Nic and I were skiers before we were film makers.
As I grew older heliskiing seemed so far off and so close at the same time.
The dreams didn’t stop, and they never should for a skier.
It is a bucket list item for everyone who has ever strapped two sticks to their feet.
The Bird of Dreams.
While most already had them, a few did not.
I put forth their names and contacts.
They were a small start up company.
The skis shipped to Alex looked great and he raved about them.
Alex Blais sending it at TLH on the Epic Planks Crop Duster.
Epic Planks owners Bill Wanrooy and Brian VanDenBrand graced us with their awesome presence.
The Crew below one of countless beauties.
TLH heliskiing is in Gold Bridge, BC.
Lunches were packed with nutrients to eat in the field.
Hot snacks were ready when we got back and the end of each day.
First course of many at dinner.
What matters is what those childhood dreams visualized.
Those were my dreams from the age of 12 on onward, and TLH manifested them into real life.
Jon Whelan was not dreaming.
One of the dreaded fears of heliskiing is the down day.
Up in AK you hear stories of the slow roast.
Two weeks of amusing yourself as the storm rages and the bird won’t fly.
I was pleasantly suprised that at TLH because of there alpine and treed terrain down days are very rare.
There needs to be extremely high winds for the heli to not fly.
It was dumping our first day and we flew through the storm to ski deep tree runs.
Our minds were blown and I am desperately trying to figure out how to make it happen again!
Bucket list item checked.
Danny Arnold far, far away from Michigan.
Thanks to everyone at TLH!
Everyone and everything was incredible!
Pilot Steve would do a little hike for some turns while we did a lap.
Our kind of heli pilot.
Enjoy the edit…winter is coming sooner then you think and dreams never die!
TLH Dreaming…
-Athan
