Heli Canada Adventures November Newsletter
Fall and early winter are busy times for one of the team members here at Heli Canada Adventures: our dog Big Eddy out searching for socks under fallen logs and brush piles. No, we haven’t invented a new game for our clients! This is actually intensive training for Big Eddy, a 5½-year-old golden retriever/black shepherd mix and half of HCA’s CARDA-qualified Avalanche Dog Team. HCA owner and professional guide Bob Shafto is the other half, and is working just as hard, as he’s hiding the socks that are part of Big Eddy’s training program.
Bob and Big Eddy are fully qualified as avalanche rescuers by the Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Association, so every fall, they start training in case they’re needed to help search an avalanche area. Several socks are buried in the brush or in snow, and Big Eddy’s job is to find each of them systematically.
Bob doesn’t make it easy for him, either. Big Eddy works upwind of the items, often around distractions such as people looking for buried avalanche beacons, and he has to find all of the socks, not just one of them. Of course, he gets lots of praise when the last sock is found!
This sixth-generation working dog loves both his job and the snow – like all of us at HCA, he’s a true powder hound. We can sense snow in the air already!
So there’s no time like right now: book with Heli Canada Adventures today! Just visit us at Heli Canada Adventures at www.helicanada.com, or email at info@helicanada.com or call 1 (888) 837-5417.
Ski Touring – Breaking News!
Are you looking for a brand new adventure? Join us this winter as we explore new destinations for our powder ski touring. We’re still guiding in the awesome Rogers Pass, of course, but we’re also using snowmobiles and helicopters to check out some new terrain in the Selkirk and Monashee Mountains around Revelstoke. Want to be the first to experience these backcountry areas? Just give us a shout!!
To experience the HCA advantage, or for more information about any of our winter or summer adventures or courses, visit us at Heli Canada Adventures at www.helicanada.com, or email us at info@helicanada.com or call 1 (888) 837-5417.
Dog Training Tip!
Have you ever noticed your dog shy away from an object or water? Talking positively, go over to what ever your dog is shying away from and touch it repeatedly. Making the experience a positive one, you will find your dog interested in the object and come over. Lots of praise!!!
Heli Canada Adventures specializes in exclusive, small group heli adventures. Our winter adventures feature powder ski and snowboard touring, and heli snowshoeing – and we also team up with two high-quality partner companies to offer heli skiing and heli snowboarding. Summer adventures range from heli picnics to heli backpacking, with heli hiking and heli mountaineering as our signature offerings. We match each trip and group to your pace and expertise, making our adventures ideal for families, couples and single travelers. We also specialize in designing corporate, private and incentive heli adventures to fit your goals. From our base in Revelstoke, British Columbia, we provide unparalleled access to some of North America’s most pristine mountain wilderness.
Contact Heli Canada Adventures at: 1 (888) 837-5417
(toll-free in North America); 1 (250) 837-5417 (outside North America); visit www.helicanada.com
or email us at info@helicanada.com
Heli Canada Adventures
Box 3315
Revelstoke, British Columbia
Canada V0E 2S0
October 29, 2004
Posted in: Canada