Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Downhill skiing on glaciers or remote mountains reached by helicopter.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
heli-skiing . - verb Alternative spelling of
heli-skiing .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The last conversation a 60-hours-a-week Microsoft developer wants to endure is one wrought with tales of single track mountain biking, heliskiing, and snorkeling.
Crai S. Bower: Life's a Liability Release -- (Soft) Adventuring Around the Globe Crai S. Bower 2011
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The last conversation a 60-hours-a-week Microsoft developer wants to endure is one wrought with weekly tales of single track mountain biking along the Columbia River Gorge, heliskiing deep in the British Columbia interior and snorkeling off Grand Bahama Island.
Crai S. Bower: Life's a Liability Release -- (Soft) Adventuring Around the Globe Crai S. Bower 2011
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The last conversation a 60-hours-a-week Microsoft developer wants to endure is one wrought with weekly tales of single track mountain biking along the Columbia River Gorge, heliskiing deep in the British Columbia interior and snorkeling off Grand Bahama Island.
Crai S. Bower: Life's a Liability Release -- (Soft) Adventuring Around the Globe Crai S. Bower 2011
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The last conversation a 60-hours-a-week Microsoft developer wants to endure is one wrought with tales of single track mountain biking, heliskiing, and snorkeling.
Crai S. Bower: Life's a Liability Release -- (Soft) Adventuring Around the Globe Crai S. Bower 2011
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■ Skidooing, heliskiing and other activities are popular.
Ski insurance: make sure you are covered Mark King 2010
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You should also arrange additional cover for "extra-curricular" activity on the slopes such as skidooing (snowmobiling) and heliskiing (skiing in areas that can only be accessed by helicopter).
Ski insurance: make sure you are covered Mark King 2010
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Now he's training for a heliskiing trip in British Columbia.
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Perhaps it was the heliskiing in the Himalayas or the cycling in Ireland that helped Wal King, whom we glowingly profiled in 2007, keep
Forbes.com: News Donald Frazier 2011
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Dear, a development worker from Montana, says that in a few years 'time Bamiyan could boast ski-rental businesses (which will probably rely, at least to start with, on the charity of the big ski manufacturers), a nursery slope with a simple tow-lift to drag beginners to the top, and maybe even some heliskiing.
Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk Jon Boone 2010
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Dear, a development worker from Montana, says that in a few years 'time Bamiyan could boast ski-rental businesses (which will probably rely, at least to start with, on the charity of the big ski manufacturers), a nursery slope with a simple tow-lift to drag beginners to the top, and maybe even some heliskiing.
The Guardian World News Jon Boone 2010
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