Keeping ultra-wealthy clients safe in serious avalanche terrain isn’t always easy. A longtime helicopter ski guide shares ...
They call it the quiet storm—the kind of powder silence that arrives after a storm so perfect it seems conspiratorial.
Though it has long been a means for particularly adventurous skiers to access remote terrain, heli-skiing has not been an ...
In the remote valleys of British Columbia's Purcell Mountains, hiking comes with a shot of adrenaline. The first thing I heard was a disconcerting huffing and puffing in the bushes followed by the ...
Somewhere ahead of Alex Kittrell, a client went down. Kittrell—then working alongside Erik Leidecker of Sawtooth Mountain Guides—was worried about the fallen skier. He headed over to help. When ...
Alaska authorities found the body of a Minnesotan who have been missing along with two others during a backcountry ski trip in March. David Linder, who was 39, was identified on Monday after his ...
JACKSON — Extreme skier Doug Coombs, a Jackson Hole mountaineer and guide, died in the French Alps after slipping and falling over a cliff while trying to aid a friend who had plunged over the same ...
Looking for a way to escape the crowds? This winter, a new helicopter skiing outfit, Gold Rush, is opening in Atlin, British Columbia. The operation’s tenure spans from Atlin to the Alaskan border, ...
Luxury adventure travel continues accelerating, with analysts projecting ~7.6% annual growth through 2030 [1][5]. Meanwhile, global tourism reached record highs in 2024 [2], and ski tourism is above ...
Since the 1990s, well-heeled visitors have flocked to Valdez for some of the most famous adventures in the skiing world: guided helicopter tours to long, steep mountain slopes with untouched powder ...
Since the 1990s, well-heeled visitors have flocked to Valdez for some of the most famous adventures in the skiing world: guided helicopter tours to long, steep mountain slopes with untouched powder ...