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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Chappy's Daily Alaska Heli & Sled Lovefest 2008 - Day 16
So with no more helicopter and no more pilot and Dean from Syd’s in Tahoe City and Gardner from the Boulder’s in Truckee needing to get home so that they still had wives to come home to, we decided that it was time to pull the plug and head back to Tahoe.
However, we were able to squeeze in one more quick, awesome adventure by going up for a little tourist-style, sightseeing plane ride. Our pilot Drake took us over the north end of Glacier Bay and out to 15,325 ft. Mount Fairweather at the edge of the Alaskan panhandle and British Columbia. The views were amazing even though there was a little haze in the sky. It certainly gave you a bird’s eye perspective of all the terrain around Haines, Alaska. Drake not only gives tours in the summer for people wanting to see Glacier Bay from above, but he also services skiers and snowboarders looking for terrain beyond the zones where the heli can take you. And for the really hearty? Every spring he has a few groups looking for overnight and extended, multi-day glacier trips deep in the backcountry of southeast Alaska. Quite coincidentally he had actually just dropped one off a few days ago that included guys from Tahoe. Maybe next year we’ll throw that into the mix as well…
However, we were able to squeeze in one more quick, awesome adventure by going up for a little tourist-style, sightseeing plane ride. Our pilot Drake took us over the north end of Glacier Bay and out to 15,325 ft. Mount Fairweather at the edge of the Alaskan panhandle and British Columbia. The views were amazing even though there was a little haze in the sky. It certainly gave you a bird’s eye perspective of all the terrain around Haines, Alaska. Drake not only gives tours in the summer for people wanting to see Glacier Bay from above, but he also services skiers and snowboarders looking for terrain beyond the zones where the heli can take you. And for the really hearty? Every spring he has a few groups looking for overnight and extended, multi-day glacier trips deep in the backcountry of southeast Alaska. Quite coincidentally he had actually just dropped one off a few days ago that included guys from Tahoe. Maybe next year we’ll throw that into the mix as well…
Labels: Alaska, Chappy, Haines AK, Heli Skiing, Travel
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