New $10-Million Chairlift at Alpine Meadows, CA Gets First Snow Snow has fallen at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows! Related: Whatโs New for Winter 2019-20 at Squaw Valley | Alpine Meadows, CA Alpine Meadows is constructing a new $10-million Treeline Cirque chairlift. It looks pretty nice so far, especially with snow on it. It’s a brand-spanking new, high-speed quad chair that will transport skiers and riders from the base area to […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | October 2, 2019 2 Comments
8 Affordable Places In The World To Heli-Ski Heli-skiing can provide the turns of a lifetime down steep, powder-filled terrain typically inaccessible to most skiers. Unfortunately, most of the time, getting access to these lines is not always cheap. The typical week-long heli-adventure in popular heli-skiing playgrounds like Alaska run anywhere from $6,000 to $10,000, or with daily rates reaching up to $1500. But for those budget skiers […] Martin Kuprianowicz | August 30, 2019 0 Comments
2 Lost Hikers Airlifted Out of Wyoming Wilderness Will be Sent the Bill for the Helicopter Two hikers who got lost while on a hiking trip and needed a helicopter rescue out of the Wind River Mountains wilderness will be sent the bill, officials said Friday. Related: VIDEO: 74-Year Old Woman Passes Out as Helicopter Rescue Spins Out of Control The male subjects โbit off more than they could chewโ Fremont County Undersheriff Mike Hutchison said. […] CragBrains | August 28, 2019 0 Comments
Is Heli-Hiking Worth It or Just a Gimmick? Heli-Hiking.ย Thatโs right folks. The Heli-skiing craze has now pushed its way into the summer months with this new phenomenon. The concept is quite simple and similar to that of Heli-Skiing and Heli-Biking.ย Put people in a helicopter, drop them off in a remote location to partake in an absurdly gorgeous hike, pick them up and take them back to a […] Jack Conroy | August 13, 2019 2 Comments
Man Who Fell 150-Feet Down Snowfield on Cathedral Peak, CO Required Flight for Life Airlift Rescue On July 21, 2019, at 7:45 am the Pitkin County Combined Regional Communication Center received a report of an emergency โSpot Deviceโ activation with a location of 700-feet South of the summit of 13,950-foot Cathedral Peak, CO, according to a Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office press release. Related: VIDEO: How to Stay Alive in the Mountains โ The Deadliest Colorado 14ers […] Climbing CragBrains | July 22, 2019 0 Comments
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Last Frontier Heliskiing, BC Report: True Adventure in Stunning Vistas & Endless Terrain Report from March 18th, 2019 Yesterday, we skied with Last Frontier Heliskiingย from their Ripley Creek Lodge in Stweart, BC – one block from Hyder, AK. We flew through sunny skies, revealing spectacular vistas at every turn. The terrain here is rugged, snow-plastered, and glacier-hewn leading anyone to understand that they are on a true adventure about 1 million miles away […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 19, 2019 2 Comments
VIDEO: Helicopter Footage of the Rescue of an Injured Skier at Lake Tahoe, NV Huge respect for these guys, putting their lives on the line to save others. Great footage of a helicopter rescue at Lake Tahoe last week to save an injured skier. Steven Agar | March 14, 2018 0 Comments