For the past three seasons, drought conditions have marred the heliski industry, which depends on adequate snowfall. Snowfall in Southeast is 50 to 80 percent lower than average, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the problem of abnormally low snowpack has become so pronounced that the National Drought Mitigation Center coined a new term for it—snow drought.
“Haines area seems to have taken a bigger hit this year,” said Arron Jacobs,…