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Alaska Backcountry Guides
Valdez, AK, United States
Alaska Backcountry Guides (ABG) is a boutique heliskiing and heliboarding Operator based in Valdez, Alaska, flying the Chugach Mountains from their own hangar at the Valdez Airport. Valdez is known for its glaciers, big peaks, and heavy snowfall, and the Chugach offers everything from intermediate cruising runs to the steep lines that made the range famous. Runs here typically measure 2,000–5,000 vertical feet. ABG's model is built around small groups: a maximum of 4 guests per group and no more than 2 groups per A-Star helicopter. That keeps the experience tailored and gives semi-private guests something close to a private-helicopter day at a per-seat price. Groups that want the helicopter entirely to themselves can book a fully private week for up to 7 guests, with terrain, food, and schedule customized to the crew. Adventures run as 7-night weeks from late February through April, and they're close to all-inclusive: helicopter time, lodging at the Chugach Naswik Suites, three meals a day from ABG's in-house chefs, all ground transportation around Valdez, avalanche safety gear, and professional ski and snowboard guides. The guiding team is made up of industry veterans — several with 15 to nearly 30 years in the Chugach — including an AMGA Certified Ski Guide, an IFMGA Certified Mountain Guide, and a dedicated Director of Snow Safety. Off the snow, ABG puts real weight on the full experience. Their kitchen is led by an executive chef with fine-dining credentials, backed by an in-house pastry chef, and the team includes a certified sommelier and a massage therapist. Because Alaska weather grounds the helicopter on some days, they also offer ski touring, massages, and boat tours of Port Valdez to fill down days. Returning guests can take part in ABG's loyalty program: complete 10 full-price weeks and the 11th week is free. For U.S. travelers, ABG is also a domestic alternative to heliskiing in Canada — big-mountain Alaska terrain without a border crossing.
Arctic Heli Skiing
Dalvik, Nordurland Eystra, Iceland
Arctic Heli Skiing (AHS) is a heliskiing and heliboarding Operator based on the Troll Peninsula in North Iceland, between the fjords of Skagafjörður and Eyjafjörður, with a second program on the east coast of Greenland. Founded and owned by Jökull Bergmann, whose grandparents were the last sheep farmers at the operation's home lodge, AHS has been running ski trips on the Troll Peninsula for more than 20 years. Their guides are Iceland's only internationally certified mountain guides, most of them Canadian-trained, and the operation follows Canadian heliskiing standards. The defining feature here is summit-to-sea skiing. Around 90% of the Troll Peninsula's mountains are skiable, peaks rise to about 1,500 meters (5,000 feet), and the average run drops roughly 900 meters (3,000 feet), with many lines finishing right on the coastline where the helicopter picks up. The terrain ranges from wide, low-angle glacier runs suited to first-time heliskiers to steep couloirs and faces for experts. There are no trees, so no tree wells. The season runs from February into late June, and it shifts character as it goes: cold snow and powder with a chance at the Northern Lights through mid-April, corn snow with occasional fresh snow on northern aspects from mid-April through May, and corn snow under the midnight sun in June, when guests can ski at any hour. Mid-April to mid-May is peak season and books up well in advance. Programs run 4 or 6 days and are priced on helicopter flight time rather than vertical. The Classic program puts up to 3 groups of 4 on one helicopter, Premium caps it at 2 groups, and the Private programs give a group of up to 4 its own helicopter, including an Ultimate Private option with unlimited flying for skiing, a private lodge, and a private chef. AHS flies Airbus H125/AS350 B3e and H130 helicopters operated by Heli Austria, and the main lodge hosts a maximum of 16 guests per week. Most guests stay at Klængshóll, a centuries-old family farm in Skíðadalur (Ski Valley), with private cabins, a spa house, and meals built around local lamb, fish, and game. In Greenland, AHS runs 7-night expeditionary programs out of Hotel Kulusuk in the Ammassalik region, with first descents above frozen fjords and icebergs.
