August 14, 2024
How Good Do You Need To Be To Go Heli-Skiing?
How good do you need to be to go heli-skiing? We recommend a strong intermediate ability That is usually the first question I receive when a new guest contacts me – How Good do I Need to Be? There is nothing truly like Heli Skiing. It is the ultimate skiing experience with untracked snow, long runs amongst the high glaciers and through old-growth forests,…
July 15, 2024
Powder Alert: How La Niña’s Return in 2025 Will Impact BC’s Ski Season
Ready, set, get your Heliski on! La Niña is going to be in full swing this winter! Calling all our avid ski enthusiasts in BC because La Niña Returns! After a dry and warm 2024 winter, strongly influenced…
November 01, 2023
2023/24 El Niño Weather Outlook - Positive for BC's North Coast
A global depiction of a Strong El Niño with the split Jet Streams British Columbia’s North Coast returns to an 'El Nino' Weather Pattern after two years of La Nina. The Long Range…
April 07, 2021
Best Time to Go Heli Skiing in Canada
BC is the birthplace of heli skiing (or heliskiing or helicopter skiing as it’s variously known) and is home to more heli ski operators than anywhere else in the world. The rugged, majestic mountains,…
March 21, 2019
Long Range Forecasts
Ah Long Range Weather Forecasts… What can we say, we take it day by day or better yet minute by minute! This year’s long-range forecast for the winter couldn’t have been more wrong. In the fall they were…
October 18, 2017
Here Comes the Snow!
The Stunning Skeena Mountains! Here comes the snow. It has officially started to fall in the Skeena Mountains. As we sit in the office looking up at the freshly dusted mountain tops, we can’t help but…
October 12, 2017
NOAA La Niña Forecast – La Niña 2018 Stronger than 2017
Don't forget to pack your snorkel! Blower Pow thanks to La Niña. There’s been hopes, there’s been whispers, and there’s been all out rumours, but it’s official…
September 21, 2016
Winter Forecast = SNOW
The new winter forecast is snow. The new forecast puts ENSO (EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION) neutral conditions lasting well into fall before Ullr’s prized…
April 07, 2016
La Niña Returns
The Weather forecasters are at it again! With this season being unseasonably warm for us up in the north due to el Nino, the prediction for next season is LA NINA!! This is great news for skiers and boarders.…
January 30, 2016
Explosives mitigate avalanche hazards
Heli Skiing Safety is our top priority at Northern Escape. Our guides are focused on creating the ultimate heli skiing experience for our guests while keeping everyone as safe as possible. For this reason,…