If carving out a fresh ski trail isn't enough for you, the Pantheon Heli Ranch will get you coveted first descents on new runs and then let you name them.
Name your ski run —
If carving out a fresh ski trail isn't enough for you, the Pantheon Heli Ranch will get you coveted first descents on new runs and then let you name them.
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The only colors you'll see on the snow white mountains are the blur of green trees and blue glaciers as you fly down the slope. As you leave deep channels and white smoke in your wake, you'll also catch some air from the knobs and drifts of the forest.
A blur of green and blue —
The only colors you'll see on the snow white mountains are the blur of green trees and blue glaciers as you fly down the slope. As you leave deep channels and white smoke in your wake, you'll also catch some air from the knobs and drifts of the forest.
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Despite the area being covered with glaciers from the ice age, the lakes offer a very pleasant swim during the summer. After a heli-hike, a quick dip is a great way to cool down.
Heli-hiking —
Despite the area being covered with glaciers from the ice age, the lakes offer a very pleasant swim during the summer. After a heli-hike, a quick dip is a great way to cool down.
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Professional guides can help you track down grizzlies in the valley. But if you're really lucky, the bears come to you at Tweedsmuir Park Lodge.
Grizzly bear watching from your lodge —
Professional guides can help you track down grizzlies in the valley. But if you're really lucky, the bears come to you at Tweedsmuir Park Lodge.
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Glaciers formed in the last ice age blanket the Coast Mountains. During the winter, 30 meters of snow piles up for great alpine and cross country skiing.
Lunch date with Mt. Waddington —
Glaciers formed in the last ice age blanket the Coast Mountains. During the winter, 30 meters of snow piles up for great alpine and cross country skiing.
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Trout can be caught year round in the Bella Coola Valley. If you're going to test your patience with fishing, you should also have a majestic scene in the Atnarko River to enjoy.
Fishing in Atnarko River —
Trout can be caught year round in the Bella Coola Valley. If you're going to test your patience with fishing, you should also have a majestic scene in the Atnarko River to enjoy.
Courtesy Mike Wigle/Bella Coola Heli Sports
When the snow gods deliver, they dump knee-high weightless snow at your feet.
Powder white canvas —
When the snow gods deliver, they dump knee-high weightless snow at your feet.
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After an intense day of heli-skiing and hiking, Tweedsmuir Park Lodge awaits with an outdoor hot tub, teepee sweat lodge and majestic mountain views.
Tweedsmuir Park Lodge —
After an intense day of heli-skiing and hiking, Tweedsmuir Park Lodge awaits with an outdoor hot tub, teepee sweat lodge and majestic mountain views.
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When the weather is too rough to heli-ski, the copter can take you to the town of Bella Coola -- population 852 -- which the Nuxalk First Nation calls home.
First Nation tribal dancing —
When the weather is too rough to heli-ski, the copter can take you to the town of Bella Coola -- population 852 -- which the Nuxalk First Nation calls home.
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The Thorsen Creek petroglyphs are a collection of mysterious rock carvings of human faces, animals and geometric patterns near the Big Cedar Trail. The origins are still debated, but it's little wonder the First Nations peoples consider this place sacred.
Petroglyphs —
The Thorsen Creek petroglyphs are a collection of mysterious rock carvings of human faces, animals and geometric patterns near the Big Cedar Trail. The origins are still debated, but it's little wonder the First Nations peoples consider this place sacred.
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"Wow, this place is on steroids," Beat Steiner recalls of his first visit 14 years ago. "Everything about it is big. The trees are big. The mountains are big. The glaciers are big. The biggest fjords in the Americas. It's all big."
Trees on steroids —
"Wow, this place is on steroids," Beat Steiner recalls of his first visit 14 years ago. "Everything about it is big. The trees are big. The mountains are big. The glaciers are big. The biggest fjords in the Americas. It's all big."
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