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Being a heli-guide.

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jc_dunn
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It seems like a good job... but how do they get paid?

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Apr 14 2005 7:23PM
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Skipig25
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probably by the trip. but I don't know

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Apr 14 2005 7:26PM
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lanks
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with lots of untracked powder. and crazy terrain to ski. and likely a little money here and there.


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Apr 14 2005 7:27PM
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jc_dunn
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i was mainly talking about the money. I wanna be a heli guide but i still wanna have family and shit someday.

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Apr 14 2005 7:28PM
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TheStamos
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uh you have a Helicopter and AK pow what the fuck do you need money for? i would take buck a day for that job and be a crab fisherman in the summer and make like 40 grand a year. to bad you will only live for like 5 years with that setup.

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Apr 14 2005 7:28PM
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huckasaurus
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^^^ Then don't get a job in the ski industry.

Apr 14 2005 7:28PM
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martockpublicenemy
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take ur fAMILY HELI SKIING!

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Apr 14 2005 7:29PM
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k8skis
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I think some up here get paid like $50 an hour during a trip so it probably depends on how many trips you do. I think you have to pay $2000 for training or something. I've thought about doing it.

Apr 14 2005 8:59PM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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You probably won't get paid much and you gotta ski a lot of mellow terrain with texans but it's still worth it, dont plan on saving up for retirement on your salary. also there are 1000 other people out there trying to get your job so you better have very high level avy certification, aswell as high level firstaid training, related work in guiding, exc.

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Apr 14 2005 9:06PM
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free_ski
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First of all you'd have to have your avalanch classes, all the ski patrol classes like mountineering (spelling sucks, i know) and search and rescue. Thats gonna take you atleast a 2 years to get all that, then you have to know the mountain range where you want to work like the back of your hand. Good luck though

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Apr 14 2005 9:35PM
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*Lozza*
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Hey go for it! I'm a ski guide in Austria and love my job. You have to be a person who can handle a lot of responsibility though but it is very rewarding.

And don't base your decision only or mainly on the money factor, you can't know what's going to happen in your life before you're ready to settle down with your family and have kids.

Apr 15 2005 8:06AM
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westfall
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You get tons of money one of my friends is doing it and he is raking it in


Apr 15 2005 8:36AM
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Switchstyle
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as well as skiing the freshies everyday...sounds pretty good...its a shame im an east coast park rat...

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Apr 15 2005 5:25PM
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skisebski
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you also need a shit load of creditials and other stuff to become one, its not just a matter of if you can ski well.

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Apr 15 2005 5:36PM
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ItsPhil
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i love the freshy

Apr 15 2005 5:41PM
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4frntSkier
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join the air force and do ROTC do you job then return and be a heli pilot or guide id say thatd be enough credentials

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Apr 15 2005 5:42PM
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TAK
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hahahaha...

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Apr 15 2005 5:51PM
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MLB
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Well depends where you go, i am throwing my self in this field, but you can't just do that, it does not work. You have to become a mountain guide that can do it all, or nobody will hire you. First you have to 5 years of BCskiing, rock climbing, mountaineering,and ice climbing. And even before you do that you have to take your beginer avalanche, intermidit, and professtional avalanche corse. Verious different first aid courses. After all of this, then maybe....just maybe you be ready for the ACMG exam. In this 95% of all aplicants fail, and some even die. Depending on where you are in pay pretty good in most places out west and in europe.




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Apr 15 2005 6:09PM
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MLB
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It goes by two ways, either you get payed my contract, or you have a company that pays you on a constant 9to5 basis.




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Apr 15 2005 6:20PM
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under_achieved
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^correct, but you shouldnt be a heli guide, you donte even come close to deserveing a career like that.


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Apr 15 2005 10:34PM
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Deezl
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99% of the people on this site have no idea the desire and commitment it takes to become an AMGA or even moreso an IFMGA guide.

It's like trying to become an MD and a fucking SEAL at the same time.

Apr 15 2005 11:43PM
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*BeAsT*
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I am going to become a heli pilot asap Next year I will be going to UVSC to get my commercial pilots licence and then when i have enough money (it takes a butt load) i will be getting my chopper licence. Then i am going to start my own heli skiing company in Alaska if it is the last thing that i do. I will live in a shack and eat bread and water if that is what it takes. Oh and for the pay i think the pilots do pretty good i know one and he has a really nice house.

Apr 16 2005 1:18AM
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SteezePatrol
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haha, so you HEAR that the pay is pretty good. Man- people pay like 5 grand a day for that shit. I know most of that goes to heli-costs, but most of five grand still leaves a lot of bones

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Apr 16 2005 1:27AM
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kinosoo
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the moneys ok but high cost of living so it evins out but you dont do it for the money man

Apr 17 2005 8:22PM
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powder99
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wow most of you don't have a clue, its so tough to be ACMG certified, in the end you don't even get to ski that much, it has to be one of the toughest job out there, your looking atleast 10 grand in course costs and 5+ years of training then you need to do bitch work to get any experiance. If you love skiing you might as well go to law school so you can just pay the money to heli ski without having the responsibilities of a guide.

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Apr 18 2005 12:37AM
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kinosoo
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try 40 in cost im about to start four years of uni and end up with my acmg mountan guide (you nead you ski and alpin plus to get this one)


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