heli-skiing
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- heli-skier noun
Example Sentences
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“It’s been the butt of jokes in every group ski chat I’ve participated in,” Highland Park resident Ethan Ayer said of the idea for heli-skiing, the term for plopping skiers on mountaintops via helicopter.
From Los Angeles Times
Northern Escape Heli-Skiing, based in Terrace, British Columbia, earlier confirmed that three people had died.
From Seattle Times
Soloy representatives said the aircraft was under contract to Tordrillo Mountain Lodge to carry the group from a private home in Wasilla, north of Anchorage, to the Chugach Mountains for a heli-skiing trip, according to the report.
From Seattle Times
If resort snow won’t do, there’s heli-skiing to fresh powder.
From Washington Post
Adrenaline junkies head to Whistler for world-class excitement, including whizzing through great old-growth forest boughs with winter ziplining, bungee jumping past basalt column cliff gorge above sparkling rivers, and heli-skiing into gorgeous glaciers and open bowls.
From Seattle Times
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