Aspen Heliskiing
Aspen, Colorado, United States
Aspen Heliskiing is the only heliskiing operation based in Aspen, Colorado. They run only private charter days, flying from Aspen Airport into a 26,000-acre heli ski zone in the San Juan Mountains. Every day is built around a dedicated helicopter and a private group, so guests never share a machine or a guide with strangers. The day starts at Aspen Airport's private aviation terminal (FBO). From there, guests fly roughly 45 minutes south through the Rockies, passing over nine different wilderness areas on the way to the San Juans. Guests who want a shorter transfer can arrange their own fixed-wing flight to Telluride, either the evening before or the morning of, and get picked up there for a 6-minute helicopter hop to the terrain. According to Aspen Heliskiing, the San Juans typically get more snow than anywhere else in Colorado, and the zone's high elevation keeps powder fresh for weeks after a storm. The operation is affiliated with Silverton Mountain and run out of the Silverton Mountain office. That means the guides are Silverton Mountain guides who know the San Juan range, its snowpack, and the helicopters flown there. Helicopter operations are provided by Precision LLC, an FAA-authorized air carrier. Days are priced at a flat rate for groups of up to 3 skiers or snowboarders. Larger groups can be accommodated with a second helicopter or a larger aircraft. The operation runs 7 days a week through the winter, with peak demand from mid-January through March. For travelers who want big-mountain heliskiing without the long trip north to Canada, it's a compelling option much closer to home.
Bella Coola Heli Skiing
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Bella Coola Heli Sports operates heliskiing and heliboarding programs across 3.55 million acres of coastal and interior wilderness in British Columbia, with more than 1,100 runs spread across the Coast Mountains, the Great Bear Rainforest, and the Cariboo Chilcotin's Waddington Range. They're based primarily in the Bella Coola Valley, where the mountains meet the Pacific directly, with a further outpost deep in the Waddington Range near Mount Waddington, the highest peak entirely within British Columbia. Terrain ranges from wide-open alpine bowls, couloirs, and spines to sheltered sub-alpine tree skiing, and some of it — particularly around the Waddington Range — is still being skied for the first time. Trips run from January through April and are built around four basecamps — two wilderness lodges, a private ranch, and a 138-foot catamaran — each with helicopter access directly from the property. Packages run 4, 5, or 7 nights, with groups typically capped at four guests per helicopter (five at Sand Creek Ranch, which flies the larger Koala AW119) and CSGA- and ACMG-certified guides leading every group. Guests can choose a small-group or expert-group vertical program, an unlimited vertical option, a fully private helicopter charter — with a shared lodge, or as a full buyout of a lodge, ranch, or the catamaran — or, for a lighter, more affordable introduction to the terrain, a heli-assisted touring package that pairs a helicopter lift with backcountry ski touring. Every package includes a guaranteed minimum of vertical footage or helicopter flight hours, with a credit or refund available for any shortfall caused by weather or mechanical delays, and Bella Coola Heli Sports has been named a five-time winner of the "World's Best Heli-Skiing" award. Guides, safety gear (avalanche airbag packs, transceivers, probes, and radios), and skis or a snowboard are included in every package; guests bring their own boots, outerwear, and helmet. The operator also puts 2% of every booking toward its Legacy Fund, supporting community, conservation, and climate initiatives in the region, including the Great Bear Forest Carbon Project. Guests fly into Vancouver, and a return flight from there — to Bella Coola or Anahim Lake, depending on the destination — is included in every package. Bella Coola Heli Sports handles the rest.
Black Ops Valdez
Valdez, AK, United States
Black Ops Valdez (BOV) is a family-owned heliskiing, snowcat skiing, and sled skiing Operator based in Valdez, Alaska, in the eastern Chugach Mountains around Thompson Pass. Josh and Tabatha Swierk moved to Alaska from Maine in 2004 and started out snowmachine (snowmobile) skiing around Thompson Pass and Valdez. They built Robe Lake Lodge in 2008, added helicopters in 2012, and still run the operation today. BOV says it's the only Alaskan operation that has been run by its original Valdez owners since the day it started. The terrain covers more than 2,500 square miles of mountains and glaciers around Valdez and Thompson Pass, with a maritime snowpack and, by BOV's count, more than 1,000 inches of snow a year. Heli runs range from about 2,500 to 6,000 vertical feet, and the terrain steps up from 20- to 30-degree warm-up runs all the way to 40- to 65-degree faces and tight chutes. Guides usually start a group on a couple of mellower runs to gauge ability before moving into steeper terrain. Valdez and Thompson Pass sit in the middle of all this, so flights out to the ski zones are short. Every heliski run is flown in an AS350 A-Star / Airbus H125. BOV builds its heliskiing around Hobbs hours, the helicopter's own flight meter, instead of promising a set number of runs or vertical feet. Guests can see exactly where their flight time goes, and experienced skiers can help decide how to spend it, whether that's chasing unridden peaks, flying to better weather, or lapping classics close to home. Groups ski four to a guide and average about 8 runs per Hobbs hour. The lineup is wide: all-inclusive 3-, 4-, and 7-night packages at Robe Lake Lodge, a fully private week with its own A-Star and 2 guides, semi-private packages based in a downtown harbor-front apartment, in-town hotel packages, single-day heliskiing, heli and touring trips aboard a 70-foot yacht in Prince William Sound, a private-only package at Sheep Mountain Lodge on the north side of the Chugach, a remote touring camp, and custom private packages for adaptive skiers. The heliski season runs from late February into early May, and week-long packages run Sunday to Sunday. Storm days are part of skiing the Chugach, and BOV plans for them with what it calls No Down Days. When the helicopters can't fly, guests can go snowcat or sled skiing across seven permitted zones stretching from tidewater in Valdez to the interior side of Thompson Pass, or book snowmobile tours, boat tours on Port Valdez, ice climbing, ski touring, firearms shooting, or a massage. Hiking the Valdez Glacier ice caves, snowshoeing, fat biking, and the lodge hot tub and sauna cost nothing extra. BOV says it offers more down-day options than any other Alaskan operator. The guide team includes Jerry Hance, whom BOV describes as the original heliski guide in Alaska, with 35 years of forecasting and guiding in the state, alongside guides who've worked across Alaska, Canada, Japan, Antarctica, and New Zealand. Every guide holds US Avalanche Level II or III or Canadian Level II certification, carries medical training such as WFR, OEC, or EMT, and is trained in rope skills and crevasse rescue.
