By Kenny Prevost
Heliskiing is breathtaking, overwhelming and unforgettable. Flying by helicopter to lonely peaks in the middle of a white wilderness to ski down to the valley over untouched powder snow slopes is the greatest. Heliskiing is the ultimate winter sports experience in the mountains. But the fascination of heli-skiing doesn't end when the helicopter lands in front of the lodge after the last descent.
A big part of the incomparable experience,
, is being together in the lodge. Rarely will you have so many people around you who share the same passion. The atmosphere in Heliski lodges is unique - and that's not just because they are often cozy chalets with roaring fires and good drinks. It's the people who make the experience. People who share a passion. People who know exactly what it feels like to glide through knee-deep powder snow from normally almost unreachable peaks and soak up the majestic beauty of the mountains around you.
Heliskiing is fascinating and exclusive, but not elitist.
Investment bankers and company bosses sit next to normal employees or craftsmen in the helicopter. They are all united by a passion for skiing - and that unforgettable feeling of **powdering**.
The impressions and stories of the day are the topic of conversation during après-ski at the bar, for which the kitchen always sends a few delicacies. People talk about the most spectacular descents over wide glacier slopes and the most impressive lines through sparse forests, reliving the highlights of the day. Every fall, which is part and parcel of the day and fortunately almost always ends without too much trouble in the soft powder snow, is toasted with a laugh. On the mountain, the group of individual travelers has long since grown into a team. They help each other in the terrain and celebrate together in the evening.
Everything goes, nothing has to, is the motto in the heliskiing lodges.
And so, after après-ski, everyone often goes their own way. Some meet up to relax in the sauna or in the hot whirlpool under the stars. Others get a massage or loosen up their legs on the bike in the gym. And some take a power nap before dinner after an energy-sapping day.
Everyone comes together again for dinner. The food at the heliski lodges is always excellent. **Some people come mainly for the excellent food**, the guides sometimes joke. That is certainly an exaggeration. But the food is actually part of the overall experience - and not an insignificant one!
What the chefs serve up would win awards from gourmet critics in many restaurants.
The food is lovingly presented and perfectly prepared from high-quality ingredients. **Our food is not only a delight for the palate and eyes, it must also give our guests strength for the next day's skiing** the chefs emphasize again and again. Steak, rack of lamb, pasta and fresh fish are served everywhere. Certain preferences or special dietary requirements are of course also taken into account. And the wine lists at many lodges are also top-notch.
In Heliski lodges, guests are pampered as if they were old friends.
This is also due to the people who work in the lodges. The people there don't just do their job. They do it with passion and conviction. And that applies not only to the guides and pilots, but also to the cooks, masseuses and everyone else. The teams in the Heliskilodges feel like families. The guests in the lodges feel correspondingly warmly welcomed. Many come as guests and leave as friends. It is not uncommon to be hugged goodbye by the guides and staff at the lodges. And when you return the following season, you already feel like part of the heliskiing family when you see them again.
**Once-in-a-lifetime experience**
And many return! Heliskiing is on the one hand an **once-in-a-lifetime experience**, but for most people it doesn't stop there. 70 percent of TRAVELZONE heliskiing guests are **repeat offenders**. Heliskiing is highly addictive - because of the unique skiing and snowboarding experience in the white wilderness and because of the unique atmosphere in the heliskiing lodges.
Not sure if you are strong enough for heliskiing? Get in touch with us. Also with a video check-up. We've been heliskiing with thousands of skiers and know all the areas. So we can assess with you where you will have the most fun in the powder!
