Heliskiing a Blue Bird Day - Four friends in The Selkirk Mountains British Columbia
Join us! Eight skiers / boarders at Triple Point Expeditions for an exclusive, semi-private heliskiing trip to Alaska - the trip of your lifetime…let’s go charge the Chugach!
“If you’re wondering if you should go heliskiing in Alaska this coming season, you’ll be a year older next year when you do go!” – Warren Miller
When:
Saturday March 28th – Saturday April 4th. (Easter Sunday is April 5th.) Remaining available seats = ONLY 7
Pete has booked the first seat (1 of 8). "It would be fun to fill the A-Star with (2) groups of 4 skiers that I know! Again, I’m going regardless of responses, so seat 1 is mine!" - Pete Brady
We've been communicating with Tucker (the owner) for a week. He describes arrival Saturday and particularly departure Saturday as a “bonus” ski day. They are DEFINITELY set up for MAX skiing, and they will deliver to our wishes, weather permitting. Stay flexible on the return flight.
We have reviewed the return flight options, and we're comfortable with what we see to make it home and be included in family activity in Easter. Yes, we'll be whooped from the trip! Isn’t that the point!?
TRIP ADD ON: We will very likely add on 2-3 nights at Alyeska Resort https://www.alyeskaresort.com/ It’s in the neighborhood, and it’s an IKON resort, so kind of a no-brainer, because we have yet to ski it.
DOUBLE ADD ON !!: As you may know, Chugach Powder Guides https://heli-skier.com/alaska/chugach-powder-guides/ operates out of the Alyeska Resort! They offer single day heliskiing, so a day on the hill + a day in the heli may be just the perfect warm-up for your REAL upcoming Alaskan heliski adventure! Right? Trip of a lifetime!
WHY late March? Although it’s our 10th heli-trip, yet our first to AK, late March should potentially offer the best of all worlds as it relates to conditions. Accumulated, stable snow pack, offering steeper skiable aspects. Potential fresh snow; potential for all different facing slope aspects; slightly warmer; longer flying days. February would likely be deeper, of course, and April would likely be warmer with less down days. We thought for trip one to AK, we would shoot for the middle of the season.
WHY Triple Point Expeditions (TPX)? https://triplepointexpeditions.com/ Good question. TPX was NOT part of our website launch in 10/23; We had not “found” them yet. We only just discovered them by word of mouth at the Vancouver airport, returning from our Bear Paw trip this March! https://heli-skier.com/british-columbia/bear-paw-heliskiing/ (Exquisite!) Everything We've learned about TPX, we REALLY LIKE! Small, boutique, high-end, exclusive semi-private (only 2 groups of 4 – one A-Star), experienced, family owned, well located, lodge w/ heli-pad, 8 private rooms, well-staffed - lots of IFMGA & UIAGM guides, large website, premium chefs, book with the owner directly, etc.
50 minutes from ANC airport, in Palmer, AK they are AWAY from the Valdez concentration of at least five operators. TPX has access to 9 million acres in five different mountain ranges, including the Chugach - ENOURMOUS POSIBILITES. We’ve frequently asked operators and guides (anywhere) about the “cluster F” operating out of Valdez. Although it’s less likely to occur, the competition for premium lines, especially during weather that condenses terrain options IS a CONCERN. TPX is removed from that, and easier to get to than Valdez. SEE MAP with yellow HOUSE in the middle, as home base:
Tucker Patton, the founder of TPX reminds Pete a lot of his younger self! We’ve consumed nearly all of Tucker's public content and like what we hear. He’s a (big-wave) surfer, as Pete was, and he appears to work hard at livin’ the dream - our motto here at Heli-Skier for sure!
Price: $16,917 USD. Out of curiosity, we wanted to re-assess the AK market for pricing comparisons. Here’s what we found:
First of all, if you peruse our directory of Alaska operators https://heli-skier.com/alaska/ , you’ll discover operators offering many packages that represent a week of skiing with a much lower volume of runs or hobbs hours (aircraft flight time.) For instance, https://heli-skier.com/alaska/Alaska-Heliskiing/ offers a 10-day package for $10,450 for just 40 runs. You could easily ski that in 3 days! That’s an apples to oranges heliskiing comparison.
Here's a more realistic value proposition comparison:
https://heli-skier.com/alaska/Tordrillo-Mountain-Lodge/ Tordrillo (main lodge) is charging $18,500 a week, with 12 guests, 3 groups of 4, in ONE aircraft. (Judd Lake is same price for 8 guests, but only 4 rooms…hmmm!)
The bougie https://heli-skier.com/alaska/third-edge-heli/ with same operator profile & location, but a higher-end lodge?, does not quote prices on their site – I guarantee its comparable with Tordrillo.
Valdez Heliski Guides – the OG: (Ode to Doug Coombs) https://heli-skier.com/alaska/Valdez-Heliski-Guides/ currently asking $15,000 a week for 2026. 2 groups, 1 A-Star, but only 5 hobbs hours of flight time. TPX offers 6 hobbs hours, and you’re expected to be utilizing them all. LOTS of skiing!
So, the TPX pricing is competitive. EVERY heli-skiing trip is the trip of a lifetime, so it requires an investment to score! "I’ve done some really cool stuff in my life, but some of my GREATEST memories are of heliskiing trips! ABSOLUTELY Priceless." - Pete Brady
What to expect regarding the PACE of the ski program: Expect to ski your ass off! Last season in Feb, at Bell 2 Lodge https://heli-skier.com/british-columbia/last-frontier-heliskiing/bell-2-lodge/ , Pete skied 74,126 feet (about 45 runs) in the first three days. "I felt like a heliskiing rockstar at age 61!" We expect a similar pace, as is demonstrated by the TPX website. This trip is for fit, expert skiers – PERIOD.
What we're not interested in: “No Fall Turns” & Slope angles that scare the shit out of us! Pete probably maxes out around 45-50 degrees. Here are the stats from the TPX site:
And if there are down days, who wants to go surfing with a heli and a boat as transportation! Or just go to the breweries and then go snowmobiling or dog sledding! Right!?
"This trip is going to be our best yet! I’m so STOKED to go to AK! Stoked to see Alyeska and Chugach Powder Guides as well," said Peter.
We’d love to have some familiar faces join us!
Please text or email and get back to us ASAP with any interest. These seats are very limited and will get sold with or without our efforts.
We'll see you in the A-Star in Alaska!
All the Best,
Pete Brady & The Team at Heli-Skier
SORRY, AS OF OCTOBER 07, 2025, THIS TRIP IS:
