Flying floats in Alaska

Alaska has been very wet. The last week has been solid overcast with drizzle every day. As a result, I am part of the 80% of Alaskan visitors who are not able to see the peak of Mt. Denali due to weather. However, I did still manage to do a flightseeing tour in the Alaskan Range around Denali which included a glacier landing.



The flight began in the town of Talkeetna which has a busy little airport right in the midde of town and the economy of the entire town seems to revolve around it.

The highlight of the trip has been getting my floatplane rating in Moose Pass which has been an absolute blast - skimming over the treetops following a river down a narrow valley, whizzing by icebergs in the sea and touching down in any of the little lakes nestled amongst the mountains.

Here is a 512KB movie (Windows movie format) of a low pass over the icebergs at the exit of Bear Glacier.

Tomorrow I am going white water rafting on Six Mile Creek which is class IV to V for a final shot of adrenalin before heading south to Peru.