for 2013.
Program: Nomads North
Group Size: 4 skiers/ riders & 2 guides
You'll toast your day with the other skiers at CMH Gothics lodge at night but by day you'll roam like the nomads you are through the Selkirk and Monashee Mountain ranges. Your guides and Bell 407 pilot will choose the best lines to suit your group, given the days' snow and weather conditions with access to the vast areas of the Adamants, Monashees and Gothics terrain. Your gateway for Nomads North is Kelowna where you will spend one night at the Grand Okanagan Resort before flying, by helicopter, to the Gothics Lodge (Sweet!).
Limited weeks available in 2012 & 2013.
Program: Nomads South
Group Size: 9 skiers/riders & 2 guides
If roaming is your thing then Nomads South has got that covered for you and 8 of your closest ski pals. With access to Revelstoke, Bugaboo, Galena and Kootenay terrain for the duration of your stay you can definitely find the perfect lines to suit your group.
Your Nomads South home base is the plush Halcyon Hot Springs Village & Spa. Take to the healing waters each night to prepare your legs to attack the snow each morning.
Your gateway for Nomads South is also Kelowna and your trip begins with a wonderful helicopter flight from Kelowna to the resort on the shores of Arrow Lakes between Revelstoke and Nakusp.
Space still remaining for 2012 & 2013.
Program: CMH McBride
Group Size: Up to 10 Skiers/ Riders & 2 guides
If your own helicopter and guides sound nice, but you want to have your own private lodge too, then Kevin Christakos and his team at McBride are ready for you.
CMH McBride is the home to CMH's largest tenure with 399,569 skiable acres. For comparison, Vail has 5,289. (And by the way, McBride is limited to only 10 guests! How many at Vail?) This is an awesome playground full of long glacier runs and steep tree lines. McBride's got it all for veterans and first-timers alike.
Having the lodge to yourselves allows you to dictate the schedule. Breakfast at 9 and first flight at 10? No problem. Tenderloin and lobster for dinner with champagne and caviar to start? Ask and you shall receive.
With easy access from the International Airport in Prince George, a scenic two-hour drive gets you to the lodge in time for transceiver training and tea goodie.
Space still remaining for 2012 & 2013.
Program: CMH Valemount
Group Size: Up to 10 Skiers/Riders & 2 guides.
When Hans Gmoser started into this business he began in the Bugaboos in the Southern Columbia Mountains of BC. But the Cariboo Mountains was where he ventured next.
Valemount is the home of private group skiing! It all began here in 1987 with the first private groups exploring an entire heli-ski area. The word spread quickly and today, groups book Valemount for the ultimate private group experience year after year. With an airstrip only a few kilometers up the road, CMH Valemount guests fly by private plane from Calgary and are warmly met by host and Area Manager Danny Stoffel and driven quickly to the lodge to be pampered by the attentive staff.
Skiers and Riders in Valemount have full access to both the Valemount and Cariboo areas with over 3000 square kilometres to play in.
As in McBride, the daily program is set by you and your guides. The culinary team in the open kitchen will be thrilled to work with you to design the menu for your week.
Two weeks available in the 2012 season! This is your chance!
Program: CMH Summer Adventures
Perhaps those you wish to share your milestone celebration with aren't quite as bullish about skiing as you are, but they have a craving for something special too. During the summer months the Bobbie Burns and Bugaboo Lodges can accommodate groups for hiking, walking and High Flying Adventures beneath sunny blue skies, amid flower-filled meadows.
Regardless of whether it is a birthday, anniversary, Christmas Holidays, a graduation, gathering of friends or a business deal, CMH can help you make your celebration fun, thrilling and memorable.
Give us a call, we'd love to help you plan your next mountain adventure!
I watched the first skier step out of the helicopter today at CMH Galena, and he sank up to his armpits in the fresh snow. He looked back up at the rest of us, just exiting the machine, with wide, thrilled, stunned eyes behind his goggles - and he’s skied 11 million vertical feet of the world's greatest skiing.
Needless to say, it was the best day of skiing many of us here today have ever experienced. Not only did we ski some the the most famous runs at Galena, like Mega Bubba and Hanging Gardens in blower, choker, creamy, over-the head powder, but there is more snow in the forecast. At one point today, I got back in the helicopter after a nearly non-stop run with face shots on almost every turn, and my face felt like I’d just received mother nature’s most thrilling facial. Yup, ski conditions at CMH are going off.
