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Mica Heli Guides Wins Ski Canada Award for Heli Assisted Touring.

Revelstoke, B.C. Canada Feb 21, 2009 Mica Heli ski guides won the Ski Canada award for “Best Half & Half” for their helicopter assisted touring package.
Heli assisted touring is a combination of heliskiing and ski touring. “For someone who likes to climb but also wants to bang off the turns, Mica Heli Guides is [...]

Mica Heli Guides featured on Canada’s most popular ski TV show

Mica Heli Guides hosted Joe Lammers and Daryl Palmer Jan 1st to 3rd 2009 to shoot a new episode for Canada’s most popular television ski show – Pontiac World of Skiing (PWOS).
PWOS first filmed at Mica Heli Ski Guides in 2006 when Mike Douglas was hosting the show and stated “The best heli-ski trip of [...]

Island Lake Lodge and Powder Cowboy catskiing in great shape after huge snowfall

A challenging snow year in Western Canada turned around this week with a massive 65 cm (over 2 foot) snowfall.  Monday, February 23rd saw 20 cms of wet snowfall, which was perfect for filling in the terrain.  Then a cold arctic front moved in hitting the turbulent moist air in Southern British Columbia, creating the [...]

RIDE GUIDE’S “POWDER HIGHWAY” EPISODE FEATURING ISLAND LAKE AND POWDER COWBOY CATSKIING NOW PLAYING ON SHAW VIDEO ON DEMAND

Ride Guide TV, North America’s premier ski, snowboard and mountain bike television series, launched on February 19, 2009, on Shaw Video On Demand, into 950,000 VOD enabled digital households across Western Canada.
Ride Guide’s “Powder Highway” episode, (Ride Guide Snow 136), is now available to view 24/7, on Shaw Video on Demand. The “Powder Highway” locations [...]

ISLAND LAKE AND POWDER COWBOY CATSKIING NOW PLAYING ON RIDE GUIDE ON THE SKI CHANNEL USA.

Ride Guide TV, North America’s premier cat and heli ski, snowboard and mountain bike television series, is now featuring the “Powder Highway” episode on The Ski Channel into 15 million households throughout the USA.
The Ski Channel is an original ad supported network delivered via VOD (Video On Demand), web, wireless, and other means of [...]

Mica Heli Guides: THE location for “Line of the Year” Award two years running.

Revelstoke, BC Canada Jan 09, 2009 Mica Heli Guides (Heli Skiing). For the last two years the Powder Video award for the “Line of the Year” has been filmed at Mica Heli Guides near Revelstoke, British Columbia.
In January 2008 Tanner Hall won for his movie “Believe” on a pillow line on a run called Rock [...]

World Class Backcountry Resort Wins Business of the Year Award

Fernie, BC Canada October 30, 2008 – Island Lake Lodge is an icon in Fernie B.C. Over the last 20 years Island Lake Lodge has been recognized as one of the world’s best places to ski and snowboard. Every year the Fernie Chamber of Commerce honors outstanding local businesses and individuals with awards and this [...]

Mica Heliskiing Announces New Private 407 Program

Revelstoke, BC Canada Oct 15, 2008 – Mica Heliskiing announced today a new Private heliskiing program utilizing the Bell 407 helicopter. “After a very successful first season of our new Private Program, we’ve made the ultimate ski experience even better! The Bell 407 has one more seat than the A-Star, which allows room for [...]

Mica Heli news update

There is plenty of good news to report at Mica Heli!  Fall has recently arrived, bringing fresh snow on the mountain tops and beautiful fall colors surrounding the lodge.  With overnight temperatures now consistently below freezing, another season of powder skiing is in the air!

Mica has been a buzz all summer with many projects. Most [...]

Fall Ski Shows

It’s that time of year again! The snow is on the mountains and the ski shows have started. Island Lake Catskiing, Powder Cowboy Catskiing and Mica Heliskiing will have a booth at some of the bigger shows this year. Drop by and get a free DVD, posters and cool stickers!
Vancouver Oct 4 & 5
Toronto Oct [...]