Snowwater Heli Skiing
Boutique BC Heli Skiing at it’s finest, and catskiing backup.

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DESCRIPTION
Snowwater Heli Skiing offers an intimate heli-skiing experience in the Selkirk Mountains of BC, Canada. Just 12 guests share the lodge, heli-skiing in groups of 4. Snowwater Heli Skiing does a great job of intergrating catskiing backup when is snows, which happens a lot in the Kootenays. Typically, guests rent a car and drive up from Spokane, Washington. The drive is not bad, even when it’s dumping.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Heli Skiing Location :

Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

Heli Skiing Terrain Description:

Snowwater Heli-Skiing offers a wide variety of terrain gladed trees, apline bowls, steep chutes and pillow lines.

Standard Packages Offered:

3, 4 and 7 Day heli ski packages. Our Kootenay Sampler Package includes all accommodation, 1 day of resort skiing, 2 days of cat skiing, and 2 or 3 days of heli skiing. Unlimited Vertical for most of our 2010 packages. During the “Off Peak Season” we guarantee 13 500 vertical feet, $90 per additional run.

Price of Extra Vertical:

Most packages are unlimited vertical. For those that aren’t, extra runs are $90.

Guests per Lift:

3 groups of 4, 1 guide per group of 4 guests.

Lifts per Helicopter:

Type of Helicopter:

B2 A-Star

Lodging and Dining Description:

Double Occupancy in all large and spacious rooms. A deluxe queen sized bed for each guest, private bathroom per room. With only 12 guests, our red seal chefs are able to get creative and provide 5 star dining for the duration of your trip.

Resort and Cat Skiing Options:

Valhalla Powdercats is the sister company to Snowwater Heliskiing, and you can add on a day or two of cat skiing to any heli ski package. Snowwater Heli-Skiing offers a Kootenay Sampler Package – combining resort skiing nearby – Red Mountain www.redresort.com, Whitewater Ski Resort www.skiwhitewater.com, with catskiing and heliskiing.

Private Packages Offered:

The lodge accommodates 12 skiers at a time. It’s a great lodge to book for you and 11 of your favorite ski buddies! Your group will get the personal attention that you deserve when you book the whole lodge. Feel free to join another groups, too, as this lodge likes to party.

Down Days per Season:

Never any down days!!! A back up snowcat to guarantee this. If the heli can’t fly, you go cat skiing until the weather breaks. Snowwater Heli-Skiing has this down to a science.

Airport for Travel:

Spokane, WA if you are coming from overseas or USA, Kelowna, BC or Cranbrook, BC if you are coming from within Canada. 3-4 hour drive from most major airports, shuttles can be arranged for larger groups.

What is Unique/Why Us?

Back up snowcat will guarantee that you will never miss a day of skiing. You will love the intimate and personal atmosphere that Snowwater Heli-Skiing provides.