Bell 2 Lodge Heli Skiing
Last Frontier Heliskiing - Bell 2 Lodge Photo: Reube Krabbe
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Last Frontier Heliskiing - Bell 2 Lodge

This truly vast expanse of wilderness on the Alaskan frontier offers an incomparable amount of the most sensational heli-ski terrain imaginable.

Imagine an area twenty five times the size of Les Trois Vallés in France or sixty nine times the size of all Colorado's ski resorts – reserved exclusively for you and your friends. Now imagine bowl after endless bowl, steep lines through the trees and endless glacial expanses blanketed under an average annual snowfall of twenty five metres (82 feet).

Epic snow conditions and varied terrain

If there is one thing that distinguishes the heli-skiing here it is the reliability and consistency of the conditions combined with incredible terrain variety. Some heli ski operations emphasize almost exclusively tree skiing or alpine terrain but Last Frontier Heliskiing has it all and lots of it.

Once a rickety old service station on the Alaska Highway, Bell 2 Lodge was transformed into a new heli-ski lodge in the mid-90’s and now offers atmospheric accommodation in eight log cabins with wood burning fires.

Bell 2 Lodge is without a doubt one of the greatest heli-skiing destinations in the world

Oliver Weiss

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Heliskiing northern British Columbia
Tight groups of just 4 or 5 skiers and only 2 or 3 groups per helicopter mean more skiing and less waiting.
• Photo: Dave Silver
Heliskiing Bell 2 Lodge

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Guests stay in beautiful log chalets with wood burning fires.
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Bell 2 Lodge apres ski

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Apres ski - Canadian style
• Photo: Mark Corbett
With over 9,500 km2 of exclusive terrain it's never hard to find space for four or five skiers.
• Photo: Dave Silver
Professional skier Josh Daiek indulging in some northern powder.
• Photo: Grant Gunderson

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Rounding off the day with a beer and a good soak
• Photo: Greg Foster
Trained hands are never far away to ease the aches and pains of the day.
• Photo: Greg Foster
Cosy rooms with fire place
• Photo: Andrew Doran
With many options for bad weather skiing it is very rare that weather prevents you from getting out.
• Photo: Reuben Krabbe
Ping pong championships are taken very seriously!
• Photo: Grant Gunderson
Skilled ski techs are always on hand to give your boards a wax.
• Photo: Greg Foster
Huge terrain with the means to explore it
• Photo: Jason Hummel
The day begins with a stretching class to prepare the legs
• Photo: Steve Rosset
The road North is long but worth the effort
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The bar is always ready for apres-ski action
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The Lowdown

The Largest Heli-Ski Area in Canada

At 10,100 km2 and five times the size of the average heli-ski operation in Canada Last Frontier Heliskiing’s exclusive playground dwarfs most of its rivals exclusive playground dwarfs most of its rivals. The smaller guys always tell you, “size doesn’t matter” but is that really true? Obviously the quality of the terrain is pretty key but in our experience size really can matter. Here’s why. Let’s say you are due to arrive at more modest sized heli-ski lodge and it hasn’t snowed for a week or two (it happens). In the days leading up to your arrival there have been 30-50 people skiing 10-15 runs a day every day. You can be sure that on the morning of your arrival the guides are scratching their heads trying to figure out which of their runs has the least moguls on it. Did you come heli-skiing to eat the tracks of the guy who came last week? It doesn’t happen here...

Epic Snow Conditions

Vast quantities of light, dry powder snow bury the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. At an elevation of 1,600 m, twenty five to thirty metres of the stuff falls annually leaving a base of four metres - and often over six on the glaciers and higher elevations. To put that in perspective, Verbier in Switzerland gets between four and five metres a year….

Down Days are Rare

Minimal time is lost to poor weather. On average it is only half a day per week when Mother Nature does not allow the helicopters to fly. For most people that’s a welcome rest for tired legs. Some heli-ski operations boast endlessly about having ‘snow cat backup’. They aren't needed here.

Remote Location on The Alaska Border

With its remote location on the Alaska border you get an ‘out there’ sense of space and wilderness that you don’t get at the majority of the heli-ski operations in the southern British Columbia. It’s a bit like Alaska but with extensive tree skiing and minimal down time.

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