Talkeetna Air Taxi

So as climbing season is starting to gear up we have some pre-season condition reports while we are still awaiting our first groups to return with some good beta.
Snow fall in general has been above average, compared to the last five years, and the snow conditions appear to be stable.
It is starting to warm up in the range with temps of zero at night and up to a whopping 20 degrees during the day.
Looks like ice is starting to take shape. Stay tuned for reports as our groups get back.

Kahiltna and Ruth routes are looking good from the air, but no climber reports yet.

 Groups that have been into the Mountain House in March have been lucky to get spectacular shows of the Northern Lights.  But our day light is coming back at 6 minutes a day, and the sun is now setting at 9:00 pm.  Welcome to the midnight sun.

Here is a picture of the East face of the Moose's Tooth and the Bear tooth taken earlier this week.

   

Early season sneak preview of the Gorge......  ohh la la.  Conditions are looking good, reports should be coming in these next weeks.

Here is the newest addition to the TAT family.  This beautiful, shiny DeHavilland Otter, 100BW.

 

She looks forward to hauling many climbers and scenic passengers to the beauty of the Alaska Range.  There is still some work to do before she is airworthy.  After some more work in Talkeetna Bravo Whiskey will head down to get some avionics work done in Kenai then online and flying this summer.

Luckily we have our Ace team of mechanics to make sense of the instructions, and it is a good thing the instructions come with pictures.  

Happy Trails to Laura, Wendy and TAT superstar Danial.

They flew out to Takotna, an Iditarod checkpoint, yesterday after a couple days of waiting on weather to clear.  They are going to ski-jour from Takotna and hope to make it to Ruby or as far as Galena following the Iditarod trail.  They each have two dogs and a sled for gear.

They will have a few days with the trail to themselves before the Iditarod teams pass them on their journey to Nome.

Happy Trails and stay tuned for updates along the trail.