On the State of Heli Skiing: Henry Munter, Chugach Powder Guides
BLISTER Podcast4 Maj 2020

On the State of Heli Skiing: Henry Munter, Chugach Powder Guides

Henry Munter is a lead heli guide and the general manager of Chugach Powder Guides in Girdwood, AK. We talk with him about making the call to shut down operations right as the heli season was in full swing; the evolution of heli skiing over the past 20-30 years; decision making, memory, and some of the tools and practices and books that Henry uses in forecasting, guiding clients, and handling all types of different aspects of the business; and we discuss environmentalism and heli skiing, and how Henry and others at CPG are thinking about those two things.

TOPICS & TIMES:

  • COVID & this past season (4:00)
  • How long have you been at CPG? (9:50)
  • How & when did you meet Paul Forward? (14:57)
  • Growing up (17:28)
  • The evolution of heli skiing (24:18)
  • Safety assessment tools & advances (32:12)
  • Decision making (39:03)
  • Bad Decisions vs Wrong Decisions (45:31)
  • Fear / Stress Meter (53:01)
  • Memory, Hans Georg Gadamer, & Winnie the Pooh (54:50)
  • Environmentalism, Sustainability, & Heli Skiing (1:05:17)
  • Projectdrawdown.com (1:15:33)

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