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Backcountry Ski Tours

Heli-Skiing in Colorado with Helitrax Telluride

Highlights

  • Small family owned operation and adventure travel company
  • Heli-ski Colorado, with typical runs vary from 1,000 to 2,500 feet of vertical
  • Typical days consist of six or more runs (10,000 to 12,000 vertical feet!)
  • Small groups of 4 skiers to 1 guide
  • Complimentary use of state-of-the-art powder skis

Full Description

Do you prefer to ski in the backcountry on your own terms? Nobody knows the San Juan mountains in the winter like the guides at Telluride Helitrax. Everyone of us is an active backcountry skier with an intimate knowledge of the surrounding mountains. Not for the faint of heart, our tours require at least 1 1/2 hours of uphill travel to reap the rewards, but they are well worth it.

Includes:

  • Avalanche Orientation and Beacon
  • Transportation
  • Lunch

Excludes:

  • Small family owned operation
  • Typical runs vary from 1,000 to 2,500 feet of vertical
  • Typical days consist of six or more runs (10,000 to 12,000 vertical feet!)
  • Small groups of 4 skiers to 1 guide
  • Complimentary use of state-of-the-art powder skis

About The Operator:

Helitrax Telluride

Headquarters:

Telluride, Colorado

Telluride Helitrax is Colorado’s oldest helicopter ski company—in operation since 1982. We fly in the beautiful San Juan Mountains at the highest elevations in North America. Helitrax is a family owned guide service and member of the U.S. Heli-Skiing Association, committed to an exemplary safety record and a tailored guest experience.

Our dedicated guide staff represent more than a century of cumulative experience, and are committed to providing guests with a premier heli-ski experience. Whether you're coming for a single day or staying a whole week we welcome you to join us for an unforgettable helicopter ski and snowboard adventure in Telluride, Colorado.

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DEPOSITS

A 50% deposit is required to confirm all reservations. 

RESERVATIONS

Each day's seat requires a partial deposit or full payment. In the event inclement weather interferes with your trip, this advanced deposit is completely refundable.

AVAILABILITY

We fill sixteen seats daily. If conditions allow, we can increase the seating to twenty. These four seats can be booked but not guaranteed. As a reservation holder, you are committed to heli-ski on the preferred or available days that you have indicated during your reservation time period.

NOTE: We reserve the right to cancel reservations for reasons including but not limited to: weather, backcountry conditions and number of participants. Reservations are prioritized by sign-up date.

WEATHER DAYS

As a reservation holder, you are required to remain available to heli-ski until noon on each of your available days. If your trip is cancelled because of inclement weather, we will try to reschedule your trip on a space available basis.

CHANGES

A 10% [of the total trip] fee is assessed to change any existing heli-ski reservation.

CANCELLATIONS

Cancellations will result in a forfeit of the entire deposit. Or the balance can be applied toward a reservation for the same season for the 10% change fee. Clients absent, failing to complete a ski day or who leave the field early (for any reason), will be charged in full. Excessively tardy clients cannot join the day late and will be charged in full.

REFUNDS

If a trip underway is interrupted, the following percentages of the trip will be refunded: 1 run: 40% | 2 runs: 30% | 3 runs: 20% | 4 runs: 10%.

TRAVEL INSURANCE

Due to the fickle nature of heli-skiing we highly recommend obtaining Travelex insurance.

EXPECTATIONS

To make a Helitrax reservation is to approve and accept the above terms and conditions.