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Mountain Guide / Off Piste Tuition - Banff, Sunshine Village
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Can anyone recommend a good mountain guiding company or off-piste tuition / course in Sunshine Village, Banff? Some avalanche training would also be a bonus. Lake Louise would also be a possibility.

Weighing this up against a heli-drop day - looks great and includes safety training and three drops, but its a couple of hours drive from Banff and costs almost £350 for the day??!?!

Thanks in advance,

BrightonSki snowHead
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Yamnuska have been highly recommended to me but might not be exactly what you are looking for

http://www.yamnuska.com

I assume the heli option is RK Heli at Panorama which people seem to rate as an intro to heli skiing.
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We're currently weighing up heliskiing with Purcell (see link) against getting a guide for a couple of days and heading for the Sunshine Village / Lake Louise backbowls (much cheaper).

http://www.purcellhelicopterskiing.com

Hadn't come across RK Heli, will also check them out. snowHead
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BrightonSki,

You won't be able to find a heliski operation closer than a couple of hours drive from Banff, because heliskiing is banned in the Banff national park.

RK have an office in Banff, though. Purcell runs out of Golden, if I remember correctly.
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I think we're going to go for a day or two's private lesson / guiding with Sunshine Village ski school. Has anyone used them before?
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BrightonSki, If you have never skied off piste the back bowls of louise are a great place to start you don't need a guide, as there are some great unpisted blue runs to start on.
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