Port: Skagway
Effort:
This is the ultimate Alaskan Adventure, suitable for all ages. This Skagway Tour includes a helicopter tour to the remote Denver Glacier, where you will be dropped off for your own dog mushing experience on real snow. Snow pack atop the glacier allows for summer-long adventures, where you get to experience the life of an Iditarod musher.
This tour includes approximately 25 minutes of flight time on the helicopter, and nearly an hour on the glacier at the mushing camp. Camera, jacket and sunglasses recommended. There will be an additional $100 (+ tax) fee for persons weighing over 250 pounds.
Stand on a living glacier, and enjoy a helicopter tour featuring dozens more. This Skagway Tour includes a 40 minute helicopter tour where you will get up close and personal with ancient glaciers, towering waterfalls, and the bottomless depths of the deepest fjord in the world. You will spend another 40 minutes touring a living glacier on foot with an experienced guide who will show you features such as crevasses, moulins, and crystal-blue glaical pools.
Before your flight, you will be equipped with glaicer boots and a safety vest, and then shown a short video desinged to familiarize you with all necessary safety precautions. This tour is recommended for all ages. Persons over 250 pounds will be charged an additional $100 (+tax). Infants up to 23 months are free. Sunglasses, camera, and jacket recommended.
Marvel at Alaska's Crown Jewel, Glacier Bay, on this one hour flight that features pristine wilderness, frequent wildlife spottings, and dozens of glaciers. The East Arm of Glacier Bay is known for it's glaciation, and your pilot Paul will provide you with closeups of both land-based and tidewater glaciers on this incredible Skagway tour.
No weight restrictions on this tour. Infants up to two years old are free. Sunglasses and camera recommended. Paul can accomodate groups and families of up to eight people on one flight. Landings are also available for an additonal $75 per person, so if you are interested please inquire about this option.
Mendenhall Glacier Discovery - 30 minutes of heli time (15 mins each way), 20-25 minutes on glacier with guides $319.00
Pilot’s Choice Tour - 50 minutes of heli time, 2 landings, 15 minutes at each landing (pilot is guide) $469.00
Dog Sledding on the Mendenhall Glacier - 30 minutes heli time (15 mins each way), 1 hour at camp which includes 20-25 mins of mushing $549.00