Company Description
Dean Cummings' H2O Guides is the premiere Alaska helicopter skiing outfitter based in Valdez, Alaska. H2O Guides accesses 28 regions throughout 4,000 square miles of the famous Chugach Range surrounding Valdez and Prince William Sound in one of the world's most impressive snow belts. The company strives to remain on the cutting edge of guided remote mechanized operations, safety, and backcountry protocol. Dean Cummings the world champion skier founded H2O Guides in 1995. Under Dean's guidance H2O Guides pioneered Alaska heli skiing, opened remote regions of the Chugach Range, and established hundreds of landing zones and pickup zones. Every season skiers and snowboarders from around the world join H2O Guides in Valdez to experience the thrills of heli skiing the world class mountains and glaciers made famous through ski and snowboard films and accessible through H2O Guides' research and development. H2O Guides has achieved an industry leading safety and operations record and is dedicated to protecting natural resources, keeping Alaska clean and wild, and preserving access to remote areas.