Schedule & Rates
Cordova, Alaska

There are no roads or highways that run through the middle of our land. All of our clients fly from our lodge and back to our lodge via helicopter each day. We have multiple fuel caches in the field. You are never on a peak and told to ski to the road for a shuttle bus pick up. An average day of skiing or snowboarding consists of 20-35,000 feet of vertical per day. The price one pays for his or her excursion, based on our heli time rate, is averaging around $800- $1,100 per day. This generally gets you 8-12 heli runs in the given area we are flying that day.

6 – DAY / 7 NIGHT TRIPS

You will find below a weekly 2010 schedule to use for your travel planning:

Week 1 :: February 20 -27
Week 2 :: February 27 – March 6
Week 3 :: March 6 – 13
Week 4 :: March 13 – 20
Week 5 :: March 20 – 27
Week 6 :: March 27 – April 3
Week 7 :: April 3 – 10
Week 8 :: April 10 – 17
Week 9 :: April 17 – 24

**Please note: Saturday’s are change over days. Guests generally do not ski on their arrival / departure days. This is a 6-day trip. However, if the current group in house has had bad luck with weather all week, they are priority to ski on that Saturday (change over day).

PRICING:

• $800 per heli-flight hour, per person
• $175 lodging per night, per person. This includes ALL of your meals, lodging, transportation, and essential gear (beacon, harness, pack, shovel, probe and helmet), local tax not included.
• Optional Volkl ski rental $50 per day. If you would like to try Volkl’s latest ski line, we invite you to do so. However, we strongly discourage guest’s to visit PNH without bringing his or her own skis. It is Alaska and the last thing you want to do is be on a pair of skis you have never been on and are not used to!
• Single occupancy room rate $225 per night and includes all of the above as well.

Deposits for you heli-vacation work as follows:

• You pay for three (3) heli flight hours
  $800 x 3 = $2,400

TOTAL DEPOSIT: $2,400

Lodging and one (1) additional heli-hour due 30 days prior to arrival: $2,025

Total for your trip to PNH: $4,425 for the 6 days (local tax and gratuity not included)

**Due to weather in Alaska it is not very common that a guest goes over his / her four (4) heli-hours in a week. In the event you do, you simply pay as you go. You are priority to fly.

Again, an average day of skiing or snowboarding consists of 20 – 35,000 feet of vertical per day. The price one pays for his or her excursion, based on our heli time rate is averaging around $800 - $1,100 per day. This generally gets you around 8 -12 heli runs in the given area we are flying that day. You are not paying for vertical. You are paying for high quality ski runs!

Points North Heli-Adventures, Inc. is the only heli-ski operation in Alaska that is all inclusive.  PNH offers a flight hour rate instead of a guaranteed vertical package rate. This is what makes Points North special. You only pay for the time utilized by the aircraft.  Weather in Alaska is too unpredictable to guarantee grand expectations of vertical, yet it is also the weather that makes Alaskan heli-skiing the super bowl of riding. You will get your vertical on ski days!

Our lodging is all inclusive. We are the ONLY operation in the state with a full service lodge. Our lodge is not a hotel or motel. It is a beautiful state of the art facility located directly on the waters edge. All of our meals are guaranteed to make your mouth water and our chef specializes in Alaskan cuisine.

Standby Fee
If in the event you do not want to fly on a fly day and you still have time on your four (4) heli hour deposit you will be charged a “standby” fee of: $250. We will be sold out and book accordingly to who is in house. We do not credit or make exceptions for poor fitness levels or injury. In the event the weather allows us to access the mountains every day, we are flying.

Media Rate
Points North offers a media rate to industry professionals who are on assignment. Please call our toll free number for additional information.

Fuel Surcharge
We base the fuel surcharge on the Los Angeles Index for Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel Price that is reported by the US Department of Energy.  A Fuel Surcharge will be added for increases in the base average fuel prices (base prices are determined by averaging the last 6 months of the previous year).  A $2 addition to each heli hour will be added for each percentage (%) increase.
At this time we do not have a fuel charge.

Refund Policy for the Standard Package:
The Points North refund policy is as follows: Due to the high demand for optimum times and helicopter scheduling, no cash refunds will be given. The refund policy applies for all situations, no exceptions! Credit will be given for full value of deposit on a later booking if cancellation is made (90) ninety days prior to scheduled arrival. 50% of deposit will be credited if cancellation is made (60) sixty days prior to scheduled arrival. No credit will be given for cancellations after the (60) sixty day mark.

In the event “no fly days” occur due to weather or high avalanche conditions, you will receive a PNH credit of 50% of your unused flight reservation fee. This is based on 6 days. All credits are available on account for two calendar years toward the use of a deposit for a future trip. There shall be no crediting or refund of the lodging fee due to pre-booked reservations well in advance. We suggest you get travel insurance prior to your trip to cover any unforeseen costs do to trip cancellation.

Points North retains the right to refuse service to anyone at anytime and cancel, move, change or re-schedule a trip without notice at anytime, for any reason. Clients will not lose funds, but will however be credited funds to a future trip.

Injury or Sickness
There are NO refunds for injury or sickness. Verification of this prior to your trip, the same rules apply as written above.

Points North is not responsible for lost bags during your travels.
We do recommend that you obtain trip insurance prior to your trip for this reason.

Travel Insurance
We recommend Travel Guard Insurance. They are great!
Our cancellation and refund policies are absolute. We highly recommend travel insurance for all of our guests. Travel insurance covers you for unexpected cancellations, injuries, lost or stolen luggage and more. It is a very in-expensive price to ensure your trips success.
Travelguard: http://www.travelguard.com

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