We know you’re not booking heli trips every year. Your budget and the environment simply wouldn’t allow it. But maybe once or twice in a lifetime, there’s a spot you want to get to—a remote river canyon, a faraway glaciated peak, or that perfect surf break off the shore of an isolated island—and the only way to get there is with help from a helicopter. We’re talking about bucket-list adventures in some of the most stunning, hard-to-reach places on earth. Turns out, there’s a lot you can do besides ski if you have a helicopter as transportation.