On another run, I skied nearly 300 metres with the snow streaming over my shoulders and across my face the entire pitch.
Shooting photos in these conditions has been an unusual challenge - the pow is so deep that the skiers and snowboarders are almost entirely obscured much of the time. But in between, when they pop out of the massive powder clouds, the magic of deep powder heli-skiing and boarding with CMH is revealed.
At the end of the day, with classic CMH mountain hospitality, we walked in the door of the lodge and were greeted with cold beers, hot chocolate, and steaming racks of ribs before we even had a chance to take off our snow-packed ski gear.
I had several conversations tonight with guides, staff, and guests with many years of experience chasing skiing and snowboarding nirvana, and everyone had a similar comment: "We are so fortunate to be here right now!" Of course a couple of the guides and guests had this to add, “But it’s like this a lot around here.”
I talked to a guy this morning who just booked his trip last week - needless to say, he’s pretty happy with his last-minute decision to join us. There is still space on the helicopter...
For the last 4 days I’ve been documenting the CMH Nomads from their base at the almost mythical Halcyon Hot Springs resort just south of the powder skiing epicentre of Revelstoke, BC. Getting a glimpse of the newest genre of the world’s greatest skiing while the deep powder season in Western Canada is in banner form has been eye opening to say the least. Here’s a photographic tour of the exciting new CMH Heli-Skiing program:
The Nomads South program owes part of its charm to the base area, the Halcyon Hot Springs where the healing waters are just the right medicine to get tired legs ready for another day of riding in the deep.
The first day we spent in the big timber of the northern CMH Kootenay tenure in snow that both guides and hard core skiers have been saying is “as good as it gets.”
A view from the copilot’s seat of that as-good-as-snow-gets kind of fluff.
The second day we explored the southern Revelstoke terrain. Even the most experienced guides were talking about how magical it is to explore such amazing mountains with the freedom and power offered by heliskiing.
Then yesterday we crossed the Great Arrow Lake into the Southern Monashees and skied long tree runs between the dark waters of the Columbia River below and huge granite walls of the Gold Range above.
CMH Nomads concierge Sarah Watts joined us for both some blower powder skiing and a Nomads-style lunch buffet.
Then today we schralped Galena's southern area and flew over more spectacular ski terrain than I've ever seen in a single day. One more day, and it's supposed to dump tonight! For more details on the CMH Nomads heliski program, check out the interview with CMH Nomads Manager Jeff Bodnarchuck.
CMH Nomads South offers a custom-designed heli-ski vacation in which guests can design a trip that allows them to ski in multiple CMH Heli-Skiing areas over the course of their trip. Working with our Nomads concierge, skiers custom-design a trip each group essentially mixing-and-matching daily skiing from the Revelstoke, Galena, Kootenay and Bugaboos ski terrain using the beautiful Halcyon Hot Springs Village and Spa in Nakusp as home base.
This week the CMH Nomads program kick into gear and Jeff Bodnarchuck and his nomadic team will welcome their first heli-skiing guests of the season. I caught Jeff before he gathered the team together to begin preparations for guest arrivals to ask him about the heli-ski experience that tops people's bucket list!
JC: Jeff, you guys are getting ready for another season of Nomads. Tell me what is involved with set up?
JB: This is the fourth season of Nomads. The program has continued to evolve and grow, so each season the set up is a little more involved. We do the usual operations set up, snowpack investigations and establishing clear protocols with the other CMH areas. We have been skiing around in all three mountain ranges this season, so have a good handle on what the ski program will look like. That is subject to change if we get a lot of new snow, which we always do! This week we will go to as many areas as we can and put in landing flags and establish pick up areas. We have some new terrain in the Selkirks and Monashees that is quite remote and we plan to explore and get some first descents. The team is really excited about that!
Because each Nomads South trip is a custom-designed heli-ski trip, we have been working with our first group over the past few weeks. This one is going to be quite special and I look forward to sharing the details afterwards!
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JC: What sort of an experience can guests expect on a CMH Nomads trip?
