Should I book a private heli skiing charter?
The answer is, it depends. First, let’s define what the difference between a private heli ski charter and a semi-private or all-Inclusive heli ski trip is by general industry standard. A private heli ski charter should consist of exclusive use of the aircraft for the entirety of the operating day consecutively each day of the contract. No other groups would utilize that aircraft and it remains at the complete disposal of the chartering client. A semi-private heli ski trip allows the heli ski operator to utilize the aircraft for you and your groups as well as other groups in a heli ski rotation. The key difference is this; With a private heli ski charter the client is responsible for the flight time and minimum requirements of the aircraft and crews regardless of weather conditions as that aircraft is not available to the heli ski outfitter for the duration of the charter. With a semi-private trip generally the heliskiing operator shares the weather risk to some extent through vertical
