Heli-Skiing Insurance
Untracked snow is the "ultimate winter high" and no better experience can be gained than by going Heli-skiing.
When Heli-skiing you are really travelling to areas which have not been groomed and are in their raw natural state. Ski resorts have had a lot of the danger removed and well trained ski patrollers who are specialists in assessing the risk to skiers and snowboarders are on hand to provide assistance.
When Heli-skiing the insured don't have the ready access to this support structure and you are really relying on the experience of the guides and pilots to determine the danger levels. In addition you are heavily reliant on mechanical means to get to the top of a mountain and flying especially in a high alpine environment can be extremely hazardous. From an skiing holiday insurance perspective therefore, underwriters tend to see these as particularly high risk activities and such you may have to pay an additional premium to cover this activity.
How to book heli-skiing insurance?
Our booking engine has already been preset to include heli-skiing as an activity under Action pack 3 provided you are skiing with a qualified guide. The price shown on screen includes the full price to the cover the high risk of heli-skiing.
A Cautionary Tale
A widow whose husband died while heli-skiing in the Canadian Rockies has lost her lawsuit against his “ski buddy” for not keeping an eye on him.
The skier who died was from Colorado and he died after falling into a tree well on a remote mountain north of Revelstoke, whilst on a heli-skiing trip in January 2009.