Comments on: 10 Important Heli-Skiing Vacation Planning Tips

By: Austin Event Planning

Austin Event Planning — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:09:05 +0000

I have always wanted to do this. My brother and I were just talking about planning a snowboarding trip somewhere in Europe where we can board remote areas. Being a professional event planner by trade I of course have been given the responsibility to plan the entire trip. Thanks for sharing this…great tips, it was insightful.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:38:38 +0000

The cost is the one tough part of heli-skiing but if you go in the March/April timeframe (for Canada atleast) it’s a bit cheaper.

By: Corbin

Corbin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:04:09 +0000

I’ve always been keen on the idea of heli-skiing. The two things that have always swayed me from doing it is the cost and my ability to snowboard. On the years where I am getting out over 20 times I’m sure I’d be fine, but more often than not I’m getting less than 10. So I’ll probably avoid this, for now. But if that ever changes I will 100% be looking back at this list. Great tips. Thanks

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:36:35 +0000

@Quin – The good news is that it appears most (if not all) the guides have some experience working in the mountains of Europe. If not, the ‘cowboy’ persona could just be the personality of the guide as I can’t ever imagine them to that reckless while on a mountain.

By: Quin @ Meribel chalets

Quin @ Meribel chalets — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:15:57 +0000

Good that you mentioned pilot and team skill. You can get cowboys in the states and Canada but I have not heard of anyone being upset with their guides in most of Europe, especially in the Alps where they are all highly skilled professionals.