CMH Heli Skiing
Banff, Alberta, Canada
CMH Heli-Skiing (Canadian Mountain Holidays) is where heliskiing began. In 1965, founding mountain guide Hans Gmoser flew a small group onto the Bugaboo Glacier in British Columbia and guided them down untracked snow, and the whole industry grew from that trip. Six decades later, CMH runs the largest heliskiing operation of its kind, with 11 destinations and more than 3 million acres of exclusive terrain across the Columbia Mountains of interior BC. Their destinations sit throughout the Purcell, Selkirk, Monashee, and Cariboo ranges, west of the Canadian Rockies. The lineup is unusually varied. There are remote fly-in lodges (Bugaboos, Bobbie Burns, Adamants, Cariboos, Galena), road-accessed backcountry lodges (Monashees, Gothics), and in-town bases in Revelstoke and Nakusp. There's also a day heliskiing operation in Golden (Purcell) and a fully private 10-room lodge (Valemount). Each destination has its own terrain character, from glacier cruising and open alpine to some of the steepest, deepest tree skiing in BC, so the right fit depends on your ability and the kind of trip you want. CMH offers a wide range of programs. Signature Trips are the classic lodge-based week. Small Group trips put four guests with one guide. Powder Intro and Powder Masters suit newer or more relaxed powder skiers. Steep Shots & Pillow Drops is a freeride program with pro-athlete coaching. There are also Family Adventure trips, All-Women's trips, Ski Fusion, heli-assisted ski touring, and Private & Exclusive trips. Multi-day trips run 4 to 7 days depending on the destination, and Purcell offers single-day heliskiing. Every package includes a guaranteed amount of vertical, and any runs beyond that guarantee come at no extra charge. CMH describes itself as the world's largest employer of professionally certified mountain and ski guides. Groups are built around ability, pace, and fitness. Most lodge-based trips include transportation from Calgary International Airport (YYC) or Kelowna International Airport (YLW), along with lodging, meals, guiding, safety training, and powder skis or snowboards. CMH is part of Alterra Mountain Company. Contact Heli to book your CMH trip.
Coast Range Heli
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Coast Range Heli-Skiing operates out of Whistler, British Columbia, running helicopter-accessed skiing and riding across the Coast Mountains. Their tenure spans 200,000 acres over 15 zones — 24 times the size of Whistler Blackcomb — with alpine terrain up to 9,000 feet and runs exceeding 4,000 vertical feet, plus sub-alpine and tree skiing on days when conditions call for it. Groups stay small by design: no more than four guests per group, and a maximum of three groups sharing a helicopter on any given day, which keeps wait times down and runs frequent. Every day heli-skiing package includes six guaranteed runs, with additional runs added at no extra cost when conditions, fitness, and time allow. Guests can book a Semi-Private day (sharing the helicopter with one other group), a fully Private day with exclusive use of the aircraft, or a Single's Session — a single seat that pairs solo skiers and riders into a group. For those who want to combine the descent with the climb, Coast Range also runs Heli-Assisted Ski Touring, flying guests into the Mt. Currie zone for a day of skinning and skiing, or a multi-day version that overnights at their backcountry Yurt above the Pemberton Valley. The company references summer offerings — heli-accessed mountain biking and separate Yurt bookings for hiking and mountaineering — in its site navigation as well, extending its season beyond winter. All trips are flown with Blackcomb Helicopters, using Airbus H125 aircraft, and guided by ACMG/IFMGA-certified guides. Guests are equipped with avalanche safety gear (transceiver, airbag, shovel, probe, and radio) and, for day heli-skiing, complimentary powder skis or snowboards, so there's little to arrange beyond showing up ready to ski.
