The terrain is amazing, surreal glaciers, gorgeous mountains, great guides, all of the staff work hard to make sure you have a first class experience. Very talented hell pilots, 5 star food. Funky hotel and town.
Definitely recommend Last Frontier Heli
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I've skied resorts for decades and never seriously considered a heliski trip until a friend organized a "bro-cation" for several of his ski-loving friends. A few had heliskied once but it was a first for most of the group - we were a little timid as images of avalanches and Warren Miller 70 degree slopes dominated our assumptions. We could not have been more wrong. While demanding and solid black diamond skills are a must, it's not nearly as difficult as I expected. This is partially because the guides at Last Frontier do an amazing job teaching (in advance) about avalanche safety, what to expect, how to deal with mother nature, how to behave around the helicopter, and generally how to be a better powder skier.
My first run was epic - unlike anything I've done before and one of the top 5 most incredible experiences in my life (and I've done some really, really cool stuff). We had 5 days of unbelievable weather - some bluebird / no wind days and 2 days of "puking" snow. We met other skiers from different countries, skied till we couldn't stand up, ate great food, and slept harder than on any other vacation. It. Was. Amazing.
We stayed at Ripley Creek and would love to come back and experience Bell 2 one day. Can't help you with choosing between the two - but Ripley was fantastic.
Wow sounds like an amazing trip. Thanks so much for the detailed feedback including your input ability level - it's one of the most frequent questions and your input will surely help others. We can't wait to have you back!
Smaller groups with these size choppers are awesome and you can get in a great flow - They were 2 weeks with no snow but made the first day in the trees pretty good considering then the snow fell and the next 4 days were awesome - great terrain and guides - I've done mostly Cat - this was the first experience in the heli and it was totally worth it - I experienced this with my 18yr son - great memory - Oh ya - great food as well
Your son is very lucky indeed. Amazing that you where able to experience this trip together. Memories for life! Thanks for posting this review.
We spent a wonderful week of awesome Heliski with skilled great Guides in a big area, which offers awesome runs. Lastfrontier operates new safe helicopters and we had an excellent pilot. It was a great week - always again.
Thanks for this review. Safety as you point out, is paramount and we are very fortunate to have such a strong team in place. Happy travels.
Deep deep pow! Lot's of great terrain, great mountain guides, awesome food and great accommodation. A must on the bucket list! I would highly recommend this for advanced off Piste skiers. I also enjoyed the morning Yoga sessions.
Very cool - thanks for checking in and leaving this little note Cassandra.
As an aspiring ski bum in the 1980’s, it was always a dream to have a weeks heliskiing in British Colombia – to have realised that dream and have every expectation of it exceeded by your operation is a reflection of what you have created. It seemed that every member of your team that we had contact with were aware of how special an event this was in our lives and they did their very best to enhance our experience. From the pilots, guides, bar/kitchen staff, flight mechanics to the guy who fixed our malfunctioning smoke alarm at 11.30pm there was never a time when they did not have a smile on their face or a word to brighten our day. I have never experienced such a positive group environment – credit to your HR department and you, who have set such a high standard.
A team of talented, positive, competent, compatible and fun loving beautiful people that made it the best ever holiday for my family and I.
The buzz around all the new friends at Vancouver airport and the bookings for 2021 confirm that ours was not an isolated experience.
Wow Dave - amazing that you got to bring your dream trip to life. Your appreciation of ALL our crew is noted. Thank you! It takes a huge effort amongst everyone to ensure things run smoothly - this often isn't visible to our guests. Thank you for this review and hopefully we will see you again one of these days.
