Safety process

Security. Heliski is a high risk activity.

There are two options for us. Deny it or facing it, and work point by point to limit the risk.

We will set out the efforts we make to offer you a real plus during your heliski trip.

In all our activity, we set up working procedures and decision process in the way to reduce snow activity risks, aero logical risk and all those of outdoor activities

Our first concern is to bring as fast as possible a wounded person to an hospital or a doctor.

Till our first preparation trip in Trabzon, we work to make a deal with the university hospital in this town, which is just 20 minutes flying time from our base. A rescue trooper is sitting in the hospital and our “rescue plan “includes his help if necessary.

Every autumn our team of guide follow a course to review all the first aids technics .Some of us have been patrol men , and our team is especially careful to be efficient on Medical evacuation techniques, to be able to be safe, fast and comfortable for a victim.

We’ve got vacuum mattress, total and partial, evacuation sledge, and all the safety gears are stocked in the helipad.  First aid kit is always in the trooper, with an O2 kit.

All the team is train to the “human cargo “evacuation system that allowed us to escape a skier with a winch from the trooper when the terrain is too steep for the sledge.

We are constantly working to progress on our knowledge about security and safety to increase our work on those points.

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The Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil "Squirrel" is a single engined intermediate helicopter originally manufactured by Aérospatiale (now part of Eurocopter Group). The AS350 is marketed in North America as the AStar. The AS355 Ecureuil 2 is a twin engined variant, while the Eurocopter EC130 is a derivative of the AS350 airframe. Development began in the early 1970s to replace the Alouette II, and the first flight took place on 27 June 1974. Despite the introduction of the EC130, production of the Eurocopter AS350 remains strong.

On May 14, 2005 an AS350 B3 piloted by Eurocopter test pilot Didier Delsalle touched down on the top of Mt. Everest, at 8,850 meters  .This record has been confirmed by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

On April 29, 2010 a stripped-down AS350 B3 succeeded in rescuing three alpinists from Annapurna at 7100 m, one at a time, the highest such rescue ever.General characteristics

•          Crew: 1

•          Capacity: 6

•          Length: 10.93 m

•          Rotor diameter: 10.69 m

•          Height: 3.14 m

•          Disc area: 89.75 m²

•          Empty weight: 1,174 kg

•          Max takeoff weight: 2,250 kg

Performance

•          Never exceed speed: 287 km/h

•          Cruise speed: 245 km/h

•          Range: 662 km

•          Endurance: 4.1 hrs

•          Service ceiling: 4,600 m

•          Rate of climb: 8.5 m/s

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