Pantheon Helisports in the Media

November 07 2005
Heli Assit Press Release - Read the Latest Here

Powder Magazine January 2005
Article, “The Birth of BC Heli-Burl”
Excerpt: “Pantheon Helisports inhabits a landscape as wild as it gets in Canada, filled with skiing opportunities that would rival any location on the planet”

New York Times Sunday December 19, 2004
Travel Section. Photo Credit Matthew Scholl, Athletes: Leif Zapf-Gilje, Mitchell Scott, John Buffery

Backcountry Magazine December, 2004
Article, “Royal Canadian, Retracing History on Mt. Queen Bess”
Of the very special skiable peaks within the Pantheon Helisports area, one stands above the rest for sheer beauty, accessibility and historical significance: Mt. Queen Bess. This article details the adventures of 4 intrepid explorers as they tackle this peak, first climbing then descending on skis.

Go Media Canada December 2004
Article “Making Peace the Mountain Gods”
Excerpts: “For each of us it is the pinnacle mountain experience of our lives”
“It's quite evident that there will be many groups like ours in the years to come-those who will leave this place knowing that they must return, having seen the Coast Mountains at their biggest and finest.”
See full text of the article here: (30k PDF document) >

Outside Magazine December 2004
Article The Great Ungroomed Writer, Chris Solomon
‘Runs on the peaks of the Pantheon Range, on the inland side of BC’s Coast Mountains, average a thigh-frying 3,500 vertical feet.’
See full text of the article here: >

Powder Magazine, December 2004
A rticle Face to Face, Meeting a Mountain on it’s own Terms Writer: Mitchell Scott, Photographer: Matthew Scholl
“For years I’ve dreamt of skiing a face that would take all my skills and test them against the reality of consequence. And that dream now lies beneath me – in a 50 degree, super-exposed, 4,500 foot descent, immersed in wilderness.”

Powder Magazine October, 2004
Photo Credits X 4, Photographer: Matthew Scholl, Athlete: Leif Zapf-Gilje

Powder Magazine, September 2004
Photo Credit, Photographer: Matthew Scholl, Athlete: Leif Zapf-Gilje

Backcountry Magazine March, 2004
A rticle The Lonely Coast, Writer and Photographer Andy Dappen
“The four of us stare up at the sheer buttresses of Mt. Waddington, towering 6500’ above. There is an oafish, open-mouthed quality to our tilted heads. ‘Watch the tonsils, guys, they’re gonna get sunburned!’”