Month: June 2013

On final for 13R. Another great reception from the local COPA members. They wanted us to arrive after 4 PM so that they would be off work and able to help us park and get […]

We joined 13R at Whitehorse. Great view of downtown.

We caught up to the Alaska Highway again southeast of Whitehorse

Leaving Atlin for the short flight to Whitehorse.

We followed Tom Inglis in QD down over Sloko Lake. This feeds the famous Nakina and Taku rivers and out to the ocean at Juneau.

Started down over Sloko Lake.

To think that this is moving slowly!!!

Wait until you see these in high-rez!

It was soooo exciting. Look at the sediment being carved from the peak. There’s an advantage in flying slow – with the window open! (in my humble opinion)

We’re at 6000′ and guessing that the clouds are at 7000′. We didn’t want to go too high and get caught in the wedge. Just beautiful.

I can see a calendar in our future! Even though it wasn’t clear and sunny, the clouds actually gave us a great contrast. Notice some small ice chunks off of the Glacier. The toe has […]

It didn’t matter which way you looked it was breathtaking.

Jamie gave us a superb briefing on the routes and things to look out for. Heading down the Torres Channel towards the Llewylly Glacier to see if the cloud layer will allow us to over […]

The crew from the Pine Tree restaurant did a great job of the BBQ. “Mr. Kane” was very happy about the Stanley Cup (had a Patrick Kane shirt on) – he had done some “camp […]

The local aviation group, lead by Jamie Tait and his wife, really made our visit great! We’re being briefed about our arrival procedures at Whitehorse. One of the big benefits of the tour – is […]