For generations Austrian architecture, après ski ambience, ski school directors and instructors gained notice and profits in the Americas. The Austrian instructors Emo Henrich at Stratton, Hans Gmoser and Mike Wiegele in the Canadian Rockies, used their cultural and entrepreneurial skills to further this legacy. Emo Henrich and his Band engender Austrian gemutlichkeit wherever they go, while the Austrians Mike Wiegele and Hans Gmoser started heli-skiing in the Canadian Rockies.