Photos from World Heli Challenge > Big Mountain Day

Ted Davenport started his run on the Big Mountain Day with a 15m cliff drop and finished his his flawlessly to win the Big Mountain Day of the World Heli Challenge Credit:
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Cheif Guide Murray Ball casting the helicopter off at the World Heli Challenge Credit:
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Athletes checking out the Big Mountain course of the World Heli Challenge on Mt Albert, near Wanaka in New Zealand Credit:
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Andrea Berchtold from Australia on the Big Mountain Day of the World Heli Challenge Credit:
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1st Place woman on the Big Mountain Day Ingrid Backstrom from Squaw Valley California scorching the powder on a fast line down the mountain Credit:
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Russ Henshaw from Australia on the Big Mountain Day of the World Heli Challenge Credit:
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Tim Dutton from U.S. dropping a cliff in the Big Mountain Day of the World Heli Challenge being held near Wanaka in new zealand Credit:
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The start of the Big Mountain Day on top of Mt Albert near Wanaka in New Zealand Credit:
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Chris Booth launches off the start of the Big Mountain Day of the World Heli Challenge Credit:
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Australia's Watkin McClennan leaping and bounding down the course of the Big Mountain Day of the World Heli Challenge Credit:
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The "Big Mountain" event tests an athletes ability on very steep terrain where huge cliff drops and technical prowess provide a "wow" factor unlike any other discipline in snow sports.
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