heli skiing
Aircraft-accessed alpine descents
Heli skiing is skiing on remote, ungroomed slopes accessed by helicopter rather than ski lifts.
The helicopter drops skiers at high elevations to descend through pristine powder—terrain otherwise unreachable.
It's expensive and carries avalanche risks, but devotees prize the untouched snow and wilderness experience: We're going heli skiing in British Columbia next month.
- powderFine dry particles
- backcountrySparsely populated wilderness areas
- chopperRotorcraft or cleaver
- alpineOf high elevations
- mountain peaksHighest elevations of ranges
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