Heli-skiing anyone?

HELI-SKIING!

On Thursday 18th March I was lucky enough to get the chance to go Heli-skiing in Zurs! If that wasn't enough I also got to do it for free, as Rainer a ski instructor friend of mine had a spare seat in the heli and his guests were generous enough to let me go with them. To say it was the best skiing day of my life is an understatement, it had snowed the previous two days and then on Thursday morning the heavens opened and a blue bird day presented itself, PERFECT CONDITIONS, FRESH TRACKS and AMAZING VIEWS!
I just want to say a massive thank you to Bryan, Mark and Rainer the guys I went with, it was an amazing experience and I had a brilliant day with them.
The day started with a beer while we waited for our slot, we were the last slot of the day around 12:30, which mean't we had the mountain to ourselves. Then we were explained the safety procedures after which we were in the helicopter looking at these amazing views...

Rainer pre-heli-ski!


Bryan, Mark and myself about to set off.

At this point I could not hold my excitement in, we were all like little children at Christmas. In total it took about ten minutes to get to our drop off, from the helicopter you could see most of the Alberg; Lech; Zug; Zurs. The views were just incredible!





Rainer and myself at the top!

The Views from the top!

Rainer was an incredible guide and led us down a route which was fresh tracks all the way to the bottom, if that wasn't enough we also got to do some tree skiing near the bottom. All in all the skiing was amazing, an hour of fresh powder skiing what more could you ask for?
To round the day off Bryan and Mark treated us to Lunch in The Burg in Oberlech! Once again I want to say thank you to the guys, for the best day skiing of the season!

Ciao x