heli-ski

See also: heliski

English

Alternative forms

• heliski

Verb

heli-ski (third-person singular simple present heli-skis, present participle heli-skiing, simple past and past participle heli-skied)

1. To ski down a mountain or glacier that has been reached by helicopter rather than a normal ski lift.
   • 1997, Sharon Wood as cited in John Graham, Outdoor Leadership, page 106:

     I've guided heli-ski trips where we've been dropped on top of beautiful, untouched, 30-degree slopes.