Heliskiing operators are suspending their seasons during one of the better snow years in a decade to help slow the spread of coronavirus in Haines.

“It’s the heliski operator’s dream forecast,” Alaska Heliskiing owner Sean Brownell said last week of recent conditions and forecasts of sunny days intermixed with snow. “To wrap things up when it’s so good is a huge sacrifice especially with the phone ringing off the hook and the emails coming in.…