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 gnarlier the terrain gets. You’ll also find Northern Escape Heli-Skiing. The 15-year-old heli-skiing operation is known for its ability to hop from ‘copter to cat depending on the weather, a flexibility that keeps guests coming back year after year.

Founded in 2004 by a passionate group of friends, Northern Escape Heli-Skiing operates on the idea that there’s no time for down days. And with over a million acres of alpine and tree-skiing terrain, there’s enough to ski every day for the rest of your life and never ski the same thing twice.

“We have such a vast tenure, every year we’re out there scratching the surface still and we’re finding new gems,” says Ryan Merrill, guiding operations manager and ski guide at Northern Escape Heli-Skiing.

Located just 20 minutes down the road from Terrace, British Columbia, Northern Escape provides some of the easiest access to some of the most challenging backcountry terrain. The operation freely explores the Skeena and Kitimat mountain ranges and almost always has the entire area to itself. To learn more about how you can have the ultimate heli-skiing experience of a lifetime, read the full article on Freeskier.