Talkeetna Air Taxi

Masa is still trying to get up Hunter. This photo was taken of him at basecamp on the 9th of January.

Lonnie is off the mountain! The wind and weather just did not cooperate during his 2nd winter McKinley summit attempt. He says that he will spend time accumulating a Greenlandic dog team and enjoy many long dog mushing trips in the future. Only time will tell if he comes back to try McKinley again. Photo was taken January 9th courtesy of Talkeetna Air Taxi.

Lonnie heading up the headwall on Denali. Elevation approx 15,300ft. photo taken on Jan 2.

The rectangle is where he will build his snow cave...aka 'home sweet home' for the next 7 weeks!

His goal....that perfect shot of McKinley beneath the northern lights!

Masatoshi Kuriaki is back for another attempt at the first Winter solo attempt of Mt. Hunter.  This is Masatoshi's 6th attempt, and will be ascending via the West Ridge of Hunter. When he was flown into Kahiltna basecamp where the conditions were surprisingly good after the windy begin to the winter.    The temperature was reading minus 5 with a chilling 10 mph down glacier wind at basecamp.  Best of Luck to Masatoshi on his solo attempt.

This is the kick off of the winter climbing in the Alaska Range.   Stay tuned for update on all of our winter climbs this year, and next.

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Happy holidays.

Snow the last few days has kept these planes on the ground.  But they still need some winter time attention, even if they aren't in the hangar getting mods.  They get all bundled up in their engine and wing covers to keep them warm as well as sweeping their wings off when too much snow accumulates.

A pretty quiet day at the airport, the plow truck is the only thing that has been driving down the tarmac today.  

 Here is a picture from this chilly fall morning at the Talkeetna State Airport. 

No accumulation in the way of snow and the forecast is calling for temperatures in the 20's to 30's. 

 We're still doing glacier landings--weather and snow conditions permitting--  It may not be T-shirt weather but it is still gorgeous.