JB: The groups can expect the very best skiing that conditions allow. We have epic long runs in the Monashee range, seldom visited as part of our regular heli-ski program. It’s a range of big wild mountains right at our doorstep. Then the Selkirks supply us with some of the most inspiring tree skiing anywhere on the planet. Anyone who has skied the big runs in Revelstoke, Galena and Kootenay will understand what I am talking about. If that wasn’t enough, we also ski the Purcell’s long, long glaciated terrain with views that are world renowned. There’s not another ski program in the world that can offer more variety and opportunity.
JC: Who are the guides working with you this winter and what is their experience with CMH and in the Nomads terrain?
JB: This season will see some new faces to the program, but they are all long-time CMH'ers.
John Newsome will return for his third season. I’ve worked with John for about twenty years. Geez, that seems like a big number. John is as solid as they come.
Georg Dempfle will join us. Georg has been guiding in CMH Valemount for last few years. Before that, he pioneered the program in CMH Silvertip along with Willi Trinker. If you wanted to go way back in time, Georg was the assistant manager at CMH Bugaboos. He’s been around the block and back but has spent the last few years working exclusively with our private heli-skiing guests.
Our flight crew is even more experienced. Mike McKenzie will be our man in the sky. “Sluggo” as he is known, was the first pilot to heli ski in CMH Galena. The past few seasons he’s been the Bell-212 pilot in CMH Kootenay. The guy is a legend!
Larry Hepple is our engineer, aka 'Uncle Larry'. A great guy and excellent motivational speaker!
Our concierge this season is Sarah Watts. Sarah was the lodge manager at CMH Bugaboos for the past four years. She will anchor the entire operation with her strong organizational skills and experience. Plus she is a really hot skier!
That’s our team, 2012,, a real power team!!
JC: What kind of skier does a Nomads trip appeal to?
JB: We get about 25% first time heli skiers and the rest are generally long time CMHers who are looking for something different. Skiers that have a strong emotional bond with the mountains, not content to just look at the far away places, skiers who want to go there, ski that chute. Explorers at heart. We also get the hardcore powder pigs.
JC: For you, what’s the number 1, best thing about Nomads?
JB: I used to think it was the idea of not having boundaries on my skiing, on where I could go and where I could not. Having a limit based on a line on a map. Skiing Nomads takes those limits and boundaries away. I still like that.
Its interesting, as I mentioned this is season number four, and this season the energy of the team and the guests who are coming seems even higher. Maybe I forget over the summer months, but everyone is super keen to get out, and make it happen. That really motivates me to elevate my game. How many people feel like that every day they go to work? That’s my new favorite thing,
Thanks Jeff! Have a great season!
To learn more about Nomads South Private Heli-Ski excursions with CMH, contact CMH Reservations at 1.800.661.0252 or by email at info@cmhinc.com.
Photos: CMH Guide John Newsome enjoying some epic ski conditions in the Selkirks on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 and Halcyon Hot Springs Village & Spa.
For the first 47 years of heli-skiing, it was all about how much deep powder could be shredded using a helicopter for a ski lift. Maybe we’re slow learners, or maybe deep powder is just so much fun that it took this long to see the forest through the snow-cloaked trees, but enter CMH Heli-Skiing 2012 and we’re finally starting to realize that there is more to heli-skiing than just insane amounts of vertical in the most sublime snow imaginable.
Along with a handful of exciting alternative heli-skiing programs now being offered by CMH Heli-Skiing, Steep Shots and Pillow Drops is 5 days of skiing designed around finding the most exciting and technical lines possible within the bounds of safety and professional ski guiding oversight. The idea is the brain child of Pat Baird, a ski guide at CMH Kootenay, who got tired of looking at gobsmacking lines, but not having the time to ski them within the traditional maximum-vertical oriented heli-ski program.
“I gotta admit, the inspiration was partly selfish,” Pat told me last night. “It was partly the agony of seeing all these great lines that either half the group couldn’t ski, or the constraints of the heli-ski program wouldn’t allow.”
CMH Kootenay is located at the southern edge of the CMH ski paradise, and the mountains are unique. In Bugaboo Dreams, the book that chronicles the invention of help-skiing, I wrote this about CMH Kootenay:
“The Kootenay region is a maze of ridges with few taller peaks reminiscent of Utah’s Wasatch Range - on steroids. Hundreds of pointed summits dot the horizon with steep faces on all sides. Daniel Zimmerman, a guide from Switzerland, describes the Kootenay Selkirks as, ‘the kind of mountains shaped like children would draw.’
