April 28, 2025
Northern Escape Heli Skiing Gains YouTube Spotlight—See Why Influencers Are Calling It a Bucket List Trip
YouTuber @karaandnate chose Northern Escape Heli Skiing to celebrate a dream milestone: heli-skiing deep in British Columbia’s legendary powder. Watch their 72-hour adventure and see why Northern Escape is a top bucket-list destination for skiers worldwide.
November 01, 2021
Base Depth vs Ski Depth
Why Early Season Delivers the Goods for Deep Powder Heli Skiing At Northern Escape, one of the questions we’re often asked is, “When is the snow the deepest?”…
April 26, 2021
2022 and 2023 Heli Skiing Bookings
Last Chance to Save on 2022 Heli Skiing Trips Demand has been extraordinarily strong for 2022 heli skiing and boarding trips and we are well over 90% sold out at this point. BUT, there are still some…
April 19, 2021
What Is Heli Skiing?
A Brief History of Helicopter Skiing Hans Gmoser usually gets credit for being the father of the sport of heli skiing. The enigmatic Austrian moved to Canada at a young age and began guiding in the Rocky…
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,…
February 24, 2021
Heli Skiing Helicopters
Around the globe, many different types of helicopters are used for heli-skiing. In the Far East, you might find a Russian built Mi-8 helicopter, a beast capable of carrying 22 skiers. In Europe, the most…
February 19, 2020
Planning Your First Heli-Ski Trip? Everything You Need to Know
This guide is going to cover every detail of your heli-ski trip to BC, so you get the most out of this bucket list experience. Let’s start by dispelling a myth…you don’t need to be an elite skier to go…
November 01, 2019
Northern Escape Heli-Skiing – Freeskier
One of Northern Escape Heli-Skiing’s three Bombardier birds. | PHOTO: Aaron Whitfield The further north you venture up Canada’s west coast, the bigger the mountain ranges, the deeper the snow and the…
October 16, 2019
Mountain Heli Skiing Lodge Building?
For most people, building a new house is a big project. Building a Lodge might seem a little more daunting. But, put that lodge at the end of a remote logging road in the middle of some of the most remote…
May 08, 2019
New Remote Mountain Lodge
Northern Escape Heli Skiing, in its 16th year of operations, is pleased to announce the construction of its new remote mountain lodge opening for the upcoming 2020 season. Construction began in the spring…