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A Few Words about Heli Skiing

Despite popular opinion, heli skiing and cat skiing are NOT limited to experts. As heliskiers have secretly known for years, this is a world of powder where FRESH TRACKS ARE GUARANTEED and can be accessed by any regular powder skier or boarder.

Surprisingly enough you can now heliski almost anywhere in the world; there are over 130 heli and catski operators worldwide.

Why Total Heliski?

Total Heliski provides specialist advice and access to remote, adventure ski destinations at boutique, premier heliski, catski and ski touring operators worldwide.

With our knowledge, contacts, and first-hand experience, we offer a truly unforgettable holiday as we hand-pick operators who offer the highest levels of safety, service and, of course, skiing experience.

You can either book your own tour for you and your friends with Total Heliski based on our independent advice and complete service, or you may choose to join us for one of our hosted tours. We schedule trips to Canada, Alaska, Sweden, Chile, Italy, Switzerland and Greenland.

In addition to worldwide heli and cat skiing opportunities, Total Heliski offers inspiring corporate team building packages in the European Alps. Ski or climb with leading winter sport athletes as part of our ‘Heliski with Legends Program’ or assign yourself to our uber luxurious secret agent ski mission, ‘Powder Royale'.

Heliski Trips by region

Here are some of the key regions and opportunities for heli skiing available: Included are sample prices for all- inclusive, ex tax tours. Prices in local currency, are indications only, so please contact Total Heliski for more detail, available dates and accurate prices.

Canada

The undisputed leader and original home of heli skiing. With excellent snow, superb terrain, safety and hospitality standards, Canada is truly outstanding.

  • 3 day cat ski trips upwards of C$1,900
  • 7 day heliski trips upwards of C$8,500

Mainland USA

You can combine a heliski trip with a resort holiday in the Rockies; service and hospitality standards for heli and cat skiing in the USA are second to none.

  • Combined resort/ 3 day heliski trips from circa US$7,300

Alaska

For advanced to expert skiers, Alaska has the snow conditions and weather that make steeper lines possible.

  • 7 day heliski trips upwards of US$7,200

Europe

The most charming and atmospheric heliski destination; a week’s heli-skiing can cross the borders of France, Switzerland and Italy on skis, and find you knocking on the door of an inhabited monastery.

Europe generally packages heli-skiing differently to other parts of the world, and normally you need to book as a minimum group size of four. However, Total Heliski has teamed up with a leading operator in Europe to offer certain dates where individuals can book onto a heliski safari tour as is done in Canada. Total Heliski offers tour durations of 1 to 7 days in Switzerland, Italy, Sweden and Chamonix, France.

  • 5 day/ 6 nights individual heliski trips (see Buddy Up- including 2 days heli skiing, and guided off-piste skiing ) on regular dates throughout the season upwards of CHF 5530.
  • Sweden: 3 days heli skiing upwards of SEK 16,200

Other parts of the World

Total Heliski have scouted the globe, researching, and comparing the setup and records of operators from Greenland to New Zealand to far eastern Russia.

Cat Skiing

Cat skiing, pioneered in Canada, is a viable alternative to heli skiing and works on the same principles and similar programs. A tracked Snow Cat is used to take skiers and boarders up the slopes but the end result is the same - endless untracked powder terrain.

Cat skiing has a few advantages over heli skiing:

  • 1. It is not affected nearly as much as heli skiing for poor weather conditions.
  • 2. The pace is more relaxed than heli loading, although the physical skiing is the same.
  • 3. For an equivalent skiing experience, it is a much lower investment. On average, cat skiing can be as much as 50% cheaper for the same duration.

3 day cat ski trips in Canada can be taken from upwards of C$1900.

Heliski with Legends

The Heli Ski or Climb with Legends Programme is a truly unique experience, developed by Total Heliski in conjunction with some of the world’s top winter sports athletes.

Our Legend athletes are all past or present elite winter sports champions including top ice climbers, mountaineers, and elite ski racers.

Legend Departures for 2011

  • 1.Graham Bell hosts a 5 day European Heliski Adventure: £4,970
  • 2.Kenton Cool leads an Italian Heliski Sojourn, 4 days £3,057
  • 3.Kent Kreitler hosts a heliski trip concluding with the Nissan Xtreme Competition in Verbier March 14-20, £5,362
  • 4.Graham Bell hosts Italian Heliski Sojourn 4 days before the Corporate City Ski Championships £2,893

Get in touch

Total Heliski look forward to arranging your ski or boarding holiday of a lifetime.

Contact Hayley Melidonis, CEO Total Heliski at sales@totalheliski.com.

www.totalheliski.com - Phone +44 (0) 203 012 4354

About Hayley Melidonis (CEO and Founder, Total Heliski)

Hayley Melidonis is an Australian international businesswoman, avid heli skier and adventurer. Hayley began skiing at 3 years old, did her first international ski trip at 18, first telemark ski turn at 21, first Winter Olympics at 22 (not as a competitor mind you), and first international FIS ski race at 25 for the International Airline Ski Federation races. She developed a taste for powder and backcountry skiing, doing the Haute Route on alpine touring skis in 2007, and ski mountaineering the Grand Paradiso (4061m, highest peak in Italy) in 2008.  In 2009, she won silver medals in the women’s league for the BritishTelemark Ski Championships held in Rauris, Austria, and was asked to try out for Team GB – the British National Telemark Race team.

After skiing over a hundred resorts and backcountry all over the world, she discovered heli skiing in Alaska in the Chugach mountains, and has been hooked ever since. ‘It’s not just about the powder, heli skiing has an excitement and social connection that is surreal, it’s like ‘super living’ and like many other adventurous pursuits, is addictive’. ~Hayley

Professionally, Hayley built a successful business career spanning the globe in travel, mobile and digital media holding sales, marketing and business development management positions in top 500 companies, including Ansett Airlines, Virgin Mobile, Motorola, and Nokia. Now she has combined these professional and personal experiences and her passion for heli skiing to create Total Heliski.