Our Pilots

POWDER SOUTH HELI-SKI GUIDES works with the best helicopter-ski pilots in the industry. POWDER SOUTH partners with Inaer, one of the top 3 helicopter companies in the world, as experienced Swiss heli-ski pilots from Europe, whose reputation for high altitude flying and mountain rescue is unsurpassed. These partnerships have created the best team of pilots around. Experienced European mountain pilots fly our clients to the top of remarkable ski and snowboard descents as well as train and share their flying expertise with the best local Chilean pilots in heli-ski flight tactics.

The joint partnership between Inaer, Swiss heli-ski pilots, and POWDER SOUTH HELI-SKI GUIDES provides an unparalleled level of safety and quality heli-ski experience, resulting in more skiing/snowboarding with greater efficiency.

Our team of pilots are highly trained and experienced professionals with thousands of hours of flight time in the Andes and other mountain ranges around the world, including the Himalayas, the Alps, and Turkey. They know the Andes Mountain Range exceedingly well. They are experts at flying helicopters in mountainous terrain. Our pilots manage landing zones at high altitude with superior expertise, and demonstrate the dedication expected of experienced Swiss mountain heli-ski pilots in their profession. Our pilots are the finest helicopter pilots available in the Southern Hemisphere.

Each helicopter is equipped with a GPS, satellite phone, VHF radio to maintain contact with the lodge and our guides, first aid, oxygen, avalanche, rescue, and survival equipment. We use primarily state-of-the-art AS 350-B3, with Bell 407 Helicopters standing by, by far the best machines for heli-skiing in the Andes.