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Turns out, this place skis pretty well.
Small Groups, Big Vertical.
Total
Perfection
Wake up to coffee, tea or cocoa at your cabin door. Stretch by the fire. Eat a proper breakfast. Listen to the day’s ski plan. Then gear up and head to the heli.
By morning light, you’re skiing glaciers, glades and untouched alpine. Lunch includes hot soup, charcuterie, cookies and coffee in the mountains.
Then a few more hours of turns.
Back at the lodge, choose your version of après: sauna, cedar hot tub, massage or a cocktail by the fire.
Finish with a three-course dinner, BC wine and stories from the day.
Settle down in your private cabin. Then tomorrow, you do it all again.
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"in a 4 minute flight you are skiing chest deep blower powder!"
“There are few places where you can truly feel like you ‘got away’ and with that were treated to over the top foodie delights, enjoyed being cared for by truly passionate, professional and caring guides and staff! This place is magic! Impossible to describe the feeling as leave a rustic luxury timber frame lodge & cabins, surrounded by all tall trees and in a 4 minute flight you are skiing chest deep blower powder! This is one that stays with you for life. Thank you GB Team”
Powder Matt - Guest
Packages and Pricing
STANDARD PROGRAM
$26,240 CAD / per person
Up to 12 individual guests. Three small groups. Three guides. One AS350 B3 helicopter.
Best for guests who want the complete Great Bear week while sharing the aircraft with a small group of like-minded skiers and riders.
Semi - Private PROGRAM
$244,719 CAD / per trip
Up to 8 guests - Two groups. Two guides. One AS350 B3 helicopter.
Ideal for families, friends or small groups who want a more private experience, fewer people in the rotation and more flexibility throughout the ski day.
Private booking
$109,160 CAD / per trip
($36,387 CAD per person, based on 3 guests)
Up to 3 guests. One group. Two guides. One AS350 B3 helicopter. Includes 7 hours of flight time. The most personal way to ski Great Bear. The day belongs to your group.
- Your own pace: no waiting for other groups and no pressure to keep up with faster skiers.
- More skiing, less waiting.
- Greater freedom to explore, with better access to remote terrain.
- Flying with three guests and two guides allows for further exploration from a fueling perspective.
- Go wherever conditions are best.
- Two dedicated guides for extra support and redundancy, so we can tailor the whole week to you.
EXCLUSIVE BOOKING
$314,813 CAD / per trip
Up to 12 guests.
Exclusive use of the lodge, with one to three ski groups and guides operating from an AS350 B3 helicopter.
Bring your favourite people and make Great Bear entirely your own for the week - lodge, skiing and experience included.
*Subject to availability
Powder Paradise
Our first runs are often less than five minutes from the lodge.
From naturally gladed tree skiing to big alpine glaciers, Great Bear gives you an unusual amount of variety without spending half the day in the helicopter. And with a maximum of just 12 skiers, there’s a lot of mountain to go around.
We sit between the moisture of the Pacific and the colder, drier air of BC’s interior. That means options. When conditions are good out west, we head for glaciers and alpine. When the coast is stormy, we can move east for colder snow and protected tree skiing.
Industry
Professionals
The credentials to back up the confidence.
Our guides are certified through leading Canadian and international mountain guiding organizations: Association of Canadian Mountain Guides, the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations and/or the Canadian Ski Guide Association, with advanced training in avalanche forecasting from Canadian Avalanche Association, first aid and mountain rescue. Great Bear is also an accredited member of HeliCat Canada and one of a small number of operations equipped for helicopter long-line rescue using the BOOST Human External Cargo system.
Hopefully you’ll never need that level of expertise. We make sure it’s there anyway.
Prepared for everything,
And Anything.
The mountains are wild by nature. Our job is to understand the conditions, make thoughtful decisions, and manage risk carefully throughout every day. Before your first run, you'll receive helicopter and avalanche safety training and get comfortable with the equipment we provide, including a Barryvox transceiver, Mammut airbag pack, probe, shovel and personal radio.
Behind the scenes, our guides and pilots are already at work. Every morning, they review province-wide avalanche and snowpack observations, overnight changes and the weather forecast, then talk through each and every run to build the day's run list. Once we're skiing, conditions are continually reassessed and plans are adjusted as needed. At the end of the day, the team meets to review what we saw and prepare for tomorrow.
Our meetings are open – you're welcome to sit in – and we want you to speak up any time you have a question or concern.
Safety isn't one briefing. It's part of every decision we make.
