Location and Terrain

 Stellar Heli Skiing is based in the Queen city of Nelson BC and, just one hour north, the Historic town of Kaslo BC in South Western Canada. Tucked in a remote part of the Kootenays, this region of the Purcell and Selkirk mountain ranges offers a true wilderness experience to those who come here. Highway 31 and the pristine Kootenay Lake form the vein of our magnificent, private, heli-ski terrain. The mountains that rise steeply from the edges of the lake are vast and varied, with high glaciers, grand slopes, and open treeline skiing. The Selkirks on the West shore and the Purcells to the east. The Stellar Heli Skiing terrain is 80,000 acres of untouched, untracked, otherwise inaccessible winter wonderland with slopes for every skier from intermediate, to veteran expert powder skier. Stellar Heli Skiing was founded in this valley because of the legendary Kootenay snowfall and the efficient usability of the narrow valley itself. With terrain on both sides of Kootenay Lake and even more to the north above Duncan Lake, fabulous ski runs of 1500 to 5000 foot descents are only a heli-hop away.
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