heli-skiing

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    How Heli-Skiing Became Popular

    Heli-skiing is among the list of extreme sports where skiers are ferried by helicopter to mountain peaks. It is a recent variation of skiing that had recently caught on. Hans Gmoser pioneered this type of sport in the Canadian glaciers in 1955. His idea was to use airplanes to ferry skiers to hard-to-reach areas in…