MOUNTAIN LIFE - Blue Mountains | Winter 2018

WINTER 2018 ML BLUE 77 On the lonely Stewart-Cassiar Highway, completed in 1975 between Prince Rupert and Dease Lake, Bell 2 was a tiny refuelling stop on the long haul to Yukon and Alaska, unremarkable apart from the mountain scenery that’s in no shortage hereabouts. And it might have stayed that way if not for its proximity to the Skeena stashes explored by Herb Bleuer. A lodge already existed here— pretty much the only building around, the original Bell 2 Lodge was built in 1979 for highway travellers. In 1997, LFH bought it and undertook an ambitious rebuilding and expansion project stretching over six years to create a leading-edge heliski facility. In 2005 LFH expanded to take advantage of the southern section of its tenure TOP COURTESY LAST FRONTIER HELISKIING/JUN YANAGISAWA BOTTOM COURTESY LAST FRONTIER HELISKIING / REUBEN KRABBE