Terms & Conditions
2025/2026 SNOWWATER TERMS AND CONDITIONS
BOOKING POLICY
Once a booking is made at Snowwater, significant expenses and long-term commitments are incurred on your behalf. It is assumed that you have become familiar with and understand the policies below before booking your trip with us. By submitting a confirmation form, deposit, final payment, or waiver, you agree to be legally bound by the terms and conditions below.
- Deposit
A 50% deposit is required to reserve your trip. We recommend cheque or bank wire for international guests, or etransfers from. Credit cards can also be used to book your trip, although you may incur international credit card fees. - Final Payment
The final 50% payment is due 90 days prior to your trip.
RE-BOOKING ALUMNI POLICY
We are very proud of Snowwater’s annual return rate. To show our appreciation, departing guests have the opportunity to rebook for the following season by placing a 25% deposit at the time of checkout. Our priority is to the ensure that each group is well matched both on and off the slopes. Because of this, re-booking opportunities may be altered at the sole discretion of Snowwater. While both the Snowwater Membership Club and full lodge buy-outs have first choice on dates, we do our very best to find dates that work well for your group for the optimal experience of fun!
- Deposit - 1st payment
A 25% deposit is needed to hold your dates. - Deposit - 2nd payment
A second 25% deposit is due June 1. - Final Payment
The final 50% payment is due 90 days prior to your trip.
**Please see our full group booking policy if you are person who is booking all 12 spots, as we do have separate conditions applied in this case.
LATE PAYMENTS
We will consider that you have cancelled your seat if we do not receive the balance payment 90 days before your trip start date. All monies on account will be forfeited and you will lose your spot.
LATE ARRIVALS
Late transfers to the lodge are subject to a $250 shuttle fee per person. Late shuttles will only operate until 6:00pm.
After this time, you will need to stay in town at your own expense and arrange an early morning transfer, still incurring the shuttle fee.
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY
Having to cancel a dream trip is as much a disappointment as it is a surprise, so we always highly
recommend that you purchase trip insurance to protect yourself from unforeseen circumstances. For peace of mind, we recommend you protect yourself with comprehensive travel insurance to cover any cancellation fees.
While we include medical evacuation insurance, we do not include TRIP insurance. We recommend Acera Insurance who can provide a personalized quote here. There are two main types of insurance you should consider:
- Trip ‘interruption insurance’ covers you during your trip.
- Trip ‘cancellation insurance’ protects you before you get here.
If you cancel more than 90 days before your trip start date:
- Receive a full credit voucher for the dollar value of all payments made, valid for up to two years after the time of issue, less a $250 admin fee for each person cancelling on the associated trip. This value can be applied to a new trip and is subject to annual price increases.
- Find a replacement, as per above. You will have two weeks to do this before we start looking for one.
If you cancel less than 90 days before the start date:
- All money on account is forfeited. Snowwater cannot shoulder the burden of last-minute changes for any reason.
- Find a replacement as per above. We will start looking for a replacement once we hear from you in writing about your cancellation. If we find a replacement for your seat, you will receive a 75% gift card credit of the resale value, valid for up to two years.
If you need to cancel your trip, here are your options:
- Make an insurance claim to recoup all money lost, assuming you purchased trip insurance.
- Find your own replacement and transfer your deposit to the new person. We will leave it to you and your substitute to compensate each other for all monies on account. Payments cannot be put towards someone else already signed up on ANY trip with us at any time. No admin fee will be applied in this case.
- Please note: your seat will not be considered cancelled or filled until we receive written notification about it.
Snowwater does not provide refunds for cancellations. We provide future ski credits, or we allow for replacements within our time frames listed above. If you need to cancel your trip, your best option is always to give your trip to someone else who can reimburse you in some way. Credits of any kind will not be granted in the event of non-arrival, unused services, missed ski days for any reason, unused nights due to travel or weather disruptions. Snowwater reserves the right to cancel trips at any time. Under no circumstance is Snowwater responsible for the client’s inconvenience or travel expenses in this case.
SNOWCAT BACK-UP
- While we wish we could control the weather – we cannot. There is no guarantee on weather or snow conditions that you will encounter during your trip. Snowwater proudly offers a back-up snowcat program when poor weather or hazardous conditions prevail ensuring you ski or ride on your ski trip!
- If we are unable to operate due to extreme weather issues, we will do our best to keep things fair for all.
Snowwater reserves the right to offer partial credits based on a weather-related issues, rendering us unable to operate at all. - In the rare case that skiing must be cancelled due to a mechanical failure, Snowwater will provide a credit for
time missed which may be applied to another trip valid for up to two seasons. - Snowwater does not provide ski credits if we are operating a limited heli program due to poor weather, or cat skiing, or other.
GRATUITIES
A Gratuity has not been included in your trip. It is customary to leave a tip if you feel you received exceptional service and your trip made memorable by the efforts of those who work at Snowwater. A 10% gratuity on your pre-tax booking cost is recommended. All staff members will be made aware of your contribution and greatly appreciate your generosity.
HELICOPTER TRANSFERS
Your trip includes a transfer to and from the lodge via snowcat and truck. We also offer heli transfers from Castlegar airport, or 1.5km, weather permitting. The extra per-heli flight fee to be divided by the people sharing the flight is $1250 one way.
FUEL SURCHARGE
Our Prices are set up to 24 months in advance and are based on our estimates of the rate of inflation. If inflation of fuel prices exceeds our estimation at the time your final payment comes due, Snowwater Heli Skiing reserves the right to implement a Fuel Surcharge to offset the price difference.
MODIFICATIONS
Snowwater reserves the right to amend prices and or terms and conditions without notice. Any such modification will
be effective immediately upon public posting. The use of our services following any such modification constitutes acceptance of the modified terms.