Bearpaw Heli-Skiing
Taking The Long Route with Bearpaw Heli-Skiing
All it takes to buy a house and multiple acres in Sinclair Mills, BC is $20,000 CDN. That, and an impressive lapel pin collection. There's not much in the tiny community, located 55 miles east of Prince George. What was once a thriving logging community in the 1950s is now home to one farmer, two hunting outfitters and a few families. During the hour-long, nighttime trip from the Prince George airport, our driver Brian Shipley points out the remnants of the industry, the final being a rusty "beehive" slash burner butted against the St. Lawrence River. The 30-foot-tall structure marks the turn off to our destination: Bearpaw Heli-Skiing...
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