The Heliski | Catski Journal - THE WORLD'S FIRST DEDICATED HELICOPTER & SNOWCAT SKIING MAGAZINE TO LAUNCH MARCH, 2007

Sun Valley, Idaho...In March, 2007, skiers and riders will be able to lay affirmation to the alone annual committed to the rapidly accretion helicopter and snowcat skiing industry. Published quarterly, the high-quality, absolute account will acquaint readers to the 95+ operators, their technology, the bags of guides, pilots, owners and guests, and the millions of backcountry acreage explored by the accretion association of average to expert-level riders. The full-color, heavy-stock, coffee-table advertisement will be broadcast by cable and through baddest shops and outlets.

Skinner Media, architect of Mountain Resort Magazine, has partnered with the three associations administering heli- and cat- operations to aftermath The Journal: HELI-SKI US, THE UNITED STATES SNOWCAT SKI ASSOCIATION, and HELICAT CANADA. An Editorial Board has aswell been formed consisting of the arch minds in the industry with assembly from the operators, manufacturers including K2 and Dynastar-Look-Lange, Snowsports Industries America and more.

"The amount of cat- and heli- opportunities has about angled in the endure 5 years," said administrator Gard Skinner, "while the amount of bedfellow canicule has not taken a hit. Visits now admeasurement in the hundreds of thousands; these operations are growing their market. The barriers acclimated to be amount and ability, but with resort prices escalating, the gap amid cat or heli skiing and any destination vacation has narrowed considerably."

“One of the accepted misunderstandings about helicopter skiing is that you have to be an able skier," added Sigi Vogl, Executive Director of Heli-Ski US Association. "Too abounding films accept depicted this as an acute sport. The actuality is heli skiing is a admirable action for the ancestors and no bedfellow has to be an able skier. Technology has been a huge addition with the actualization of the fat ski, authoritative backcountry skiing simple for average skiers. Now, as snowboarding has matured, the helicopter skiing industry has apparent a ample fasten in the aggregate of heli boarders. They are a acceptable arising market."

"Safety is consistently our amount 1 priority," fatigued Mike Wiegele, buyer and adviser at Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing. "The industry demands the accomplished akin of certification, training and apprenticeship from our able guides, and it is our albatross to ensure our audience accept a safe and agreeable experience. The action which was already authentic as an adventitious is now re-defined as a safe, affordable vacation for anybody in the family. This is in allotment due to the ability and apprenticeship surrounding snow science, safety, and hazards."

Bob Rule, Executive Director of the United States Snowcat Skiing Association, said, "Every day, added fat boards are awash than chase boards. Snow science ability expands and is aggregate above our network. An ascent amount of both even and common consumers accept appear to apprehend that what was already an acquaintance they could alone dream about is safe, abundantly addictive, and readily available."

The annual will focus on the advanced ambit of helicopter and snowcat operations in North America, and on the dozens added that bounce up anniversary year worldwide. The gear, machines, personalities, traditions, ability and area will all be aggregate in its pages. Each affair will aswell serve as the alone up-to-date, complete agenda of operators in North America. More advice is at www.heliskijournal.com & www.catskijournal.com.

Skinner concluded, "Any announcer would advance on the befalling to acquaint these stories. The operators are antecedents and the guests are ardent adventurers. No added advertisement has been produced with the sole purpose of documenting the history and the ability demography abode on this frontier. Skiers and riders accomplish up a huge, powerful, all-around community. It affairs little if we absorb our day in a area park, chase course, in the bumps, freeskiing, hiking, or in the bowls. The bounden affair is that we all aspire to accomplish our turns in deep, beginning snow. It is the accepted denominator for every skier and rider--it is our accord with anniversary other--and that will not change. Hopefully, we'll be able to advice accomplish the acquaintance a absoluteness for as abounding readers as possible."

Contact: (252) 261-3437, gard@heliskijournal.com. The Heliski | Catski Journal is a appreciative affiliate of:

A affluence annual confined the alone growing bazaar in the ski industry

Gard Skinner
gard@heliskijournal.com