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- verb To
ski down amountain orglacier that has been reached byhelicopter rather than a normalski lift .
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Examples
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Jokull Bergmann, who is a world class mountain guide and the founder of what has turned out to be the most amazing heli-ski operation, asked if I would like to join some of the other guests and ski a few runs.
Dorrit Moussaieff: From Iceland, Where the Ski Season Is Only Just Starting Dorrit Moussaieff 2011
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Jokull Bergmann, who is a world class mountain guide and the founder of what has turned out to be the most amazing heli-ski operation, asked if I would like to join some of the other guests and ski a few runs.
Dorrit Moussaieff: From Iceland, Where the Ski Season Is Only Just Starting Dorrit Moussaieff 2011
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The skiers and snowboarders who venture to the state in the winter tend to be of the adrenaline-rush set, coming to heli-ski in Valdez, a mountainous area also in south central Alaska, or to take on Alyeska's double black diamonds.
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Advanced riders can book private heli-ski trips, for helicopter drop-offs on the mountain's remote peaks.
TIP SHEET 2007
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A passing helicopter from a local heli-ski operator had spotted an SOS signal plodded in the snow, ski tracks, and then a waving Mr. Blackburn.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed DAWN WALTON 2011
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A passing helicopter from a local heli-ski operator had spotted an SOS signal plodded in the snow, ski tracks, and then a waving Mr. Blackburn.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed DAWN WALTON 2011
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He runs a heli-ski business called Pure Powder; she has just left Gordon Ramsay to become head chef with The Recipe, doing boutique catering and upmarket canapés.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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I won't heli-ski any more because I can't and it's not fair to the people I'm with if I fall.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Posner 2011
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By the end of Stretch the Limits, Jessica Baker's annual Jackson camp for advanced to expert skiers, Baker, a former Freeskiing World Tour champion and Alaskan heli-ski guide, said: People are skiing something they couldn't ski before.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Taught by a pair of big-mountain skiers, Ingrid Backstrom and Jessica Sobolowski-Quinn, who is also an Alaskan heli-ski guide, this clinic on Jan. 7 and 8 helps skilled women tackle Squaw's notorious double-black-diamond runs.
The Seattle Times 2011
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