heliskiing

[ hel-i-skee-ing ]

/ ˈhɛl ɪˌski ɪŋ /

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noun

skiing on remote mountains to which the participants are brought by helicopter.

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Origin of heliskiing

First recorded in 1975–80

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How to use heliskiing in a sentence

Power generation and production is not the sort of activity one usually associates with skiing.
Solar Powered Ski Lift|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Skiing would appear to be the ultimate off-the-grid activity.
Solar Powered Ski Lift|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sargent said they went skiing in Vail and fishing in Cabo but also talked business.
Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’|The Center for Investigative Reporting|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Prince Harry and his girlfriend Cressida Bonas are reported today to have gone on a skiing trip to Kazakhstan earlier this month.
Prince Harry And Cressida Go Skiing In Kazakhstan|Tom Sykes|March 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Texas natives, the week marked the first time skiing for him and his wife.
Homefront Veterans: Skiing With Wounded Warriors|John Kael Weston|February 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There were sports like swimming, mountain climbing, and skiing.
The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley
For a week, about all Nelsen did was ride along with Huth in the heli.
The Planet Strappers|Raymond Zinke Gallun
On those occasions Mertz gave us some fine exhibitions of skiing, of which art he was a consummate master.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
An Adelie penguin, skiing on its breast from the north, surprised us suddenly by a loud croak at the rear of the sledge.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
A landsman would have said that my progress resembled pumping a rhapsody on a pianola, or skiing in the Alps.
Bizarre|Lawton Mackall

British Dictionary definitions for heliskiing

heli-skiing

noun

skiing in which skiers are transported by helicopter to remote slopes

Derived forms of heli-skiing

heli-skier, noun

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