travelwhenIcan67
Jun 2021
Hubby and I debated spending money on this, esp including glacier landing. SOOO GLAD we did!!! we only had 2 nights in Talkeetna so scheduled 11 am 1st day to give us a 2nd day possible reschedule buffer if weather not good. on our drive up to talkeetna they called to tell us 11 am was cancelled, but wondered if we would be open to a 6 pm as they thought weather might open up ... and it did!!! they normally do not stay open that late but they sent out 3 planes at that time. Our pilot was amazing & I was lucky to sit in cockpit on the way out and watch him brilliantly fly it. Ride was smooth and views unforgettable (glaciers, hikers at basecamp and on the mountain, and, of course, Denali and all of it's beauty). Got to see another plane land after us on the glacier, and witnessed small avalance while we were out on the glacier. We have travelled many places and done many adventurous things, but personally this ranked at, if not the top, of things we have done. If you are blessed with the weather to allow this, just do it.