For generations Austrian architecture, après ski ambience, ski school directors and instructors gained notice and profits in the Americas. The Austrian instructors Emo Henrich, Hans Gmoser and Mike Wiegele, used their cultural and entrepreneurial skills to further this legacy. Emo Henrich and his Band engender Austrian gemutlichkeit wherever they go, while the Austrians Mike Wiegele and Hans Gmoser started heli-skiing in the Canadian Rockies.

As far as helicopter skiing goes… skiing will continue to grow … In British Columbia … The Last Frontier… There is a huge area of mountains… we’ll see more of these areas as access becomes easier.
- Hans Gmoser

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