Alaska: Flight Tour around Denali, "The Great One"

We were originally scheduled to land a ski plane on Ruth Glacier Amphitheatre, near Denali, but due to cloud cover, we had to adjust our tour to a flight weaving near "The Great One" (Denali), its surrounding peaks, and over their glaciers, instead, in a Piper Navajo Chieftain. It was, nevertheless, ...indescribable.
K2 Aviation, in Talkeetna: www.flyk2.com/
(Site shows varying routes and glacier landing.)
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FAQ's About Mountaineering in Denali National Park:
www.nps.gov/dena/planyourvisi...
"KIA (Kahiltna International Airport)" and Denali Base Camp:
www.alpineinstitute.com/virtua...
--Links for the Don Sheldon Mountain House, on Ruth Glacier.
1. www.alaska.org/detail/don-shel...
2. sheldonmountainhouse.com/
3. www.sheldonairservice.com/Dena...
--List of mountains and mountain ranges of Denali National Park and Preserve:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
and
www.alaska.org/destination/den...
--List of glaciers in Denali National Park and Preserve
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
and
www.alaska.org/destination/den...
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"Alaska has more than 40% of the nation’s surface water resources including over 12,000 rivers, 3 million lakes greater than 5 acres and numerous creeks and ponds."
...that's just the ones over 5 acres in size. Most of the lakes are unnamed, we were told.
www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?...
"Alaska has over 33,000 miles of coastline. It is the only state to have coastlines on two different oceans: Arctic Ocean and Pacific Ocean."
alaskaconservation.org/experie....
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"The Hurricane, or Hurricane Turn, is a passenger train operated by the Alaska Railroad between Talkeetna and Hurricane Gulch in Alaska. This train is unique in that rather than making scheduled station stops, it is a flag stop train meaning that passengers between Talkeetna and Hurricane can wave a white cloth anywhere along the route and the train will stop to pick them up. ...The Hurricane Turn is one of the last true flagstop trains in the United States."
~en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurrica...
About riding it:
www.alaskarailroad.com/ride-a...
video: • Riding the Historic Rails
Another video: • Alaska Railroad Aurora...
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Music is from the CZcams library:
1. “Wish You'd Come True,” by The 126ers
2. “Pachabelly,” by Huma-Huma
3. “In Albany New York,” by The 126ers