About SMG

Aaron Brill serves as the Operator and Head Guide for SMG. SMG has always had strong word of mouth and sells out every season — demand has always exceeded supply. SMG Alaska Heli Ski is consistently ranked as the best heli skiing in the world by its guests. Brill is best known for building Silverton Mountain Backcountry Ski Area — (Colorado's sixth largest ski area) and for creating the largest heli skiing operation in the U.S. Aaron's resume includes more than 1,000 first descents, creating a state-of-the-art innovative snow safety plan to manage the extreme avalanche hazards of Silverton, CO and more than 30,000 hours of combined guiding/snow safety/piloting. The operations team at SMG has decades and decades of experience in the ski industry, and SMG is one of the only Alaska heli operations that has been under the same ownership and management since inception.

Even for private groups there is a pre-screening process before your reservation is taken. If SMG does not have a good match for you, we can refer you to another Alaska heli ski operation that would be a better fit — the best trips happen when the group and operator are well matched.