Heli-skiing is the ultimate experience for skiers and snowboarders. It requires participants to travel by helicopter to the top of a mountain.
From here, skiers and snowboarders make their way down untracked snow, through trees and terrain that isn’t regularly used. Heli-skiing is about skiing through areas that you would usually spend hours hiking to, but with the luxury of travelling by helicopter. Do you think you’re ready for it?
To enjoy heli-skiing, you ideally need to be a strong intermediate skier/snowboarder with a sense of adventure. Heli-skiing can be quite expensive, so doing it when you don’t have enough experience most likely won’t be any fun – you might risk getting stuck in trees, being injured and inevitably wasting your money. But heli-skiing is great fun and, if you’ve got the skills, there is no limit to the ways in which entire families can enjoy the activity together. Skiers with different levels of ability can sign up for the same trip, so that family members and friends can enjoy the experience at once. At the same time, heli-skiing is also a solitary sport, so each skier or snowboarder can choose their own path and push their own mental and physical boundaries. Make sure you ask the heli-skiing company which trip will suit you and your skills, to get the most out of your trip.
