The Heliski Journal

  • World-class in Whistler

    By Elemental Adventure •

    Belmont Estate would give Courchevel or Verbier's finest mega-chalets a run for their money in its own right, but coupled with deep British Columbian powder and heliskiing potential, not to mention an equally impressive array of summer activities, we think it blows them out of the water.

  • Turkish Delight

    By Oliver Evans •

    The EA Team was on location to bring you an update from the first week of the season in one of the world's more exotic heliski destinations - Ayder, close to Turkey's northern coastline on the Black Sea.

  • Snow Update - 19 December 2022

    By Elemental Adventure •
  • Revelstoke Combinations

    By Elemental Adventure •

    Revelstoke is arguably the most versatile place to heliski in the world. North America's best resort for powder-hounds is complemented by multiple heliskiing possibilities from a seat for a day to a private helicopter for a week.

  • Bison Lodge, Revelstoke

    Revelstoke Exclusive

    By Elemental Adventure •

    Revelstoke has North America's biggest vertical drop and often its biggest snowfalls, but it also has some of its most impressive properties that make perfect bases for an ultimate heliskiing trip.

  • Warren Miller Daymaker Ski Movie

    Warren Miller's Daymaker - Tickets and Heliski Prize

    By Elemental Adventure •

    [SKI MOVIE] - Warren Miller's Daymaker will be showing in cinemas in the UK from 21 November to 22 January.

  • Heli-skiing from Nansen Explorer

    The Ultimate Ultimate Ski Trip

    By Oliver Evans •

    Skiing with Bode Miller and Chris Davenport in Greenland might just be the ultimate ultimate ski trip.

  • Last call for a heli

    Final Call for one of BC's Finest

    By Oliver Evans •

    Last Frontier Heliskiing is one of our most requested programmes (and the first to sell out). Dates are now limited, so if you are still hoping to go in 2023, give us a call and we can help you secure the last few seats.

  • Ian Morrison Skiing Skeena River Ranch

    Heliskiing in 2023? What's Available and Where?

    By Lisa Middleton •

    From Patagonia to Alaska, we have cherry picked a selection of the best dates currently available between now and June 2022.

  • Big Horn chalet in Revelstoke at night

    Bighorn Revelstoke

    By Jonas Ernevi •

    Set in Revelstoke, British Columbia in the very heart of Canadian heli-ski country, Bighorn redefines luxury heli-skiing.

  • Rustic Luxury in the Canadian Wilderness

    Private Heli-Skiing Hideaway

    By Jonas Ernevi •

    Terra Nostra Guest Ranch is a private heli-hideaway situated on the Chilcotin plateau in an area still largely unexplored on skis. With the giant 4,019 metre Mt Waddington (British Columbia’s highest peak) only 60 km away the area is dramatic in proportions and dominated by huge glaciers and alpine terrain.

  • Heli-skiers arrive at yellow helicopter

    Heli-Ski Safari

    By Jonas Ernevi •

    This is not your regular Canadian heli-skiing. This is big wild northern British Columbia and compared to southern BC with all of its heli-ski operations sandwiched together; it’s like a different country.

  • Warren Miller Future Retro Ski MOvie

    Warren Miller - A Virtual Film Tour

    By Elemental Adventure •

    [SKI MOVIE] - LAST CHANCE for discounted tickets. Join us on Friday 27 November for the UK Virtual Film Premiere of Warren Miller's Future Retro.

  • heliskiing Lake Baikal

    A Pilot's Perspective

    By Elemental Adventure •

    Ever wondered what it's like to be a heliski pilot, flying amongst snow-plastered peaks, dropping off skiers to enjoy pristine powder..? Here's a front seat view from Heli Action's ace pilot Alexander Davydov, taken this December in Siberia. Here's a man who enjoys his job!


  • heliski base camp Baffin Island

    High Arctic Heli Skiing on Baffin Island

    By Elemental Adventure •

    Looking to step up the adventure? Join James Morland in May 2021 for some genuine expedition-style heliskiing in Canada’s Nunavut territory. Set amongst Inuit villages at 70 degrees in Arctic Canada, north Baffin Island offers some of the most remote heliskiing in the world and is home to a spectacular array of wildlife.

  • Powder skiing in Chamonix

    Early Season Conditions Update

    By Elemental Adventure •

    It is only early December and already we have been neck-deep in powder on several occassions over the past few weeks. WIth our first trip to Siberia leaving at the end of the week we hope to continue as we started.

  • The Mighty Himalayas

    Pick of the Month - December 2019

    By Elemental Adventure •

    The aim of these weeks is simple: to ski or snowboard seldom if ever visited areas of Himachal Pradesh, laying tracks down virgin slopes of powder snow and staying at lodges, tented camps, rest houses and private village homes along the way. This is pure, untamed adventure.

  • Heliskiing in Siberia

    Deep in Siberia

    By Elemental Adventure •

    [VIDEO] - After a recent cold snap of minus 30 degrees, the temperatures had moderated to a more comfortable minus 10 to minus 15 and we were greeted with blue skies and some of the most spectacular snow conditions any of us had ever experienced - deep, dry, cold Siberian smoke...