Crescent Spur Heli-Skiing
Crescent Spur, British Columbia, Canada
Crescent Spur Heli-skiing is a family-owned heliskiing and heliboarding Operator based in the tiny community of Crescent Spur, British Columbia, roughly 160 km east of Prince George. Founded by Mark and Regina Aubrey, the operation sits in the Robson Valley between the northern Cariboo Mountains and the Canadian Rockies. Their tenure covers more than 1,500 square miles across both ranges, so the guides can choose terrain each day based on snow, weather, and flying conditions in either range. What sets Crescent Spur apart is how few people share that terrain. The lodge hosts a maximum of 20 skiers and riders per week. The terrain changes with the season. Early winter brings frequent storms, deep tree skiing, and open subalpine slopes. Mid-winter opens the full program: gladed trees, big alpine bowls, and glaciers. Spring adds longer days, alpine and glacier powder, and mountain picnics in the sun. The core offering is a 6-day/7-night package on fixed weekly dates, with shorter options on select early- and late-season dates. Semi-private packages suit individuals and small groups sharing the lodge. A limited number of private packages for groups of up to 10 are available in early winter and late spring. Packages include a night at the Fairmont Vancouver Airport before the trip, scheduled transfers between Prince George and the lodge, lodge accommodation, all meals, and use of specialized powder skis, poles, and a Mammut avalanche airbag. Every stay starts with comprehensive safety training. Evenings are spent at the ranch-style lodge, which has a hot tub, sauna, on-site massage, and chef-prepared meals built around fresh, local ingredients. Outside of ski season, Crescent Spur also runs heli-fishing and heli-hiking trips from the same lodge. Contact Heli to check dates and book.
Eagle Pass Heli Skiing
Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
Eagle Pass Heli is a heliskiing operator based in Revelstoke, British Columbia, running trips in the Monashee Mountains — a region known for deep, consistent snowfall and legendary tree skiing. Their defining feature is small-group heliskiing: they fly exclusively in groups of four, paired with the agile A-Star helicopter, which lets guides reach terrain and landings that larger operations can't access and lets each day's plan flex around the group actually on it. Their permit area spans a varied landscape deep in the Monashees, including expansive glaciers, alpine bowls, long chutes, open forests, and regenerating burns, with enough poor-weather terrain nearby that down days are rare. The operation is built around three touchpoints in Revelstoke: a downtown office (opened 2013), a purpose-built 5,800-square-foot Day Heli base (opened 2014) that serves as the meeting point for day and private guests, and the 12-bedroom Eagle Pass Lodge (opened 2017), located about 10 minutes outside downtown Revelstoke for multi-day guests. Eagle Pass Heli offers three main formats: Day Heli packages, multi-day Lodge packages, and Private packages, with seasonal specials (Deep December, Spring Heli) running at different points in the winter. The operation is geared toward expert backcountry skiers and snowboarders, and guest ability requirements are laid out on their own site for anyone assessing fit before booking.
Eleven Experience
Crested Butte, CO, United States
Eleven Experience is an adventure travel Operator, founded in 2011 and based in Crested Butte, Colorado, that pairs small, design-focused private lodges with expert-guided adventures in remote mountain destinations. Winter is the core of what they do: heliskiing in British Columbia, Iceland, and the Alps, cat skiing on their own private terrain outside Crested Butte, and guided off-piste skiing, ski touring, and resort skiing from two chalets in the French Alps. In British Columbia, Eleven Revelstoke Lodge is the base for heliskiing on a 300,000-acre tenure across the Monashee and Selkirk ranges, which Eleven says averages about 700 inches of snow a year. Programs are built around private helicopters: groups fly their own A-Star B3 with dedicated guides and a guaranteed minimum of daily flight time, at guest-to-guide ratios of 3:2 or 4:1, and some configurations offer unlimited vertical. The season runs mid-December through March. In northern Iceland, Eleven Deplar Farm flies guests straight from its own helipads onto 1.8 million acres of the Troll Peninsula, about 30 miles south of the Arctic Circle, with a heliski season that runs from the end of February into early June and the long days of the midnight sun. Every stay at Deplar during heliski season includes heliskiing. For U.S. skiers, Eleven's flagship Scarp Ridge Lodge and neighboring Sopris House in downtown Crested Butte connect directly to Irwin, Eleven's 1,000+ acre private cat-skiing terrain 13 miles west of town, which averages 450+ inches of snow a year. Conditions permitting, the snowcat picks guests up at the lodge's front door. In France, Chalet Hibou and Chalet Pelerin sit in the Tarentaise Valley hamlet of Le Miroir, surrounded by seven ski resorts including Val d'Isère and Tignes, with locally based IFMGA-certified guides and Eleven's heliskiing operation just across the border in Italy. What ties it all together is the lodge model. Eleven's properties are small, typically 4 to 13 rooms, and most can be booked by the room or bought out entirely. Stays come with chef-prepared meals, saunas, hot tubs, and wellness amenities, and an Experience Team that plans each itinerary before arrival. Outside of winter, Eleven also runs fly-fishing lodges in Chilean Patagonia and on New Zealand's South Island, summer adventures from several of their ski lodges, and Bahama House on Harbour Island in The Bahamas.
