<strong>The Chugach Mountains: </strong>This mountain range surrounding Valdez receives an annual average of nearly 700 inches of snow. Its coastal proximity means moist snow and more stability on steep slopes.
Chugach Range (Alaska) —
The Chugach Mountains: This mountain range surrounding Valdez receives an annual average of nearly 700 inches of snow. Its coastal proximity means moist snow and more stability on steep slopes.
Mike Stoner
<strong>Tordrillo Mountain Lodge:</strong> The heavily glaciated Alaska Range offers endless terrain to keep skiers challenged, with runs that top out at 7,500 feet.
Tordrillo (Alaska) —
Tordrillo Mountain Lodge: The heavily glaciated Alaska Range offers endless terrain to keep skiers challenged, with runs that top out at 7,500 feet.
Wes Wylie
<strong>Quite the view: </strong>Skiers cheer a flyover from the hot tub après-ski at Tordrillo's lodge.
Quite the view: Skiers cheer a flyover from the hot tub après-ski at Tordrillo's lodge.
Courtesy of Tordrillo Mountain Lodge
<strong>Bella Coola Heli Sports:</strong> Skiers can access a blade-busting 2.64 million acres of prime Pacific powder from this region.
Bella Coola (British Columbia) —
Bella Coola Heli Sports: Skiers can access a blade-busting 2.64 million acres of prime Pacific powder from this region.
Eric Berger and Bella Coola Heli Sports
<strong>Winner, winner:</strong> Bella Coola Heli Sports is the two time winner of the "Worlds Best Heli-Ski Operation" at the World Ski Awards in 2017 and 2018.
Winner, winner: Bella Coola Heli Sports is the two time winner of the "Worlds Best Heli-Ski Operation" at the World Ski Awards in 2017 and 2018.
Courtesy of Eric Berger
<strong>Bighorn Lodge:</strong> Kick up your feet at this an ultra-luxe alpine-style chalet for 16 people. Overlooking the Columbia River at the foot of Revelstoke Mountain Resort, it even has its own helipad.
Revelstoke (British Columbia) —
Bighorn Lodge: Kick up your feet at this an ultra-luxe alpine-style chalet for 16 people. Overlooking the Columbia River at the foot of Revelstoke Mountain Resort, it even has its own helipad.
Courtesy Bighorn Lodge
<strong>Revelstoke Mountain: </strong>"Revy" is renowned for its snow -- 40 to 60 feet a year of powder so light and fluffy it could be used to stuff a comforter. Access the mountain via Bighorn's helipad out front.
Revelstoke Mountain: "Revy" is renowned for its snow -- 40 to 60 feet a year of powder so light and fluffy it could be used to stuff a comforter. Access the mountain via Bighorn's helipad out front.
Courtesy of Bighorn
<strong>Mica Heli Sports: </strong>Accessible only by helicopter, Mica Lodge is an elegant eyrie high above the Columbia River, with access to 11 valleys leading to a variety of terrain.
Mica (British Columbia) —
Mica Heli Sports: Accessible only by helicopter, Mica Lodge is an elegant eyrie high above the Columbia River, with access to 11 valleys leading to a variety of terrain.
Keri Knapp
<strong>Bell 2 Lodge:</strong> Nestled in the wilds of northern British Columbia, Last Frontier lays claim to the largest heli-skiing area on the planet with plenty of the deep stuff.
Bell 2 Lodge: Nestled in the wilds of northern British Columbia, Last Frontier lays claim to the largest heli-skiing area on the planet with plenty of the deep stuff.
Bell 2 Lodge/Last Frontier Heli-ski
<strong>Skier's choice:</strong> The vast area of Bell 2 Lodge offers everything from high alpine faces to wide open bowls to epic tree skiing in small groups of up to four.
Skier's choice: The vast area of Bell 2 Lodge offers everything from high alpine faces to wide open bowls to epic tree skiing in small groups of up to four.
