heli-skiing

noun

he·​li-ski·​ing ˈhe-lə-ˌskē-iŋ 

ˈhē-

: downhill skiing on remote mountains reached by helicopter

Examples of heli-skiing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The lodge will also have convenient check-in for golf as well as heli-skiing in a region that gets an average of 34 feet of annual snowfall. — Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 6 May 2026

An alpine resort town famous as the birthplace of commercial bungee jumping, and as a springboard for other madcap thrills like heli-skiing and the world’s most extreme human catapult, is offering something relatively radical — relaxation. — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026

Multiple entrepreneurs have attempted to launch heli-skiing businesses in California over the years. — Brent Rose, Outside, 28 Feb. 2026

Beyond Silverton Mountain, travelers can sign up for heli-skiing at mountains across North America from Canada's CMH Heli-Skiing & Summer Adventures to tours from Alaska's Alyeska Resort, Idaho's Sun Valley, and beyond. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for heli-skiing

• agreeing
• decreeing
• foreseeing
• nonbeing
• sightseeing
• unseeing
• being
• feeing
• fleeing
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• keying
• kiang