The Whirlybird Catches the View ; Heli-Hiking Takes Travelers to New Heights of Grandeur in British Columbia

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Sitting atop a boulder overlooking the Valley of the Lakes, we digested our packed lunches as we did every day of our heli-hiking adventure: at the top of the world.

"You've got yourself the best seat at the best hard-rock cafe on earth," guide Lorraine Blancher whispered as we digested our salmon- salad sandwiches.

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The Whirlybird Catches the View ; Heli-Hiking Takes Travelers to New Heights of Grandeur in British Columbia

The sandwiches were easy, but after three days touring the Columbia Mountain Range in British Columbia, we were still not capable of fully digesting the mind-numbing beauty that spread out before us.

"Every place you look, it's a brochure shot," said Sue Eliott from Huntington Valley, near Philadelphia, one of the 33 of us signed up for a three-day heli-hiking trip last summer with Canadian Mountain Holidays.

Our base wa...

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