Alaskan Owned & Operated
The Outbound Heli Experience
We founded Outbound Heli so we could become millionaires!!! (Ha! Just kidding!)
With Chris’s passion for flight and my passion to share the unbelievable scenery of Alaska; Outbound was formed!
Most flight tours in the area operate on a regimented flight path with predetermined landing locations. It’s a practice that allows for the most profit! But, we found that didn’t fit our philosophy or the mission behind our operations as a helicopter company! We wanted to be more adventure driven, giving our guests the opportunity to explore and discover along with us!
“We believe flying in Alaska is all about seeing the unseen! ”
For most, getting in a helicopter is a once in a lifetime experience, a bucket list adventure. It’s our hope that all of our guests get to experience exactly what they had dreamed about.. and more!
Every flight is different. No adventure the same!
– Outbound heli Team
See Our Team in Action:
My favorite Alaskan Heli Adventure to date:
With the help of Nic Petit and The Alaskan Dogstead Mushing Co, we raised enough funds through Go Fund Me, to go on a helicopter search of a missing Iditarod pup along the trail. We searched for days and found only traces of Leon. Wouldn’t you know it, but that dog showed up near McGrath, several weeks and several hundred miles later, following the trail back home to find his musher!
Meet Bridget
Co Founder & Operations Manager
After coming to Alaska for what was meant to be a short time, I was invited on a helicopter glacier landing tour (an extremely unique adventure back then) to the Knik Glacier. The experience was a life changing one for me.
To discover that glaciers miles long, with views so spectacular they make you question your very existence, could be in my backyard, was encouraging enough for a move from the mountains of NY to the Matanuska Valley of Alaska.
Over the last fourteen years Alaska has completely enamored me with her raw beauty and untouched landscape. The idea that a helicopter can give us access to things that would remain unseen is such an awesome notion.
I never could have imagined a lifetime where I got to experience all that I have because of flying. It is so unbelievable and spectacular, that it has become something I am passionate about sharing with others.
After meeting Chris and realizing our passions aligned for sharing Alaska from the sky, we joined forces and started Outbound Heli Adventures! I can’t even begin to tell you of all the adventures we have had and those yet to be.
My favorite Alaskan Heli Adventure to date:
Flying out and camping next to the Colony Glacier. Being somewhere remote, where no one else has ever been is quite unreal. To lay under the midnight sun listening to a gigantic glacier calve into a lake with an immeasurable depth while watching a moose cow and her babies nibbling on shrubs, …there hasn’t been anything that compares.
My favorite Alaskan Heli Adventure to date:
Taking both of my kids out for their first flight has been the highlight for me. Hearing their sheer joy through the headsets and watching their smiles as we flew over majestic mountain tops that were sprinkled with black bears most definitely takes the cake for me!
Meet Skye
Director of Marketing
My path to Alaska, unknowingly then, started when my dad sat me down my 4th stretched out of college (I may have been taking my time) and told me it was time to narrow down a degree and graduate. This conversation led me to the University of Missouri where I (finally) completed a degree in Parks, Recreation and Tourism with an emphasis on sustainable tourism.
My degree also required an internship, which led me to accept a job in Alaska with Major Marine Tours. Three weeks later my husband and I packed up our Toyota Camry including our basset hound and headed up to Alaska. After 4 seasons in the glacier & wildlife day cruise sector of the industry I accepted an offer with Alaska’s Destination Management Organization, the Alaska Travel Industry Association. For over 7 years I worked with the marketing team creating and managing the cooperative marketing programs for Alaska tourism businesses.
After having our daughter in 2023 I was looking for more time at home while still staying in the workforce. This is when Outbound Heli Adventures asked me to join their team. My love for tourism, adventure, the lands we are lucky enough to call home, and sharing this incredible place with others made accepting this position easy. I am now fortunate to be a part of the great team of professionals helping to provide once in a lifetime experiences!
My favorite Alaskan Heli Adventure to date:
My favorite Alaska heli adventure was with Outbound Heli Adventures a few years before coming to work for the company. My sister and her husband came to visit, and Chris took us out for a glacier landing flight. My sister and I did the polar plunge together and this is hands down my favorite adventure to date! This was such a special experience for us to share together. I encourage all our guests to take the plunge!
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3 Easy steps
To Your Grand Adventure
We can’t wait to show you our breaktaking “backyard”!
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Book Your Adventure
15+ Unique adventures to choose from!
2
Arrive
On the day of your scheduled tour we ask that you arrive 30 minutes early
