A map provided by the Bureau of Land Management illustrates the 66,000-acre “south block” of BLM’s Haines management area recently opened to heli-skiing after six years of closure.

The Bureau of Land Management is opening more than 66,000 acres of land south of Haines to heli-skiing, an area that has been closed to the activity since 2009.

BLM recently issued permits to Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures, Alaska Heliskiing and Alaska Mountain Guides to use 66,200…