Courtesy of Dave Silver
<strong>Air Zermatt: </strong>Catch a lift above the roofs of the picturesque old town for a quick buzz of the Matterhorn before settling your skis into the summit of western Europe's second highest mountain, the Monte Rosa.
Zermatt (Switzerland) —
Air Zermatt: Catch a lift above the roofs of the picturesque old town for a quick buzz of the Matterhorn before settling your skis into the summit of western Europe's second highest mountain, the Monte Rosa.
Courtesy Zermatt Alpin Center
<strong>First tracks:</strong> Air Zermatt drops skiers near the summit of the Monte Rosa (15,200 feet).
First tracks: Air Zermatt drops skiers near the summit of the Monte Rosa (15,200 feet).
Courtesy of Michael Portmann
<strong>Hokkaido Backcounty Club: </strong>The Japanese island of Hokkaido receives up to 60 feet of snow annually.
Hokkaido (Japan) —
Hokkaido Backcounty Club: The Japanese island of Hokkaido receives up to 60 feet of snow annually.
Matt Standal
<strong>Pristine paradise: </strong>Ski on dormant volcanoes and through perfectly spaced birch trees.
Pristine paradise: Ski on dormant volcanoes and through perfectly spaced birch trees.
Courtesy of Alister Buckingham Photography
<strong>Southern Lakes Heli-Ski:</strong> Operating out of Queenstown and Wanaka from July to September, skiers can access 3,200 square miles across 11 different mountain ranges, including the Clark Glacier.
Southern Alps (New Zealand) —
Southern Lakes Heli-Ski: Operating out of Queenstown and Wanaka from July to September, skiers can access 3,200 square miles across 11 different mountain ranges, including the Clark Glacier.
Miles Holden
<strong>Southern Alps, New Zealand: </strong>Perfect for northern hemisphere dwellers seeking an endless winter — and southerners with a sense of adventure.
Southern Alps, New Zealand: Perfect for northern hemisphere dwellers seeking an endless winter — and southerners with a sense of adventure.
Courtesy of Southern Lakes Heliski
<strong>Himachal Pradesh:</strong> This region of India has everything on the heli hit list, from skiing steep summits to racing down ridges, and plunging into birch, oak and cedar forests.
Himachal Pradesh (India) —
Himachal Pradesh: This region of India has everything on the heli hit list, from skiing steep summits to racing down ridges, and plunging into birch, oak and cedar forests.
Courtesy Elemental Adventure
<strong>Elemental Adventure's Himalayan Odyssey: </strong>This<strong> </strong>package offers six days' heli-skiing including transfers from Delhi and access of up to 100,000 vertical feet.
Elemental Adventure's Himalayan Odyssey: This package offers six days' heli-skiing including transfers from Delhi and access of up to 100,000 vertical feet.
Courtesy of Elemental Adventure
<strong>Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia:</strong> Here you can helicopter up to smoking summits then hurtle down volcanic faces, open bowls and tree runs.
Kamchatka (Russia) —
Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia: Here you can helicopter up to smoking summits then hurtle down volcanic faces, open bowls and tree runs.
Ludmila Figura
<strong>Elemental Adventures Fire and Ice Package: </strong>Burning thigh muscles might not be the only thing on fire in this remote wilderness. The region is home to 200 volcanoes -- 29 are active.
Elemental Adventures Fire and Ice Package: Burning thigh muscles might not be the only thing on fire in this remote wilderness. The region is home to 200 volcanoes -- 29 are active.
Courtesy of Ludmila Figura
<strong>Luxury yachts: </strong>Yachts<strong> </strong>can simply sail within touching distance of mountains and jump on a helicopter from the deck each morning.
Luxury yachts: Yachts can simply sail within touching distance of mountains and jump on a helicopter from the deck each morning.
Courtesy of Elemental Adventure
<strong>Elemental Adventure: </strong>Yacht into the mountains for the ultimate ski run!
Luxury yacht (anywhere) —
Elemental Adventure: Yacht into the mountains for the ultimate ski run!
Courtesy Elemental Adventures