A last minute revelation about how to get a cheap flight to AK and having someone on the inside for weather reports and advice for heli skiing finally brought this trip to reality.
At long last, real heli skiing. Don’t waste your time in Canada, where you end up on a hand holding mission in terrain that’s the same as home.
In AK, you’re not going to step out of the heli and onto a movie line for your first run, but you will be scared by the end of the day (by more than just the landing zones).
Why are we rocking back and forth? Aren’t we on the ground?
You want me to get out here?
Without my skis on?
And crouch 18″ away while you hover that thing on this knife ridge?
You don’t look too worried, so ok.