For the last two years I’ve been able to come to Haines to helicopter ski with Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures. I’m 49 years old and have skied with the best heli-ski operations in Canada and Valdez. The SEABA operation is the equal of any in the world in terms of professionalism and safety, and when combined with […]
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SEABA plans use of 26 Mile heliport
Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures is going ahead with plans to use a 26 Mile Haines Highway site as a heliport, relying on a section of Haines Borough code the company says exempts it from acquiring a conditional use permit to stage heli-skiing tours from the site, according to Mayor Stephanie Scott. Scott said SEABA co-owner Scott Sundberg told her Tuesday that SEABA notified borough […]
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Assembly OKs SEABA permit
The Haines Borough Assembly on Aug. 9 unanimously renewed a commercial permit for Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA), but members said they want more information on how global positioning system data will be used to track helicopter skiing. Members discussed the permit at a meeting on July 26, but approval was delayed to hear recommendations from police […]
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SEABA seeks planners’ OK of heliport at 26 Mile
Members of the Haines Borough Planning Commission on Thursday were slated to consider a conditional use permit for a 26 Mile Haines Highway heliport that would serve helicopter skiing tours, but the applicants withdrew their request. Borough clerk Julie Cozzi said applicants had withdrawn their conditional use permit request, but “they plan to bring it back.” The next planning […]
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Now writing down SEABA’s promises
I am one of about a hundred residents of the 26 Mile neighborhood where SEABA recently admitted they are intending to base their heliport operations. As you can imagine, I was deeply concerned to hear the news. Happily, my neighbor, Erica Merklin, informed me of a conversation she had with one of the owners of SEABA. On Feb. 21, he […]
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SEABA, the heliport answer is still ‘no’
Two years ago, many residents at 26 Mile signed a petition stating that we don’t want a heliport in our neighborhood. SEABA, you followed with a commentary stating you would let the idea go because the majority of residents didn’t want it. Now, here we go again! A new petition is in the works. Nick Trimble says that if […]
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Assembly renews SEABA permit
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday voted 6-0 to renew a commercial permit for Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA) following lengthy discussion on how the business should be penalized for exceeding its skier day limit. In lieu of a penalty or probation, the company will have to come before the assembly again for its 2012 permit. SEABA must submit […]
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SEABA’s leaders lost credibility
By choosing to violate the conditions of the permit they signed, Scott Sundberg and Nick Trimble of SEABA lost their credibility. Their words and signatures can no longer be trusted. They demonstrated their disrespect not only for the law, but for the public process, the borough assembly, and the citizens who in good faith participated in that […]
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Chamber’s SEABA award a concern
The recent Chamber of Commerce award to SEABA as the business of the year concerns me. While a company that brings needed employment and spinoff dollars to the community and great joy to their customers deserves positive recognition, that recognition should not be given to a company that achieves those goals while disregarding borough code and signed […]
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Shame on CVN for SEABA story
You should be ashamed of yourself for publishing “Chamber: SEABA is business of the year” masquerading as unbiased news. Instead of giving honest credit where it’s due, you spun the positive effects a locally owned business has on Haines and its worldly visitors to further the interests of a selfish minority. Printing blatant lies such as Paul Swanstrom’s claim that SEABA deliberately provokes […]