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Location

We are located only 3 hours from Vancouver and 4 hours Calgary! Direct flights are available from Vancouver International Airport and via Prince George from Calgary International Airport. From here you are collected by our van shuttle for the 1½ hr drive to our lodge. 

You can fly from Vancouver to Smithers with Air Canada and Hawk Air and from Calgary with Central Mountain Air.
We recommend if you are coming from Europe to Vancouver, flying with a Star Alliance carrier, to book the connection flight to Smithers with Air Canada. That will insure that all flights are on the same ticket. This will make things easier if there are any delays, as well on your return trip, you can check in your luggage in Smithers and it will go direct to Europe, with no need to handle it in Vancouver.


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Recommended flight Times

We recommend that you arrive in Smithers on the Thursday evening and stay overnight at the Hudsons Bay Lodge in Smithers (They provide airport shuttles for free) and we will pick you up at the hotel on Friday morning. This will redce the risk of any lost heliskiing if you are delayed a day and you will arrive early at Skeena Heliskiing and you can get an additional ½ day of skiing in. Pick up schedules on Fridays are: 10:00 AM Hudsons Bay Lodge and 10:30 Smithers Airport. 

If you wish to stay at the Hudsons Bay Lodge, please let us know and we will arrange the booking for you.

Ski Boots - Hand Luggage

Yes, this still happens that luggage is delayed or lost for a few days. Even on the flight from Vancouver to Smithers. For that reason, we strongly reccomend that you your ski boots  with you as hand luggage. In case you can not take your boots as hand luggage and they are delayed, we have a small selecton of almost every size to use at the lodge.

Travel Insurance

We recommend strongly that you have travel insurance that covers Heliskiing. Not many do not! Please contact us if you have any further questions in this regard or want referral to suitable travel insurer.