CMH Heli-Hiking guests circa 1978

CMH Milestones


Listed below are some of the significant milestones in the history of Canadian Mountain Holidays, CMH Heli-Hiking and CMH Heli-Skiing. If you have any questions or would like more detail, please contact us by email or by calling 1.800.661.0252.



  • November 26, 1959 – Canadian Mountain Holidays is incorporated
  • May 5, 1962 – First use of ski plane for skiing in the Cariboos
  • April 28, 1963 – First use of helicopter for skiing in the Cariboos
  • April 4, 1964 – First ski tour to the Bugaboos
  • April 4, 1965 – First helicopter ski tour to the Bugaboos
  • February 10, 1968 – Bugaboo Lodge opens for Heli-Skiing
  • May 10, 1969 – First Heli-skiing in the Cariboos (Valemount)
  • May 2, 1970 – First Heli-Skiing in Revelstoke
  • May 9, 1971 – First Heli-Skiing in the Monashees
  • December 21, 1974 – Cariboo Lodge opens for Heli-Skiing
  • December 5, 1975 – First Heli-Skiing in Radium
  • January 29, 1977 – First Heli-Skiing in the Bobbie Burns
  • June 24, 1978 – First Heli-Hiking trips from the Cariboo Lodge
  • March 15, 1979 – First ski touring in Battle Abbey
  • June 28, 1980 – First Heli-Hiking trips from the Bugaboos
  • December 19, 1981 – Bobbie Burns Lodge opens for Heli-Skiing
  • July 5, 1982 – First Heli-Hiking trips from the Bobbie Burns Lodge
  • February 7, 1987 – First Heli-Skiing in the Gothics
  • December 30, 1989 – Galena Lodge opens for Heli-Skiing
  • December 15, 1990 – Adamant Lodge opens for Heli-Skiing
  • February 21, 1992 – McBride operation opens for Heli-Skiing
  • October, 1996 – Kootenay operation and Kuskanax Lodge purchased from Tad Derbyshire
  • December 26, 1998 – Valemount Lodge opens for Heli-Skiing
  • July 21, 1999 – Valemount Lodge opens for Hiking and Mountaineering
  • December 7, 2002 – Monashee Lodge opens for Heli-Skiing

Also see CMH Factsheet.