Glacier Trips

The glacier trip begins with a scenic forty- minute flightseeing trip from Delta Junction along the north face of the Alaska Range to a gravel airstrip above Trident glacier. The flight offers a close-up view of several rugged peaks and glaciers.

Your glacier adventure will be based out of a gravel air strip strip on a kame terrace of Trident Glacier, at an altitude of 4,000 feet (1,219 m). Twenty mile long Trident Glacier originates at the base of 13,800 foot (4,206 m) Mount Hayes and winds down through the Alaska Range forking at the base of Mount Moffit, 13,000 feet (3,962 m), which is only 3 miles (4.8 km) from our airstrip.

Plenty of Wildlife - No People
The rugged beauty and massiveness of these two mountains compares with McKinley. The abundance of wildlife (Dall sheep, grizzly bears, caribou, wolves, wolverines, marmots, etc) also compares with that of Denali National Park, but the uniqueness of the adventure is that there are no roads and you will see no other people.

Terrific Hiking Opportunities
The area offers several levels of hiking or climbing. For those who don't want to go on long hikes, short hikes from the kame terrace offer magnificent views of Mount Moffit, Trident Glacier, and a variety of wildlife.

For the more adventurous, a one-mile hike would provide accessibility to Trident Glacier. At this point Mount Moffit rises 8,000 feet (2,438 m) straight up from the glacier. Longer hikes or overnight spike camps take you up the glacier and to the base of Mount Moffit. There are no established man-made trails and our goal is to maintain Leave No Trace principles.

For the really adventurous, who are organizing their own trips, we can supply air transportation for spring mountain climbers and skiers to the Mt. Hayes and Mt. Moffit areas.

Please call us today for more information about this trip.  We would be happy to show you this part of wilderness Alaska!

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