Turncarver A Photo Journal V2_2609031654
Photos of a heli skiing trip with Selkirk-Tangiers out of Revelstoke, British Columbia. Over the six days we skied over 121,000 vertical feet.
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Lunch Delivery - Day 1 The pilot delivers lunch on day 1
Leaving the Hotel The German group loading the van for the helipad
Starting the Day Dodge reads a poem to at the top of the first run on Day 3
First Run - Day 3 View from the top of the first run on Day 3
Pre-ski briefing The guide Norm, briefs us for one of the ski runs on Day 3
End of a run View from the pickup location on one of the runs (Day 3)
Guides waiting for pick up Norm and Alex waiting for the pick up (Day 3)
Skiers waiting for pick up Looking back up the run from the pickup location (Day 3)
Top of the bowl (Monashees) Ready to start skiing a glacier in the Monashee Mountains (Day 3)
Skiing the bowl Skiing down the glacier in the Monashee Mountains (Day 3)
Ski Tracks It takes a keen eye to tell the Aussie's tracks from the German's tracks
The Pick Up Spot Another party of skiiers waits for pick up at the bottom of the glacier (Day 3)
The Last Pitch George, Brad, and Mike watch the others descend the last pitch in the bowl (Day 3)
The Bowl Looking back up the glacier from the lunch spot (Day 3)
Lunch is Delivered The pilot brings in lunch on Day 3
Skier Pick Up - 1 Skiers and guide awaiting pick up - skiers on one side of the landing spot, guide with skis on the other side
Skier Pick Up - 2 The helicopter lands between the guide and the waiting skiers
Skier Pick Up - 3 The skiers climb into the helicopter while the guide loads the skis
Skier Pick Up - 4 The helicopter lifts off
Skier Pick Up - 5 The skiers are off for another run
View from the Helicopter View from the helicpoter (Day 4)
Skier Briefing Andre briefs the skiers before the first run on Day 4
The End of the First Pitch Andre and Tom talk at the end of the first pitch (Day 4)
Dodge Starts Down Dodge starts down a pitch on Day 4
Staking a Landing Spot The helicopter drops Andre off to stake a new landing site for our next run
Ski Tracks Tracks from ski tourers on the far slope
Ben Ben on Day 4
Ski Tourers Ski tourers climbing the slope across the valley
Another Pick Up Skiers crouching waiting for the helicopter to pick them up
Another Pick Up The helicopter lands between the guide and the waiting skiers
Another Pick Up The Helicopter touches down
Another Pick Up The skiers climb into the helicopter while the guide loads the skis
Another Pick Up The Helicopter lifts off
Another Pick Up The skiers are off for another run
Our Pick Up The helicopter comes in to pick our group up
Our group Our group with our guide Phil (Day 5)
Skiing the Rose Bowl Dodge and Scott start down the Rose bowl (one of our favorite runs) - Day 6
Skiing the Rose Bowl Pete and Scott ski the first pitch on the Rose Bowl slope
The Rose Bowl The Rose Bowl is a large bowl formed by wind at the top of the glacier
View from the Rose Bowl The view across the valley from the Rose Bowl
The Lower Face of the Rose Bowl Skiing the lower face of the Rose Bowl
Skiing the Rose Bowl Brad (lower) and Rob descend the Rose Bowl on snowboards; Tom is filming above them (Day 6)
Phil Our guide Phil watches the group descend the Rose Bowl
Touring Tracks Tracks from ski tourers on a slope near the Rose Bowl
Waiting for Lunch The other group of skiiers waits for lunch at the pick up spot at the bottom of the Rose Bowl
Pete Pete - Day 6
Dodge Dodge - Day 6
George George - Day 6
Brad Brad - Day 6
Scott Scott - Day 6
Mike, Pete and Tom Mike, Pete and Tom (L to R) - Day 6
Rob Rob - Day 6
Tom, Ben, and George Tom, Ben, and George (L to R) - Day 6
Phil & Reid Our guide, Phil (left) and lead guide Reid - Day 6
Mike, George, and Scott Mike, George, and Scott (bottom to top) skiing the Rose Bowl (Day 6)
Selkirk Panorama Panaorama from the top of the mountains (Day 6)
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