Helly Hansen

Juneau, Alaska 10 of us came to Juneau Alaska for a heli ski trip. We had a 3-week weather window and finally when a high-pressure system starting moving in we got on the plane from Tahoe and headed to AK. The 1st day we spent at Eagle crest Resort....what a rad little place! It was snowing so the visibility was low but you could tell that there was some epic, rowdy terrain only a short hike away. There were barely any locals so every run was fresh, untracked powder. Day 2 was spent beating up our livers in the town of Juneau. Day 3: Yehaa! 1st fly day and it was SICK! The Mendenhall glacier, one of the gateway's to the Coast Mountain Range, is a beautiful site to fly over. The mountains were huge, literally 3600 vertical runs. The longest runs of my life. It's been years since these mountains were explored by heli skiers so it was a pretty cool yet spooky feeling standing on top of a peak for the 1st run. The snow was some of the deepest snow of my life. Due to the fact that these mountains were new to use and not certain of the snow pack stability, we treaded lightly and skied safely, letting it setup for day 2. Day 2: Another amazing day with huge runs. The mountains here are crazy, spread apart more than in the Chugach range and not as many ski lines but the peaks that do have ski lines on them are true beauties. All in all it was an awesome trip with 9 awesome guys! A great warm-up to the season and it felt really good to get the WOW factor on again ? -Jessica Sobolowski