Valdez Heli-Skiing and Snowboarding Guides
Valdez Heli-Ski Operators
The Valdez Heli Ski Experience:
"My breathing is irregular. My heart beats in a rapid
staccato. My vision blurs as my goggles fog over, and I
have not even stepped out of the helicopter. ... and I
wonder why I have allowed my hobby to take me to this dangerous
place."
Original Valdez Heli Ski story by Amy Hastings
- Alaska Backcountry Adventures
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The people of ALASKA BACKCOUNTRY ADVENTURES were the first to
realize the incredible skiing potential of the Chugach Mountains in
the Thompson Pass area near Valdez, Alaska and to make that skiing
available to everyone at a reasonable price.
Heli-Skiing/Snow-boarding
E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (907) 283-9354 or 1-888-283-9354 (out of state), or (907) 835-5608 - Valdez Heli-Ski Guides
- Valdez Heli-Ski Guides was founded in 1993 by World Extreme Ski Champions (WESC) Doug and Emily Coombs. Valdez's Chugach Mountains offer you the perfect combination of steep, ride-able terrain, abundant powder, and clear weather cycles. Thanks to the pioneering efforts of founder Doug Coombs, VHSG is able to guide you safely in this, the world’s most adventurous winter-sports playground. Operating out of the Tsaina Lodge. Valdez Heli-Ski Guides. Phone - 907.835.4528
- Black Ops Valdez
- Offering mechanized ski and snowboard access; and Snowmobile and Snowcat Tours in the eastern Chugach Mountains surrounding Valdez Alaska and Thompson Pass. 907-831-2339 [email protected]
- Heliskiing with Kim Reichhelm
- Enjoy Alaska Heli Skiing at its finest. Let Ski with Kim open your eyes to 360 degree views, ski in deep powder, indulge in fine dinning and rest up in excellent accommodations. Kim guides 'Heli-Ski camps' all over the world and at least once a season up here in Alaska, mostly in the Alaska Range, I think.
- Chugach West with Chugach Powder Guides of Girdwood
- Chugach Powder Guides offers heli-skiing in the Western Chugach Mountains near Girdwood, Alaska. Valdez roots run deep in the Chugach Powder Guides.
- World Extreme Skiing Championships
- (no longer in operation)The world's best extreme skiers will gather once again in Valdez, Alaska, for the World Extreme Skiing Championships (WESC). This annual event is held in the spectacular Chugach Mountain Range that encircles the Alaskan port of Valdez. Competitors are judged by a celebrity judging panel in much the same manner as figure skaters or gymnasts are judged. Categories for degree of difficulty, style, execution and grace are utilized, in addition to the novel extreme skiing quantification of boldness and control. The Valdez Museum and Historical Archive maintains a collection of WESC memorabilia and information. And, Moutainzone.com keeps this archive page of the WESC event from 1998.
A Fantastic insight into a 'Bump and Switch' Valdez Heli-Ski experience
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Ice Climbing, Snowkiting, snowmachining and Avalanche Safety
- Valdez Ice Climbing Festival
- Each year the waterfalls around Valdez freeze into world class Ice Climbing routes. I've heard there are more ice climbing routes in Valdez, Alaska than all of the carribean combined. But seriously, there are a ton of routes. Check out more information at the Valdez Ice Climbing page.
- Alaska Kite Adventures
- Expert kiteboarding guides operating in the mighty Chugach.
- Valdez Snowmachine Club
- Family winter recreation in Valdez Alaska with an emphasis on safety.
- Alaska Sled-Skiing "We haul ass in Thompson Pass"
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Hooking Bros, Pros and Joes up with snowmachine-sled rides, snowcat powder skiing, ski plane trips and ski touring since 1994 Phone: 907-255-8887
- The Alaska Avalanche Information Center
- strives to increase public awareness and safety through avalanche education, research, and the networking of avalanche professionals. Site provides avalanche bulletins and reports