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 The
Terrain Mica Heli Guides terrain spans 4700 square kilometers
(over 1800 square miles), all on the western slope of the
Rocky Mountains. This spectacular terrain is in the northern
end of the Rocky Mountain trench from Jasper National Park
and the Columbia Ice Fields west to the Monashee and Selkirk
mountain ranges.
We operate in seven different valleys, each with its own unique
character and terrain style, each contributing to a custom,
diverse skiing or boarding experience. Our tenure contains
470,000 hectares (over a million acres) of spectacular peaks,
extreme faces and chutes, huge alpine cirques and bowls, massive
glaciated runs, with 50% of our terrain being steep tree runs
(see details below).
Mica Heli Guides has the goods, any terrain you desire and
as much of it as you wish. Combine the greatest terrain on
earth with 12-18 meters/year (40-60 feet) of dry, light, Rocky
Mountain powder and the result is absolutely the best skiing
and boarding on the planet...period.
To date we have only skied 15% of our terrain. For the 2004/2005
season MHG is giving each group the opportunity to be the
first to ski a new run and then your group gets to name the
run. Here's your chance to be a part of Heli History!
contains
huge, open, glaciated terrain ranging from 1,000 vertical
meter mellow cruisers to 1,000 vertical meter extreme faces.
The view of the high peaks of the Canadian Rockies just east
of us is absolutely breathtaking.
has a massive
wide-open cirque at the valley's end with enough room for
a thousand skiers a day! Take a jump run over the northeast
corner of the Dawson onto the Iroquois glacier. The two Kilometer
wide north facing run drops 1,500 vertical meters at a constant
35 degrees. Numerous 600 vertical meter old growth tree runs
await their names in the surrounding valley.
contains 4,000
hectares (10,000 acres) of the coolest 35-degree gladed tree
lines in BC. Take your pick - they're all fantastic!
is home
to over 30 huge alpine bowls, each over 700 vertical meters.
Many lead into old growth forests that extend another 1,400
vertical meters to the valley bottom. Do you have the legs
for a 2,300 vertical meter (7000 vertical foot) run? We have
a few for you to try.
is located
minutes away from the lodge site and almost always accessible
even in bad weather. Over 6,000 hectares of old growth trees,
chutes, bowls, peaks and faces, all about 800 vertical meters.
That's three times the size of Whistler and Blackcomb, but
for only you and your friends! Mount Clemenceau looms in the
distance - one of the tallest and most spectacular peaks in
the Rockies, with a Northern face that so far has never been
skied.
is the next
valley up from Molson and a favourite spot for many of the
film crews. Harvey is where you find "Pillow Talk" a run named
by Teton Gravity Research when they were filming here in March
2004 (see photo gallery). Over 1,200 vertical meters of huge
bowls and steep tree lines litter the back end of the valley.
The skiing and boarding here is amazing - truly unique terrain
that you wont find anywhere else!
is breathtaking
- a series of huge bowls in the 1,200 vertical meter vicinity
separated by more epic tree lines. Untouched, we still need
to cut some pick-ups here to maximize the potential of this
awesome valley.
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