Mr. Patterson is looking away, squinting intently at another steep slope called Snow Dance that's tucked between two rock headwalls.

WSJ: Heli-Skiing in Greenland

It was perched on the slope of a minor mountain, about a third of the way up, with thick slabs of rock stuck under the front side, a new rock every year, to keep the house from tumbling forward into the fields of wild raspberries.

NEWYORKER: Reverting to a Wild State