If you want to heliski Alaska terrain but you don’t want down days, you go with Last Frontier Heliskiing.
The biggest problem with heli-skiing in Alaska = many down days due to bad weather.
The biggest advantage of heli-skiing on the edge of Alaska with Last Frontier Heliskiing = Very few down days due to their fantastic tree skiing terrain.
Alaska doesn’t have tree skiing so they can’t ski in bad weather.
Most Alaska heliski operations claim that they experience about 50% of their operational days being down days.
Last Frontier Heliskiing has world-class tree skiing so they can ski frighteningly fresh snow on bad weather days.
Last Frontier has averaged less than 0.6 down days per week at Ripley Creek this season!
In 2015, I went to Haines, AK and had 23 down days out of 24 days…Â We only skied 1 day…
Alaska is a gamble.
Last Frontier is a sure thing.
It’s that simple.
And it doesn’t hurt that Last Frontier Heliskiing has the largest heli tenure on earth at over 3,500-square-miles and they see over 960″ of snowfall per year.
Oh, and on a clear day, you’ve got terrain just as big as Alaska located on the very edge of Alaska.
If you want to heliski Alaska terrain but you don’t want down days, you go with Last Frontier Heliskiing.
Last Frontier Heliskiing
Quick Facts:
- Single largest heliski tenure on earth at over 3,500-square-miles
- Unlimited high alpine (glaciated) and tree skiing
- 960 inches of average annual snowfall
- 4 guests per helicopter
- 2 remote lodges at Bell 2 and Stewart, BC
- Located in Northwestern British Columbia on the edge of the Alaskan Panhandle
- Sauna, hot tub and massage service
PHOTOS:
Wow. This could not be more misleading. Lumping the weather in Haines into the weather for the entire state of Alaska is incorrect. In the North Chugach range, we historically average under 1 down day per week…