Sun Valley Heli Ski
1 Dec, 10Sun Valley Heli Ski Guides has selected Reeder Flying Service as their helicopter provider for the 2010/11 ski season. Sun Valley Heli Ski is the oldest heli ski operation in the continental US and is celebrating its’ 45th year of operation. It operates out of Sun Valley Resort and the Smoky Mountain Lodge; the only fly in heli ski lodge in the lower 48. In 2008, Sun Valley Heli Ski became part of EpicQuest, which also owns and operates Chugach Powder Guides, Alaska’s largest heli ski provider. Reeder Flying Service is located in Twin Falls and has been in operation since 1941. It was an aviation pioneer in Idaho and continues to be one of the leading aviation companies in Idaho.
Reeder will be providing a Eurocopter A-Star B-2 helicopter which will be piloted by Steve West, Chief Pilot for Reeder and Lon Stickney, long time Sun Valley Heli Ski pilot. “Utilizing a local helicopter provider like Reeder has huge operational advantage for us and we are very excited that Reeder is once again providing helicopters to the heli ski industry” says Scott Desserault, Business Manager for Sun Valley Heli. “Reeder has an outstanding safety record and some of the finest equipment in the industry.”
“We are very excited and proud to be working with Sun Valley Ski Guides and look forward to many years of heli skiing and possible future development of what we can do together” says Reeder CEO Gerald Haye.
Sun Valley Heli Ski will begin operations on January 6th, 2011 and will continue until the end of March, conditions permitting.
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