At Selkirk Tangiers Helicopter Skiing the playground is in the spectacular Selkirk and Monashee Mountains of Revelstoke, British Columbia in Canada – both beautiful and wild.

Bordering two National Parks, Mount Revelstoke and Glacier, Selkirk Tangiers contains some of the most famous heli-skiing territory in Canada and the world’s best tree skiing due to specific climatic conditions, species of trees, and heavy reliable snowfall. Selkirk Tangiers boasts over 200,000 hectares (500,000 acres) of terrain offering more than 200 established runs with countless options for exploring abound in this powder playground.

In the Selkirk and Monashee Mountains of Western Canada, snow means powder. Annual accumulations can amount to 7m (23 ft) at the tree line with 9m (30 ft) in the alpine and on the glaciers. Snow starts falling in September, serving up early season turns in December and fresh powder until April.  Revelstoke enjoys moderate temperatures throughout the season with an average winter daytime temperature at tree line of -7C (20F). 

Visit the Selkirk Tangiers website at www.selkirk-tangiers.com 

In February 2009 I went to Canada again. This time it was the old railway city Revelstoke that is calling my hungry powder heart. Revelstoke is blessed with a microclimate that produces some of the greatest and most stable snowfall in North America (12-18 meters per year). Revelstoke is different from the other heliski destinations I have visited, as its actually a town (population 8.500). Revelstoke offers Heli skiiing, Cat skiing and a high class ski resort with the biggest vertical drop of any ski resort in North America (5860 feet).

We got lucky....with the first snowfall in 4 weeks we got a week of fresh powder, three days with snow and three days with sun... greatest skitrip ever !!