Valle Nevado, Chile – Going Beyond the Boundary Valle Nevado, Chile is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and while it’s often touted as one of the best resorts in the Southern Hemisphere, with epic terrain and an awesome infrastructure (and amazing food, wine and accommodations), one of its true gems lies beyond the ski area boundary. And the options are truly endless, with everything from boot packs […] D’Arcy McLeish | June 1, 2018 0 Comments
Ruby Mountain Heli, NV = Endlessly Cold, Dry Snow in a Powder Skier’s Desert Oasis Paradise Oasis. Every desert has on oasis. Nevada’s desert oasis is called the Ruby Mountains. The crown jewel of this oasis is Ruby Mountain Heli. The Ruby Mountains are an unrivaled mountain oasis in the middle of a vast, cold, high desert that gives rise to ten jagged 11,000-foot peaks that rake down over 300″ of average annual snowfall. The […] Miles Clark | February 2, 2018 0 Comments
Alaska Just Got Buried in 10-Feet of Snow in 5-Days | Black Ops Valdez Heli = Fired Up & Ready [sponsored by Black Ops Valdez Heli] Thompson Pass near Valdez, Alaska has some of the best heli ski terrain on Earth and they just got absolutely buried in snow with up to 10″ of snowfall per hour resulting in 10-feet of snow in only 5-days last week. All this big early season snow has got the crew over at Black […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | December 14, 2017 1 Comment
23 Years After The Crash, Heli-Skiing Could Return To Aspen Area According to The Aspen Times, heli-skiing was once permitted in the Elk Mountain Range for a brief 30-day period in the early 1990s. Before that, it was allowed in the late 1970s and early ’80s. The company was called Colorado Heli-Ski and they had managed to get a 30-day trial permit for heli-skiing in the Gunnison National Forest from the U.S. […] Industry News Chris Wallner | April 12, 2016 1 Comment
Deep Powder Heli-Skiing in Alaska Yesterday | Photo Tour: The guides from Silverton Mountain, CO are up in Alaska right now and they are winning. They went heli skiing near Seward, AK yesterday and it was obvious damn good. They were skiing 2,000-vertical-foot runs and getting faceshots. Bastards… “Skiing Yesterday! All time ski day for Oct 19, 2015. El Gordo (El Nino’s fat cousin) continues to deliver early snow […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 20, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: 4 Rowdy Lines in Alaska with Ian McIntosh Since breaking his femur in Alaska a few years, Mac may have toned it down a bit when filming in AK… If you really believe that, you’re crazy. Well, maybe you were right, but it now appears Mac is back to his old ways of pure unadulterated charging in AK. Check out the final air on the first line in this video. Not many people could have skied out of that. He landed in a flat spot and sucked it up perfectly. That landing would have devoured mortal skiers […] SnowBrains | September 18, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: How Gnarly Can You Get as a Heli Ski Client in Alaska? My life was forever changed when when my parents took me to watch Steeper and Deeper in 1992. While watching one of the big mountain powder scenes I remember turning to a friend and saying, “I want to do that”. Ever since then skiing has been a major part of my life. 20 years later I finally got my chance. In April I got the opportunity to go to Points North Heli in Cordova Alaska. Skiing in the Chugach is an experience of a lifetime. I was very fortunate; the weather cooperated perfectly for my trip […] Guest Author | October 18, 2014 2 Comments
Bella Coola, B.C. Gnar Segment from “Into the Mind” Sherpa Cinemas takes us on a spectacular visual tour of Bella Coola, B.C. The skiing in this segment is great, but the scenery steals the show. We think they meant it this way. Bella Coola is a special place on Earth and it’s not too far away from the civilized world. British Columbia in general is unreal and completely untapped. The Nuxalk people were present in the Bella Coola valley prior to any […] Miles Clark | December 12, 2013 0 Comments