Kamchatka Winter UPCOMING PROGRAMS:   march - may

Heliskiing on Kuril islands

  • AMAZING ANIMALS
  • HELISKI
  • SCENIC FLIGHTS

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The program includes heliskiing on the following volcanoes: Viluchinskiy (1273m), Avachinskiy (2741m), Aag (2310m), Arik (2300m), Mutnovskiy (2323m), Zhupanovskiy (2932m). Skiing down to the Bolshe-Bannie hot springs valley, to the Pacific Ocean shore or to the active volcano crater is also possible.

We will visit Shumshu island. There is an abandoned Japanese airfield. You can see here the traces of World War II. There are many military installations left by the Japanese: pillboxes, tank ditches, warehouses. Remains of tanks and diverse planes, air bombs, shells and cartridges are thrown about the island. The island is pitted of funnels of bombings.

We will heliski on the Onekotan island which name is derived from the Ainu language: Onne kotan where onne is ”old, large”, kotan is ”village”. The area is 425 км². There are active volcanoes, which are located in the calderas of older volcanoes. Krenitsyn volcano (1324 meters) is located in the south, in Tao-Rusyr Caldera. Nemo Peak (1019 meters) is in the north part of the island.

The island is almost covered with dwarf Siberian pine and alder-cedar elfin. The height of the trees reaches 2-4 meters. There are many species of berries in fall: crowberry, blueberry, cloudberry. The biggest animal is a fox, but also there are many small rodents. Seals and sea lions frisk near the coastline.

Krenitsyn volcano is the biggest volcano within a volcano in the world. The volcano is encircled by the waters of the deepest freshwater lake on the Russian islands. The maximum depth fixed by scientists is 264 meters. Apparently this depth is not a limit for Koltsevoe lake. A diameter of the huge caldera is more than 7 km. A height of the walls reaches 500 meters above lake level. 

Accommodation at Snow Valley lodge

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PROGRAM

Day 1

Saturday
Day 1

10:00 Arrival at Elizovo airport (30 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky)

11:00 Transfer to a helipad (about 30 min)

12:00 Helicopter transfer to the Snow Valley lodge (near Viluchinskiy volcano), about 15 min

Accommodation at Talo and Mois cottages

Acclimatization, rest in hot springs

Main instructions in safety measures, heliskiing rules etc.

20:00 Dinner

Day 2

Sunday
Day 2

9:00 Breakfast

10:30 Take-off to the heliskiing areas

18:00 Return to the Snow Valley lodge

19:00 Dinner

Rest, hot springs

Day 3

Mondey
Day 3

8:00 Breakfast

9:30 Flight to the Ozernaya River

Landing in the most utmost airport of the south of Kamchatka, helicopter refueling

Flight to Shumshu island (about 30 minutes) – a place of Japanise landing operation

Lunch on the route

We will overfly such active volcanoes as Chikurachki (1 816m) and Fuss Peak (1 772m) that are located on the Paramushir island

Ovenight at guest house

Day 4

Mondey
Day 3

8:00 Breakfast

9:30 Flight to the Ozernaya River

Landing in the most utmost airport of the south of Kamchatka, helicopter refueling

Flight to Shumshu island (about 30 minutes) – a place of Japanise landing operation

Lunch on the route

We will overfly such active volcanoes as Chikurachki (1 816m) and Fuss Peak (1 772m) that are located on the Paramushir island

Ovenight at guest house

Day 5

Wednesday
Day 5

Breakfast

Flight to Alaid volcano (2 339m), the most northern and the highest volcano of Kuril islands about 45 minutes on the way

Heliskiing

Lunch on the route

At request a helicopter can land on an island opposite to Fuss and Chikurachki with a beautiful panoramic view of these volcanoes

Dinner

Day 6

Thursday
Day 6

Breakfast

Flight to an airport near Ozernaya river, helicopter refueling

Flight to Khodutka and Ksudach volcanoes

Heliskiing

Lunch, rest in hot springs

19:00 Return to the Snow Valley lodge

20:00 Dinner

Rest, Russian banya (on request)

Day 7

Friday
Day 7

Rest at the Snow Valley lodge

Snowmobiling (on request)

Day 8

Saturday
Day 8

9:00 Breakfast

10:00 Transfer to the airport

Return flight to Moscow

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price

The cost of programs is always calculated individually, call us or write to clarify the cost of the program. Or send us a request and we will call you back and calculate the cost.

Included

  • – Accommodation at Snow Valley lodge: Talo and Mois cottages
  • – Accommodation at the guest house on the heliskiing days
  • – 12 helicopter hours (MI-8MTV)
  • – Meals – full board
  • – All group transfers included in program. All additional requests for transportation are paid separately
  • – Professional guides
  • – Leading guide – Maxim Balakhovskii
  • – Cook on all the routes
  • – Insurance

Not Included

  • – Air tickets, all airport taxes
  • – Emergency evacuation fee
  • – Visa and other consular service
  • – Individual transfer
  • – Individual menu (drinks and meals not included to the group menu)
  • – Additional expenses caused by bad weather conditions, airport time-table changes, equipment breakage, illness etc
  • – Luggage exceeding fee
  • – Rental of equipment required for trips not included in the program

Conditions

  • – Refund in case of bad weather conditions: 220 000 RUB per hour
  • – Additional hours: 245 000 RUB per hour

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