Tag: heli-skiing

• Powder Mountain

  Just nineteen miles northeast of Ogden, Powder Mountain is a great resort to visit during the winter season. With great views, impressive trails and friendly staff, Powder Mountain has everything you could want from a winter destination. Add to this a summit elevation of 8900 ft, a vertical drop of 2005 ft and 500 inches […]

• Heli

  The ultimate vacation sport for an ardent, and expert, skier is heli-skiing. Many ski resorts all over the world offer heli-skiing and there are some places where heli-skiing is the only way to ski! Helicopters take you to remote mountain areas for a day of unimaginable powder skiing and bring you back to the base. […]

• Mount Eyak

  Alaska’s Mount Eyak is located right by the town of Cordova. A lovely ski area serviced by a single vintage chairlift, Mt Eyak offers outstanding views of Orca Inlet and its surrounds. Alpine skiers and snowboarders alike will have a magical experience gliding down the stunning slopes of Mount Eyak. The wonderful ski conditions and […]

• Las Lenas

  This is a chance to let the ancient Gods of Greece and Rome carry you up to the slopes on a skiing vacation in Las Lenas. The ski lifts of this modern ski resort have been quaintly named after Greek and Roman Gods and chances are you will never have to wait in a lift […]

• Revelstoke

  Situated on the slopes of Mount Mackenzie, between the Selkirk and Monashee Mountains in the Kootenays, six kilometers from the town of Revelstoke, British Columbia, the Revelstoke Mountain Resort welcomes more than 8,000 snow skiing enthusiasts who flock to the area every year. With an average snowfall of 12 to 18 meters of perfect powder, […]

• 46th International Ski Congress

  Snow skiing is generally not a sport readily associated with sunny South Africa. However, the International Ski Federation (FIS) Council chose to hold its spring 46th International Ski Congress ...

• A Ski Adventure in Alagna Valsesia, Italy

  Alagna Velsesia, in Italy, is located at the foot of the Monte Rosa Mountains. Its existence was documented as far back as the 1500s, although it is believed that small settlements of people ...

• Doug Coombs, the Skier’s Skier

  Doug Coombs was one of Extreme Skiing’s most enthusiastic promoters as well as being a highly skilled practitioner of this spectacular sport. Born in Boston, Coombs cut his teeth skiing the ...

• Heli-Skiing in Greenland

  Heli-skiing, or the use of helicopters to reach isolated tops of slopes, was first used in the American Rockies. It is in far-off Greenland, however, that heli-skiing has really come into its ...

• Go Adventure Skiing if You Dare this Winter Vacation!

  Take a ski vacation in untouched snow this winter if you are a good skier! Adventure skiing requires some skill and experience in off-piste skiing but offers an unforgettable thrill. Skiers and ...