Bugaboo Dreams: A Story of Skiers, HelicoptersMountains

Bugaboo Dreams A Story of Skiers HelicoptersMountains If you re a connoisseur of the high and wild just hearing the name Bugaboos is enough to make you feverish with wanderlust Topher Donahue captures not just the landscape but the people and dreams tha

If you re a connoisseur of the high and wild, just hearing the name Bugaboos is enough to make you feverish with wanderlust Topher Donahue captures not just the landscape but the people and dreams that shape these otherworldly peaks John Flinn, Executive Travel Editor, San Francisco ChronicleBugaboo Dreams is a marvellously detailed account of the evolution of heli skiIf you re a connoisseur of the high and wild, just hearing the name Bugaboos is enough to make you feverish with wanderlust Topher Donahue captures not just the landscape but the people and dreams that shape these otherworldly peaks John Flinn, Executive Travel Editor, San Francisco ChronicleBugaboo Dreams is a marvellously detailed account of the evolution of heli skiing and hiking in the Canadian Rockies More importantly, however, it is the story of the remarkable man behind the business, Hans Gmoser, whose passion and commitment to mountain environments led to a lifetime of bringing others to recreate in these places he loved the most Rebecca Martin, Executive Director, Expedition Council, National Geographic SocietyThe stars were aligned to create this remarkable story a vast mountain wilderness of rock spires and undulating glaciers and a visionary individual who inspired others to help transform his Bugaboo dreams into reality Topher Donahue has captured the tale in an engaging manner that makes for a great read Bernadette McDonald, author and former Director of The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festivals.It was an honour and one of the highlights of my youth to be part of the beginnings of the Bugaboos Skiing with Hans Gmoser and the wonderful guides who joined him became an indelible experience, not only for the ultimate thrill of skiing in deep powder through the trees and vast open areas of untrac