Backcountry, Heli & Cat

If you love fresh tracks, earning your turns, riding in helicopters, avalanche education and backcountry goodness then enjoy our curated content made for you.

Everest avalanche from Nepal earthquake caught on film

This video is terrifying, it is also distressing, so be warned. German mountaineer, Jost Kobusch, was one of up to a thousand climbers on Everest...

Splitboarding powder video that will make you want to hike

You know those videos that make you itch to get into the snow? This is one of them. I love the dialogue in this five...

A powder storm, a cat and a girl named Nell

As Colorado's favourite son, John Denver, said, some days are diamonds. SnowsBest hits Aspen's back country in style on The Little Nell cat. As first world...

Heli ski and board with Torah Bright in Canada

CMH & TRAVELPLAN announce a heli ski and boarding week with Torah Bright at Galena Lodge in April. Heli skiing and boarding has always been...

Is this the scariest line ever skied?

We already know Cody Townsend can ski. Now he's skied through a mountain's crack in remote Alaska and lived to tell the tale. This wicked...

Is this the coolest heli ski experience ever?

Skeena Heli Skiing introduce 'Base Camp' this season. A first of it's kind glamping heli ski experience. Not many campers can claim a helicopter on...

Prepare to heli ski, literally.

Telluride is offering a ski camp to get you ready to heli ski. If you haven't been to Telluride then lucky you. Why? Because you...

Skimax Australia partners with Last Frontier Heliskiing

Skimax Holidays is excited to announce its new partnership with Last frontier Heliskiing. We can now offer clients 4,5 and 7 day packages to...

When helicopters and snow don’t mix

We heard the chopper blades before we saw them, the ominous sound of whirring air that signals the change in someone's life circumstance. Helicopters...

Meanwhile in the Victorian backcountry this happened

Get ready to go green (with envy) as a crew of five hit the backcountry of Victoria. Maer Snowboard ambassadors Matt and Mitch with...

Avalanche warning in Australia

Press Release: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) reminds visitors to Kosciuszko National Park to take safety...

Skiing with The Wizard, Steve Lee, and his sisters

Winter Olympian Steve Lee takes his sisters, Tracy and Kerry, into Australia's backcountry. We tag along for the ride. "He's the wizard" says Kerry Lee Dodd...

Two skiers, a hydro station and a rabbit

It's not often that Mt McKay hydro electric station pipeline is skiable. Thanks to a mammoth snow fall at Falls Creek so far this...

Keen to go backcountry? Time to splitboard

Splitboarding the snowy mountains backcountry is the new black. Don't get left behind, writes Phil Watt. As Australia’s snow traffic increases, more and more snowboarders are...

Heli ski and surf on the same day in NZ

Alpine Adventures launches a heli-ski and surf tour in New Zealand's South Island. Your ski/board bag is about to get tight. Pack your surf board...

World first heli ski wellness retreat

New Zealand's luxury Aro-Ha Wellness Retreat on the shores of Lake Wakatipu in Glenorchy just upped the heli ski ante this southern winter by...
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