Guide
About me
Heliboarding Val d'Aran is a heliskiing and heliboarding company based in Val d’Aran, Central Pyrenees, Spain. Thanks to our team of guides and heli pilots, we provide the best terrain and snow layer management.
Heaps of good and big stuff.
Javi
Barro
15 years of experience as a heliskiing and heliboarding guide in Val d’Aran.
An experimented freerider in the mountains of Valle de Arán.
Countless trips to the Chilean and Argentinian Andes, New Zealand Alps and Alaska, in search of new terrain and new lines on the best powder.
- Snowboard teacher Trainer –Freeriding- at ETEVA (Mountain Sports Instructor College).
- Snow and Avalanche Instructor at AIARE and ACNA (Avalanche Research and Security Training Institute).
- Mountaineering Coach. Mountain Sports Technician.
- Heliskiing & heliboarding Guide at Val d’Aran.
HELIS
Heliboarding in the Pyrenees
We are committed to offer you strictly the best available choice of snow and terrain. We want you to enjoy a full filling heliriding experience.
Heli
drop
A helicopter lift to a summit in Val d’Aran. We’ll be looking for the longest run and the best possible snow conditions.
€350
Includes:
- Airbag
- Self rescue equipment. Shovel, avalanche transceiver and probe.
- Heliboarding Val d'Aran Guide.
- Transport back to the heli base.
- Rates are per person, for groups of 4 persons.
Three
rounds
Heliriding baptisme, your first 3 runs. We fly the heli both to approach and to return to the base o maybe you want other run.
€460
Includes:
- Airbag
- Self rescue equipment. Shovel, avalanche transceiver and probe.
- Heliboarding Val d'Aran Guide.
- Rates are per person, for groups of 4 persons.
Four
rounds
3 runs could be enough to satisfy your yearning for powder, or maybe not. We fly the heli for the approach and the return.
€560
Includes:
- Airbag
- Self rescue equipment. Shovel, avalanche transceiver and probe.
- Heliboarding Val d'Aran Guide.
- Rates are per person, for groups of 4 persons.
Heli
Summit
The cherry on the cake: 3 hours real flying, inlimited descents on the deep, wide and high of Val d’Aran, best powder guaranteed.
€1640
Includes:
- Airbag
- Self rescue equipment. Shovel, avalanche transceiver and probe.
- Heliboarding Val d'Aran Guide.
- Lunch
- Rental snowboard powder
- Rates are per person, for groups of 8 persons.
Combining a helicopter and splitboarding is an outburst of freedom and pleasure. When it comes to choosing your runs within the wide, endless terrain Val d’Aran has on offer, helisplitboarding is a fantastic option.
Split
board
Helicopter approach to an iconic Val d’Aran peak.
After the first run, we’ll skin our way up to other peaks, searching for the best lines.
From €350
Includes:
- Self rescue equipment. Shovel, avalanche transceiver and probe.
- Heliboarding Val d'Aran Guide.
- Transport back to the heli base.
- Price per person. Min. 4 px per group.
Pictures
Image gallery
The Aran Valley in the Pyrenees offers magnificent terrain for heliskiing or heliboarding. We summarise a day of heliriding in a few images. Photos by Andoni Epelde and Mira Kube.
