Our Guides
Our guides are members of the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides (ACMG) and/or the International Federation of Mountain Guides Association (IFMGA). These men and women are committed to giving you the powder experience of a lifetime. Many of our guides work around the world doing what they love to do - guiding people in the mountains. They have received specialty training in avalanche forecasting, terrain evaluation, rescue and emergency medical techniques.
Guide Bios
Eriks Suchovs, General Manager
Eriks grew up in Toronto to Latvian parents with a great skiing history. After spending time climbing and skiing in Banff, he got a business degree and moved to Revelstoke in 1981 to start a restaurant. He started guiding with Selkirk Tangiers Heli Skiing in 1983 and never left! After becoming a senior guide, with a change in ownership came a move to management. He still tries to get out skiing and guiding as much as he can. Eriks has two little ski monsters - Andreas, 10, and Chloe, 9 - who have been heli skiing since the age of four and will experience the new adventure of ski touring this winter. His other interests include sailing his boat in Deolation Sound, surfing with his kids in Tofino, and exploring the ocean and lakes with his zodiac while camping on the beach.
Favourite run: "Tangiers Glacier. Landing at 9300 feet beside the spire, skiing all the way to the true valley floor, picking up beside the creek, and checking the waters for trout. Its 1735 vertical meters, glacier views, and then mature old growth forest make it a true classic."
Dave Pehowich, Operations Manager
Dave Pehowich is our full-time, year round Operations Manager. Originally from Kamloops, BC, he was the first graduate from the Adventure Travel Guide Program based out of Kamloops. Dave has been with Selkirk Tangiers Heli Skiing since 1996 and is an ACMG ski guide. As a lead guide during ski season, he spends a lot of time guiding the private A-Star. During the summer fall months he runs the glading program; improving heli landings, pickups and improving and creating new runs. He truly enjoys
sharing his passion of skiing and the mountains around Revelstoke with our guests. He loves hearing “That was my best day skiing ever!!” He and fiancee Natalie have a two year old named Jalen and are expecting another baby in March. They also runs Revelstoke Timber Loft, a new Bed & Breakfast out of their home. Other hobbies include mountain biking, dirt biking, climbing, and the annual surfing trip.
Favourite Runs: "Tree run - Outsulation, skiing the old growth forest is magical. Alpine - Diamond and Mount Goldsmith: great skiing and very scenic."
Jeff Honig, Guiding Operations Manager 
Jeff Honig is our Guiding Operations Manager. He lives in Revelstoke and has spent the last ten years guiding with Selkirk Tangiers Heli Skiing. An internationally certified mountain guide, he has been guiding for 12 years. During the spring, summer and fall, he runs Alpine Addictions, a guiding business taking people rock climbing and mountaineering across North America and Europe. His interests include rock, ice and alpine climbing, waterskiing, golfing, and house projects. He and his fiancée have a six month old daughter named Sienna.
Favourite Run: "Mt. McDonnell."
Pierre-Etienne Gagnon
Pierre-Etienne was born in London, England and grew up in the Laurentians, north of Montreal, Quebec. He has been guding with Selkirk Tangiers for three seasons. Pierre-Etienne started skiing at three years of age, and ski raced for seventeen years. Ski instructing in Chamonix led him to discover backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. After an Adventure Guide Diploma from Thompson Rivers University, he started working in the industry for other cat and heli operations in the winters, and did raft guiding in the summer, which eventually that led to year round ski guiding in BC and Chile/Argentina in the summer time. He was hired three years ago as one of the new generation ski guides with Selkirk Tangiers, which he says “has given me access to an amazing amount of expertise and knowledge within the entire operation.” He and girlfriend Élodie recently had a little boy named Gaël who's now 7 months old, and they also have a dog Cimba. His other interests include white water canoeing, climbing, skiing, spending time with the family, and building a house.
Favorite Run: “There are way too many runs at Selkirk Tangiers to have only one favorite. In fact, after 3 years with the company, I have yet to ski many of them myself!”
Darek Glowacki
Darek Glowaki is happily married, with a fun two year old. He is originally from Bielsko Biala, Poland, but has been calling Canada home for 30 years. He has been guiding with STHS for 3 seasons. Darek also guides in the summer. He is a certified ACMG Ski Guide and Assistant Alpine Guide.
Paul Gnos
Paul Gnos is from Erstfeld, a small town right in the middle of Switzerland. This is his sixth season guiding with STHS. Paul finished his guide exams in 2004, and has spent about 80% of the year guiding since then. In the winter, he lives in Revelstoke and enjoys spending time with his girlfriend. In the summer, he lives and works as a mountain guide in the Alps. He is looking forward to skiing the BC powder this winter.
Favourite Run: “I think STHS has one of the best heli skiing areas on the planet. There are so many really good runs, but one of my favourite runs is Swiss Miss.”
Peter Murray
Pete Murray grew up in Edmonton, and now calls Revelstoke home. This is his second winter with STHS. He lives with his lovely wife Noelle, dog Serac and Mexican cat named Leche. Pete has skied all over BC, the Yukon and Alaska.
Favourite Run: “My favorite run is Illusion in the Incommapleaux Zone. I love exploring all over the STHS Tenure sharing the experience with our guests.”
Andre Normandeau
Andre Normandeau is an ACMG Ski Guide from Golden, BC. He has been with Selkirk Tangiers Heli Skiing for 23 seasons, and most of his guiding has been in western Canada. He is a pioneer of Selkirk Lodge. Andre’s other interests include hiking, flat water kayaking, rowing, berry picking, and disc golf.
Favourite Run: "Tangier glacier is my favorite run."
Stephane Poirier
Stephane Poirier grew up in Quebec, but has spent numerous seasons in the Canadian Rockies and moved to Revelstoke three years ago. He has been guiding with Selkirk Tangiers for two seasons. He comes from a snow safety background doing avalanche control at Lake Louise Ski Area. He guides heli, cat and ski touring enthusiasts alike, and spent part of last spring guiding in Iceland. His off-season interests include downhill mountain biking, fly fishing, climbing, camping, kayaking, canoeing, and he works trail crew in the summers.
Favorite Run: "I can't narrow it down to a run. I love the variety that Selkirk Tangiers has to offer. I just really enjoy being out there whether I'm skiing trees or alpine runs."
Dave Scott 
Dave Scott grew up in Alberta, but has lived in Revelstoke for 20 years and he hasn’t found a better place yet! He is an ACMG/ IFMGA Mountain Guide, and this will be his third season with Selkirk Tangiers Heli Skiing. He guided from 1993 to 2006 with CMH Revelstoke, CMH Galena and Crescent Spur Heliskiing, and has been working from 1992 to present as a private ski touring guide. In the summer, Dave works as a mountain guide, mountaineering and rock climbing. He has a family of four – his wife Julie and daughters Rebecca, 13 and Mia, 9, are all avid skiers and rock climbers.
Favourite Run: Outsulation (Akolkolex River)
Dave Sproule
Dave Sproule lives in Revelstoke, BC, with his wife and two children, son Kaya, 3, and daughter Jasmine, 1.5. He has been with STHS for three years, and has spent the last nine years guiding ski touring, cat skiing and heli skiing throughout BC and New Zealand, and rock and hiking guiding in the summers. His other interests include exploring new mountains on skis, paragliding, climbing, logger sports, surfing and family fun.
Favourite Run: “Choices...never lets you down!”