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Actually, not nearly as expensive as you’d think. In fact, there isn’t a whole lot of difference in the cost as compared to a normal ski trip once you count up all the costs and you get a whole lot more ski time than you would on a normal ski holiday.

The big diffences are that heliskiing holidays are generally pitched at the luxury end of the market and can guarantee that you can ski every day. Even if the weather is too bad to take the helicopter up, you can get a fall-back option of a snowcat to take you up instead. Either way you’re on the slopes every day which you generally can’t depend on on a normal ski vacation.

Still not convinced? How about all that virgin snow that you’ll get to ski on? That’s one thing you can pretty much rule out on a normal ski trip. Don’t forget that the luxury element is carried through to the food and accommodation too. For example, Snow Water have a truly mouthwatering selection of dishes illustrated for their ski trips which you’re unlikely to find on offer on normal ski trips.

Heliskiing in British Columbia is a very appealing option with pretty much everything included in the pricing and, as we all know, it’s the “little things” that aren’t included which can really take the price of a holiday through the roof. In fact, although the list price of a heliski vacation is pretty much certain to be higher than that of a normal ski break, add all those little extras in and the bottom line isn’t all that different whereas the quality of holiday is, of course, completely different.

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