“In my opinion,” says Pat, an 18 year veteran ski guide, “there is no CMH area that has as much available ski terrain - virtually everything you look at is skiable.”
Steep Shots and Pillow Drops is a program Pat designed to take advantage of this remarkable area. “The focus is not to do huge airs, but to do more technical lines that take a little longer to ski.” explains Pat. “Sure, if we have a guy capable of big air who wants to do it, we’ll accommodate it, but Steep Shots and Pillow Drops is more about technical skiing.”
While an average day at CMH Kootenay may include 10 to 14 runs, Pat anticipates a Steep Shots and Pillow Drops day might have eight or nine runs. “We want to be able to do an extra flight here and there, and skip a flight sometimes. This way we can ski a run once, and say ‘I missed that hit to the left of my tracks - lets go back and ski that again!’”
According to Pat, the program should offer a special treat to families with teenagers and young adults. “There are a lot of parents with kids who rip,” explained Pat. “In this program, the parents could ski an easier line, and then get to watch their kids rip the pillow drops.”
Part of the guide’s approach to Steep Shots and Pillow Drops is to video the more technical lines, partly for the educational value, and partly so the skiers and snowboarders can see footage of themselves ripping such incredible lines in blower pow.
Perhaps the most exciting thing is that this program has yet to be tried. In late February, a group of Norwegians, reputedly including a professional free skier who might just blow the lid off the program, will join Pat and the CMH Kootenay guides for the inaugural week of Steep Shots and Pillow Drops.
Following a long tradition of CMH guests getting to both participate in, as well as help design, the heli-skiing experience, Pat foresees guests getting to name technical lines and help build a photographic album of wild lines that can then be passed around the fire for inspiration and planning on future trips.
Steep Shots and Pillow Drops is part of the new Powder University at CMH, a smorgasbord of self-explanatory offerings from CMH that give everyone who can ski an ideal program where they can push their own limits, learn the skills they need to have more fun, and feel comfortable enjoying the world’s greatest skiing.
This season, Steep Shots and Pillow Drops is offered in CMH Kootenay as well as CMH Revelstoke. The Kootenay trip sold out immediately, but there is still space in Revelstoke. Contact CMH Reservations at 1 (800) 661-0252.
Photo of CMH Kootenay anticipation and ski terrain by Topher Donahue.
Afraid that you'll have nothing to look forward to after you've rung in the New Year? Fear not, skiing friends. CMH Heli-Skiing is teaming up with our friends at Surefoot to offer on-hill ski days in both Steamboat and Squaw Valley, followed by some apres-ski fun in-store. Ski with the CMH team and you'll have all day to ask them questions about Heli-Skiing in BC,Canada. The most common question we are asked is "Am I good enough to Heli-Ski?" and a day with the team on your local hill will give one of our senior heli-ski guides a chance to evaluate your skiing and give you a definitive yes or no.
Here are the details:
Ski Day at Steamboat
When: Sunday, January 8, 2012
Where to Meet: 10am at the Surefoot Store
Apres: 5-7pm at the Surefoot Store
Who: Open to all! Come join CMH Galena Heli-Skiing Guide Mike Welch and CMH'er Brad Nichols.
RSVP: www.cmhski.com/steamboat
Ski Day at Squaw Valley
When: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Where to Meet: 10am at the base of Funitel
Apres: 5-7pm at the Surefoot Store
Who: Open to all! Come join CMH Galena Heli-Skiing Guide Mike Welch and CMH'er Kirsten Clark-Rickenbach.
RSVP: www.cmhski.com/squaw
*Note that lift tickets are not included for the ski day in either location. Participants will be required to purchase their own.
Wine & Cheese in Tremblant
When: Saturday, January 14, 2012, 5-7pm
Where to Meet: Altitude-Sports Mont Tremblant
Who: Open to all! Join CMH Representative Pierre Verot for an informal evening of ski talk.
RSVP: No need!
As always, if you have questions about any of our events, just drop us a note at info@cmhinc.com or call our Banff office at 1.800.661.0252.
What ski resorts would you like to see us visit in the future? Let us know in the comments section below!