'Silvertip -- CMH Heli-Skiings newest lodge opens January 2003 for Heli-Skiing

Focuses on the opening of a new lodge at Canadian Mountain Holidays.

October 23, 2002 (PRWEB) October 26, 2002 -CMH Heli-Skiing opens Silvertip Lodge - the newest of the CMH lodges on January 4, 2003 for 10 weeks of Heli-Skiing accommodating private groups of up to 10 people. Located at the easternmost shore of the East Arm of Quesnel Lake, Silvertip was originally built in the 1960s as a fly-in fishing camp.

Silvertip encompasses 1462 square kilometres (564 square miles) of spectacular terrain in the Cariboo Mountain range and offers unlimited vertical skiing. The terrain borders on Wells-Gray Provincial Park, Cariboo Mountains Provincial Park and CMH McBride to the northeast, with few skiers ever having seen the rugged mountains of this very remote part of B.C. All skiing is undeveloped wilderness skiing; currently approximately 80 percent of the skiing will be in the trees.

Willy Trinker, lodge manger said, Our inaugural ski season promises to be a great success -- unlike any other CMH lodge, Silvertip may best be described as a mixture of Adamants, Galena and Kootenays type of terrain. Silvertip offers a fair amount of steep tree skiing and average runs are between the 700m and 100m mark. Undoubtedly, Silvertip offers challenges for even the most experienced Heli-Skier."

Transport to Silvertip is via private charter plane from Calgary to the town of Williams Lake, followed by a 45-minute helicopter flight to the lodge.

While the construction is rustic and simple, the lodge is very comfortable. Silvertip has been upgraded and modernized yet retains the ambience of mountain remoteness and coziness. It consists of eight cozy guestrooms, each with two beds, shared bathrooms, a living room, dining room, a bar/lounge with a wood stove, massage room, and an outdoor, lakeside Jacuzzi and sauna. Of note, the sauna is located on the shore of Quesnel Lake, allowing for one of the coldest, most natural dips in the Northern Hemisphere. There is also one private cabin adjacent to the lodge with two beds and a bathroom. Smoking is not permitted inside Silvertip Lodge.

The price for the 2003 season is $124,870.00 CDN (approximately $ 79,033 US) for one week/maximum of 10 people.

CMH Heli-Skiing, founded in 1957 is the largest Heli-Skiing operation in the world. CMH is headquartered in Banff, Alberta with twelve areas located in the remote mountains of British Columbia and employs well over 500 staff. View CMH at www.cmhski.com or phone 1-800-661-0252.
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