A SEABA helicopter takes to the Cathedral Mountains on March 20, 2024 in Haines, Alaska. (Photo by Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)
A SEABA helicopter takes to the Cathedral Mountains on March 20, 2024 in Haines, Alaska. (Photo by Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

Heli-ski data debate

A debate has been brewing, and will stretch at least into next month, over GPS data collected by heli-ski companies. 

The GPS data in question is logged by heli-ski helicopters, tracking where heli-ski tours fly and land. In July, the Commercial Heli-ski Map Committee voted to recommend the borough assembly request…

Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.