Altai Mountain Holidays

Altai region, China

Project Requirements

  • Assess new mechanized helicopter and cat ski operation and develop run atlas and hazard management plan
  • Complete assessment of remote access road and develop avalanche path mapping for 26 avalanche paths
  • Complete preliminary mitigation options plan
  • Estimate maximum runout for select paths using numerical modeling methods.

Project Description

In the lead up to the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, Alpine Solutions was retained with a team from Canada to provide planning advice for the first mechanized ski operation in China. The remote lodge based operation located near the borders of Mongolia, Russia, and Kazakhstan included cat skiing, heliskiing, snowmobile operations, and ski touring potential.