The Alaska heli-ski experience is practically incomparable. Why? Alaska’s got some of the best helicopter pilots—and powder—in the world. The perfect heli-ski experience does exist, and it’s in Alaska ...

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 ...

Heli-skiiing is never hazard free, but here’s how safety remains paramount at Alaska’s Tordrillo Mountain Lodge. Founded by an Olympic gold medalist and an Alaskan heli-ski pioneer, Tordrillo Mountain ...

Federal regulators are considering how to manage the next decade of permitted heliskiing in an Alaska area that is among the most famous skiing destinations in the world, and they are asking the ...

Alaska looms large in skiing’s collective imagination. From Sammy Carlson’s seasonal excursions to Teton Gravity Research’s slate of films, flick after flick has featured the towering peaks of the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The pilot of a helicopter that crashed last month during a skiing trip in the Chugach Mountains, killing five people and leaving one survivor, was maneuvering over a ridge for ...