Great Canadian Heli-Skiing
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Great Canadian Heli-Skiing operates out of Heather Mountain Lodge, located between Golden and Revelstoke, British Columbia, in the Selkirk and Purcell mountain ranges where heli-skiing itself began. The operation holds an exclusive licence to roughly 2,250 square kilometres of terrain — an area about 14 times the size of Whistler-Blackcomb — spanning steeps, open alpine bowls, glaciers, glades, mushroom and pillow lines, and burnt-tree terrain, all within the world-famous interior BC powder belt that sees up to 46 feet (14 metres) of snow a season. Founded in 1988 on a small-group promise of four skiers to one guide, Great Canadian Heli-Skiing has kept that ratio ever since, along with unlimited vertical guarantees on every package — guests can ski or ride beyond their guaranteed vertical at no extra charge. The operation was owned by Greg and Maaike Porter from 2000 until 2022, when it was acquired by Heli, which continues to run it with the existing staff, guides, and management. Guests can choose from five package types: Classic (a small group of four matched by skill level and interest), Group Booking (a private group that shares a helicopter with others but never flies alongside them), Private Helicopter (a dedicated helicopter and two guides), Private Lodge (the entire lodge, its terrain, two helicopters, and the team, exclusively), and a First Time Heli Skier's Week designed for newcomers. Trip lengths run from 2 days up to a full week or more, and guests can combine tour dates for an extended stay. Thanks to the lodge's snow-consistent location and its close proximity to the terrain, Great Canadian Heli-Skiing averages 98% fly days — about two down days per season, well below the regional average.
Last Frontier Heliskiing
Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
Last Frontier Heliskiing is an independent heliskiing Operator in the far north of British Columbia, flying skiers and snowboarders into the Skeena and Coast Mountains near the Alaska border. Their tenure covers 10,100 km², which Last Frontier bills as the largest single heliskiing tenure in the world. Inside it are more than 1,000 named runs, from glaciated alpine bowls and icefields to old-growth forest, with the longest descents topping 2,000 vertical metres. The area averages 15 to 25 metres of snow a year, and its northern latitude keeps that snow cold and light. Last Frontier keeps groups small: 4 guests per guide, with 3 groups sharing each A-Star B2 or B3 helicopter. They moved from groups of 5 to groups of 4 in 2017, and say the extra fuel capacity lets them reach deeper into the tenure. Instead of an unlimited-vertical model, every package comes with a vertical guarantee. If weather or a mechanical problem keeps a group short of it, the unskied vertical is refunded, and if conditions are great, guests can keep skiing and pay for the extra. Guides are certified through the ACMG, IFMGA, or CSGA, and Last Frontier was one of the first Operators in the industry to make avalanche airbags mandatory for every guest, back in 2008. Guests choose between two very different bases. Bell 2 Lodge is an off-grid heliski village of log chalets in the Skeena Mountains, with helipads right out front and terrain in every direction. It hosts up to 36 guests and suits strong intermediate to expert skiers and riders. Ripley Creek is a quirky heritage inn in the old mining town of Stewart, on the Alaska border. It hosts up to 24 guests and accesses steeper, more rugged Coast Mountain terrain, with about 30% more snow on average. Ripley Creek is for advanced to expert skiers and riders only. Adventures are all-inclusive and run 4, 5, or 7 days at either lodge. Lodge-to-Lodge Safaris of 7, 9, or 10 days split a trip between both bases, and private tours give a group of 4 or 8 their own helicopter and unlimited vertical. The season runs from mid-December through April. Last Frontier was founded in 1996 by George Rosset, Franz Fux, Mike Watling, and Geoff Straight, after a 1994 exploration of what was then largely unskied terrain. Today it is still independently owned in BC, with Mike Watling as Managing Partner. Contact Heli to check dates and book.