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: Me ‘McKinley, and guided
Prime Minister Trudeau on °

his first climb.

The dean of helicopter
skiing,. Hans Gmoser, has

‘long been known for his
. Spectacular

ski' tours,
mountaineering expeditions.
and mountain films. He ‘is
the founder and director. of
Canadian Mountain
Holidays, a company formed
© popularize mountains and
the sport of mountaineering

- and ski touring | int _ Western

Canada. :

He started his ski tours in
the Rogers Pass area of B.C.
in 1955,’ ‘the following year

. expanded his. program. to -
include a tour into the Little.

Yoho Valley

in Yoho
‘National Park.

In the spring of 1964 he .

led one of his ski fours into
the Bugaboos. At that time
transportation was on foot,
.and the party had to hike up
onto the Bugaboo Glacier
packing all their equipment,

a trip for the hardy en--

thusiast rather than the

armchair executive. During’

‘this tour Gmoser decided-

. film

the area. was ideal. - for
helicopter skiing. He: had
already used helicopters ‘for
filming: By this. time people
talked more and more about
using helicopters instead of .

‘climbing up the mountains
. on foot.

-hariag. one of Gnioser’s
showings in Boston,
Brooks Dodge, one. of
America’s top skiers, ‘ap-
proached ‘him with the idea
_of bringing a party out to ski
the Canadian mountains
using a helicopter to fly them
in.'In April 1965 the first heli
skiers arrived in ‘the

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Bugaboos. The following
- week Brooks Dodge came
with another party of skiers,
they _ all . thought “it” was
fantastic Skiing. - a

An ald lumber camp was
used for accommodating
~ these first heli skiers and the
, Venture” grew increasingly. _

popular... In 1968
Bugaboo Lodge first opened
its doors, a far-cry from the
-old lumber camp, but the
same spirit prevailed. Today

skiing | out of Radium and

the -

Valemount. High season is
late February to late March,
right now is the low season,
with low costs to make it
more inviting. You ca: have
a full week at the Bugaboo

"Lodge for as low as $700.00

— four to a room. This
includes all accommodation

and meals, plus round trip by
‘charter bus and helicopter

from Calgary to the Lodge,
and 30,500 vertical meters of ©
helicopter lift. ‘Skiers from

the Canadian Mountain ‘all over the world come to
Holidays helicopter skiiing ‘the Bugaboos — they say it’s
experience -encompasses. the best there i is.
three, different high
mountain lodge retreats,

‘plus three other centres at
Mica Creek, Valemount and
Radium, with five and seven
day ski ~packages or day

You stlould be a strong”
advanced skier to fully enjoy
helicopter skiing and able in
your own style to handle any
kind of snow, and you should

b \

. Whistler

be in. very good condition to
get the maximum en-
joymient. For information
write Canadian. - Mountain
Holidays, ‘Box 1660, Banff,
Alberta, TOL OCO, -phone
(403) 762-4531. In Van-
couver call Ski B.C. at 685-
2205 and they. ‘can give. you

_all the details, even. make

bookings if you wish.

If you-are unsure ‘of your
ability for helicopter skiing,
a good. way to check is to try
a couple of hours skiing with
Jim McConkey ‘at the
Mountain Ski
School. And if’ you want to
try skiing the high peaks by
helicopter a bit closer to
home, try a day -with

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