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For booking please e-mail info@cmhinc.com or call 1-800-661-0252. Canadian Mountain Holidays Phone: (403) 762-7100 
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For booking please e-mail info@cmhinc.com or call 1-800-661-0252. Canadian Mountain Holidays Phone: (403) 762-7100
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  Alpine Helicopters has provided CMH with consistently excellent service for more than 25 years. Alpine’s pilots are highly capable, experienced, and specially trained in our mountain environment. As active participants in our safety network, they monitor our guests’ compliance and give a comprehensive safety talk around the helicopter just before the groups lift off for their first run. Our primary helicopters are twin-engine, 11-passenger, jet-powered Bell 212s. We also use Bell 407s, Bell 206L s, and Bell 206Bs for smaller groups and special flights. For private groups of four or less and the Kootenay Powder Light program, the primary helicopter is a Bell 407. Should a 407 not be available or breakdown, it may be replaced by a Bell 212. Ongoing maintenance is provided by a full-time engineer based in each area. All helicopters are equipped with modified skid gear to land on snow, a side basket with a lid to carry skis and snowboards, and radios to ensure continuous communication between pilot, guides, the base lodge, other CMH areas, and outside resources. To learn more about the skill of our pilots, take a look at the following articles, featuring Michael Wagstaff and Don McTighe, both long-time pilots for CMH: 3-year-old found alive after plane crash kills two (PDF) Firefighters' screams led to heroic rescue (PDF) |