Purcell

Day heli-skiing with just two groups

Looking for a quick getaway? Purcell is the place

CMH Purcell is our only day heli-skiing destination. Located just two hours from Banff, Alberta, in the thriving mountain town of Golden, BC, it’s an easy addition to your British Columbia ski vacation or Powder Highway resort plans. If one day of heli nirvana just isn’t enough, you can tack on more. The best part? Your day at Purcell includes unlimited runs. Translation: if you end up skiing or riding more than the vertical amount you’re guaranteed, there’s no extra charge.

At Purcell, you'll ski and ride with just two groups of up to eight guests, plus two guides. That means small groups, extra guide attention, added flexibility, more snow to yourself, and more potential to cruise big vertical feet each day. Book just a few seats in the heli and be matched with others or book a private experience and share it exclusively with up to seven of your family and friends. From big, boast-worthy lines to mellow glades, the expansive terrain at CMH Purcell easily suits a wide variety of skiing styles.

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Day Trips

Your big day calls for a big backyard

CMH Purcell’s backyard is endless: with more than 250 runs and 495,000 acres of new-to-CMH backcountry tenure to experience, you’re gonna want to create a new bucket list. Make sure it includes wide open glaciers, high alpine bowls, gladed subalpine forest, and some of the best tree skiing around. 

When we welcomed Purcell in 2021, we added nearly half a million acres of backcountry tenure to more than 3 million acres of existing CMH terrain. The landscape here boasts a wide variety of skiing and riding options, as it spans both the Purcell and Selkirk mountain ranges. The Purcells provide a mix of high elevation alpine glaciers and bowls with gladed tree skiing below. The Selkirk area also has a mix of big alpine glaciers and open bowls leading to excellent, naturally burnt tree skiing. Some of the highlights include runs in the Caribou, McMurdo, Duncan, Canyon, Spillimacheen, International Basin and Baird drainages. From newbies to longtime CMHers looking for something new, CMH Purcell is an exciting new menu item to satisfy your heli-skiing appetite. 


Extra runs are free

At CMH Purcell, the skiing and riding is unlimited. What does that mean? If you end up skiing or riding more than the vertical amount we guarantee, there’s no added charge for those bonus runs. 

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Skiable Terrain

Up to

250 + runs

2,000 sq. km / 772 sq. mi

Using snow conditions, wildlife movement, weather forecasts and a variety of other factors, our guides carefully select each day’s run lineup from a roster of more than 250 options. 

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Features

A mix between

50% trees

50% alpine

Spaced trees, wide-open bowls and expansive, glaciated alpine — CMH Purcell boasts an immense variety of terrain both above and below the treeline, which is ideal for a range of abilities.  

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Watch Jamie O'Brien, a pro surfer from Hawaii's North Shore, surf snow at CMH Purcell, then catch some mid-winter river waves a few hours away. 

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Safety & risk awareness

Learn more about the inherent risk of heli-skiing, what CMH does to reduce that risk, and what your responsibility is as a guest. 

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GREAT CONDITIONS

The entire Purcell atmosphere is just so GREAT. Everything — all the staff, the guides, and the skiing conditions.

Peter from Sweden