Helicopter skiing at Mt Alyeska, Alaska prior to the mountain being developed as a ski resort. The video was filmed with a 16mm color movie camera recorded by W. J. “Wally” Wellenstein during an Anchorage Ski Club group outing in the 1950’s. The original film was digitized in November 2014.

Tim Konrad is the founder of Unofficial Networks and a passionate skier with over two decades of experience in the ski industry. In 2006, he launched the blog from Lake Tahoe with his brother John, evolving...