Helicopter skiing is absolutely the greatest ultimate adventure in skiing or snowboarding. Since 1982, Telluride Helitrax has offered helicopter skiing in the most remote southwest corner of the state of Colorado. They provide heli-skiing and heli-boarding in untracked powder with only small custom groups. The company offered the highest helicopter ski accessed terrain in North America. Helitrax ski runs have an average vertical drop of 2,000 feet , with a minimum run of 1,100 feet and a maximum of 3,200 feet. However, heli-skiing is not about incredibly steep terrain, extreme skiing, or cliff jumping. It’s about snow, and plenty of it. It’s about powder so deep there’s no point in measuring it. It’s about perfect conditions on every descent, day after day, and never having to wait in line. For a skier or a snowboarder, there is no feeling comparable to the sensation of carving down a fantastic slope in pristine, untouched powder snow.

Location:
Helitrax meets guests at the Inn at Lost Creek in Telluride’s Mountain Village at 8:30 am. You can stay at the Inn, or if staying in Telluride, reach the Mountain Village and the Inn via the free gondola.

In the morning a safety orientation with the guides is followed by a helicopter safety orientation with the pilot. Then you ski the trail to the helipad. Snacks, energy-food and water are provided throughout the day as well as a dinner buffet at the Inn after a full day of heliskiing. Trips usually return to the Inn between 3 and 4 p.m. in the afternoon. However, this time is approximate, so guests are discouraged from heliskiing on days when they must make scheduled appointments such as airline connections.