Xfellow » Heliski http://www.xfellow.com Extreme Sports Fellow Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:40:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Heliskiing http://www.xfellow.com/2009/06/15/heliskiing/ http://www.xfellow.com/2009/06/15/heliskiing/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:32:15 +0000 admin http://www.xfellow.com/?p=48 Heliskiing is off-trail, downhill skiing that is accessed by a helicopter, not a ski lift. Heliskiing is essentially about skiing in a natural — albeit highly selected — environment without the effort or gear compromise required for hiking into these areas as in ski touring or ski mountaineering.

Most heliskiers are seeking specific, pleasurable skiing conditions that are hard to replicate in the highly manipulated terrain of ski resorts: particularly powder snow, but also long descents, natural terrain contours and features, smooth corn snow, old-growth tree glades, steep and extreme slopes, or for the more adventuresome, wild snow and a natural, variable environment.

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