Safety Briefing

Safety is a top priority at Valdez Heli-Ski Guides. All active members of the heli-ski team need to attend a safety briefing before their first run. Valdez Heli-Ski Guides introduces crucial companion rescue skills and hazard avoidance techniques. The safety briefing also includes lessons on safe skiing skills, snow stability, digital avalanche transceiver usage, and helicopter etiquette.

The company’s team of avalanche forecasters, pilots, trainers, and heli-ski guides has worked for years to develop the safety program, to minimize the risks that come with heli-skiing in the Chugach Mountains. The low client-to-guide ratio (4:1) meets the need of skiers for personalized lessons and guidance.

Specifics of Snow Safety and Helicopter Protocols

Valdez Heli-Ski Guides gives clients a complete briefing on snow safety before the first day of heli-skiing. According to the partial briefing list, alertness is vital in heli-skiing. The company requests that the clients listen carefully to instructions on safely navigating slopes. The list also tells the skiers to descend the slopes one at a time and to stay 10 meters apart from other skiers. Communication and honesty with the guide is also important in minimizing unwarranted health-related accidents.

Part of the company’s protocol is to teach their clients how to safely enter and exit the aircraft. Valdez Heli-Ski Guides reminds clients to be wary around helicopters and drop-off or pick-up points.

About Valdez Heli-Ski Guides

Doug and Emily Coombs, two World Extreme Ski Champions, founded Valdez Heli-Ski Guides in 1993. The company has a wide range of heli-skiing and boarding packages with luxury lodging in Valdez, Alaska.

For more information about Valdez Heli-Ski Guides and their services, visit http://valdezheliskiguides.com.