Denali Experience
This magnificent flightseeing tour of Mount Denali takes you within six miles of Mt. Denali’s summit. As your flight departs Talkeetna, you begin to see how the last ice age has shaped the land. Moments later, you enter a world of rugged high mountain peaks and wide glacier filled valleys. Listen as your pilot describes the natural wonders of Denali National Park. See the Sheldon Amphitheater, beautiful Ruth Glacier, and the Great Gorge – the world’s deepest, almost 2 miles from top to bottom.
1 hour flight without glacier landing, 1.5 hour flight with glacier landing
Denali Grand Tour
This flight will take you completely around Mt. Denali. Begin with the Denali Flyer route and see the south side of Mt. Denali, including the Kahiltna Glacier, Denali’s famous west buttress, Sheldon Amphitheater, Ruth Glacier, and the Great Gorge. Then fly across the divide to see Denali’s incredible Wickersham Wall, a 14,000-foot continuous rise of rock and ice. Add a glacier landing to touch down at the Sheldon Amphitheater to make your Denali flight complete. Enjoy the stillness of the mountains broken only by the far off rumble of distant rock and ice slides.
1.5 hour flight without glacier landing, 2 hour flight with glacier landing
Denali Flyer
Extend your flightseeing of Denali and fly to the remote western end of Denali National Park. Explore the south side of Mt. Denali (20,320 feet), Mt. Foraker (17,400 feet) and Mt. Hunter (14,573 feet). Fly over the winding Kahiltna Glacier, the longest glacier in Denali National Park (45 miles long and 3 miles wide), and on to the climber’s Base Camp located at 7,200 feet on the southeast fork of the Kahiltna Glacier. Spot for climbers as they traverse the glacier and make their way to the West Buttress (the most popular climbing route) on McKinley’s flank. Add on a glacier landing to your flightseeing tour and step out on an expansive snowfield. As you stand among the granite peaks you will understand the immense scale of the mountains surrounding you.
1.25 hour flight without glacier landing, 1.75 hour flight with glacier landing
