Heli Skiing Cancelled - Blue River

retiredpop · Jan 13, 2021

Caper11 said:
Thats not good. Hopefully he doesn’t make more noise about our industry in the meantime.

Totally different scenarios between our sport and heli skiing. Pretty hard to social distance in a helicopter and I would say a lot of his customers are from out of the country too so there is the quarantine issue as well. If he is a smart businessman he will open up lodges for other activities such as sledding.

pano-dude · Jan 13, 2021

fredw said:
Took the family panorama skying over Christmas, from clerks, staff, to ski patrol.. all seam to be over seas.. asked how they got back with covid pandemic, they said no problems, the hill called them essential services and there visas were granted..

sure makes you wonder how much gov pull these ski hills have.. all make minimum wage and take away from local jobs

Many of the staff were here all summer. The ones who were not had to be tested, isolate for 14 days and good to go. Same as anyone else travelling.

pfi572 · Jan 13, 2021

Makes a person laugh at times !!
A Business that fights very hard against motorize sports ,snowmobiling in particular. But then some , when Heli skiing is shut down will pay him to fight against the sport you luv. Contributing funds to a business that opposes sledding. Unreal
Even more hypocritical ? His business even allowing sledders ?!! If he does ?

Hope people take lots of pictures if they do stay ? Lol

Cat401 · Jan 13, 2021

Lunch_Box said:
Last time I talked to someone from town they said everything is brought in from out of town; food, booze, workers,... He puts nothing back into the town for the most part.

is he an ex-hutterite?

Bernoff · Jan 13, 2021

For the number of years he has been there it doesn't look like the town has seen any benefit.

NoBrakes! · Jan 13, 2021

obviously you havent been to the Legion on a wild Valentines night to see his contributions lol

snochuk · Jan 13, 2021

pfi572 said:
Makes a person laugh at times !!
A Business that fights very hard against motorize sports ,snowmobiling in particular. But then some , when Heli skiing is shut down will pay him to fight against the sport you luv. Contributing funds to a business that opposes sledding. Unreal
Even more hypocritical ? His business even allowing sledders ?!! If he does ?

Hope people take lots of pictures if they do stay ? Lol

Supporting Wiggly is like shopping at MEC.
I won't rent a room from him no matter how cheap or nice.
Maybe times have changed but there used to be no Love in between locals and Wiegle.
Sledded with one of his pilots about 6 years ago - he was only fan of the job not the operation.
99% of all goods an workers were shipped in.

Wiegle did however assist many sledder avalanche victims when ever the need arose.
So not all bad.

snopro · Jan 13, 2021

snochuk said:
Supporting Wiggly is like shopping at MEC.
I won't rent a room from him no matter how cheap or nice.
Maybe times have changed but there used to be no Love in between locals and Wiegle.
Sledded with one of his pilots about 6 years ago - he was only fan of the job not the operation.
99% of all goods an workers were shipped in.

Wiegle did however assist many sledder avalanche victims when ever the need arose.
So not all bad.

I don't think he wanted to help with SAR but the optics of not helping would do him no good. He truly hates the sledding community from everything I've heard about him.

neilsleder · Jan 13, 2021

snopro said:
I don't think he wanted to help with SAR but the optics of not helping would do him no good. He truly hates the sledding community from everything I've heard about him.

My uncle and his buddies ask him to fly out a dead sled. He said the only way he helps sledder is if it’s life or death. Won’t help if it isn’t an emergency

pete gads · Jan 13, 2021

he does not own helicopters. A company from vancouver operate them. Dealt with them when friends died in avy

bobsledder · Jan 13, 2021

You guys carry a lot of hate for the skiers. lol Lifes way too short

Tchetek · Jan 13, 2021

bobsledder said:
You guys carry a lot of hate for the skiers. lol Lifes way too short

Nobody hates the skiers.

Wiggledick was trying to tenure the whole valley for himself and have all the sledding closed down.

bobsledder · Jan 13, 2021

Tchetek said:
Nobody hates the skiers.

Wiggledick was trying to tenure the whole valley for himself and have all the sledding closed down.

well isn't he a dip**** then...deserves a kick in the balls and deportation to wherever he came from

Bernoff · Jan 13, 2021

NoBrakes! said:
obviously you havent been to the Legion on a wild Valentines night to see his contributions lol

Now you have to finish the story NoBrakes. Lol

TylerG · Jan 13, 2021

Bernoff said:
Now you have to finish the story NoBrakes. Lol

With photos please

OOC ZigZag · Jan 14, 2021

Karma for that op. Been pretty aggressive with the sledders. Deserves everything headed his way.

Luke The Drifter · Jan 14, 2021

Didn't his daughter take over the operation a couple of years ago? At least in a general management aspect? I'm sure Mike is still the sole owner of the whole thing.

I'm sure one season shut down won't totally crater MWH and I'd imagine most other heliski outfits are in the same boat. I still have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of dropping 100k for a week of skiing. Even if it is the most epic riding on the planet. Makes the thought of snowchecking a new sled a little easier to swallow lol.

scotts · Jan 14, 2021

I met him years ago while out in some area we likely shouldn’t have been but it was a different time!, , he was out with just one other guy and their own chopper, we all sat and had lunch together and just talked snow and mountains for an hour! He must be really old now, he looked to be in his sixties then and that was well over 20 years ago now!

maxwell · Jan 14, 2021

https://www.bclocalnews.com/news/mike-wiegele-calls-for-public-inquiry-into-snowmobile-fatalities/

maxwell · Jan 14, 2021

https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler-news/war-in-the-woods-2503821

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