Alaska Range

Talkeetna Air Taxi

Paul Roderick shot these photo's - January 27, 2009!

The West Ridge of Hunter is the final for a "hat trick" of solo winter ascents of the big three peaks of the Alaska Range for Masatoshi Kuriaki. He flew in with Talkeetna Air Taxi on January 27, 2009; shown below is his intended route on Mt. Hunter.

First Masatoshi climbs Denali, then Masatoshi climbs Mt. Foraker, next up climbing Mt. Hunter...

January 26 is a good day to go flying

A & P tours got lucky! Their group is going to enjoy a spectacular Mt. McKinley flightseeing trip today, CAVU - Clear above, visibility unlimited... Calm winds as well!

pizza delivery

Norio wonted to share this picture he had taken the previous year of TAT pilot Jonathan kincaid & his wife Sara delivering a home made pizza to his camp .

Some people just make this world a better place

Time to wake up

Heading back home

After a long storm that dumped over 5 feet of snow on his camp site nearly covering his igloo, Norio is heading back to Japan.

Lets go Ice skating !

The only thing good about rain in January is that eventually it will freeze and then it is time to break out the skates.

Telluride Mountain Film Tour hits Anchorage

Congratulation! on a job well done at the Telluride Mountain film tour at the Beartooth Theater in Anchorage

over the weekend. We all left there planing our next bike trip across Mongolia,China, Tibet & India.

No Trip would be complete with out stopping at the Fred Myer store to watch a little TV on the way Back to Talkeetna.

Snow report

Beautiful day today so we jumped into the planes to check out how the snow pack weathered the last Storm in the talkeetna mountains on the east side of the valley. surprised to see even at 4200 feet the Snow had been rained on. there was about a four inch crust and when you broke threw it you would be up to your knees.

Busting out of the Hanger

TAT mechanic Sean Rice getting ready to jump into his Stinson to survey the valley

warmed up quite a bit from last week. currently 35 degrees and rain-snow mix.

Yes I said Rain.

winter time project

...2 years after starting to build her experimental airplane ,Danial (TAT pilot/mechanic)was able to sit in the RV-4 for the first time. so far she has spent over 1900 hours working on this plane.

Look out Red Baron!

The intrepid "Sir Wil" is not oft recognized while undercover during secret summer missions... TAT pilots make the best operatives, they fly, they climb, they dress up and glaciers aren't all they know...

Tatum & India's Great Adventures

Tatum & India jumped into the the trusted Cessna 185 known as mighty mouse last summer and headed down to the peninsula in search of the lost key to the gates of Shangri-La which was rumored to be hidden where the ice covered mountains of the Alaska Range meet the Ocean.

Norio's Camp at 5,500' by Mt. McKinley

Keith Nix who did a flightseeing trip on January 5th with Talkeetna Air Taxi sent this message & picture the other day:
"Hello Norio… hope you are warm today :-)
I had the priviledge of flying with Paul (Talkeetna Air) shortly after Noon on 01/05/09 and wanted to share the attached photo I took as we flew over your camp.
While I captured some very nice images of the mountains, this photo will be a favorite to share with friends and family. For me, the photo speaks volumes about a man making his dream become reality, demonstrates bravery and makes a tremendous statement about what a person can accomplish with the right preparation and outdoor skills. Working with Boy Scouts in my home town, I Iook forward to sharing the photo with the Scouts and encourage them to pursue their dreams for adventure.
Great photographs on your website.Thank you for making them available for others to see.
Best wishes for many more beautiful days (and nights) enjoying our Maker's Creation."

Broken tooth

Crimes of the Heart

Thanks to everybody who braved the cold and came out to support Randi last night at the Dramatic Reading and Art Auction .

Small Town with a Big Heart!

seeing double

Putting in a strip up on a river in the Talkeetna mountains last March. 

110 degrees warmer than here

TAT pilot Tyler Westhoff Climbing somewhere obviously way warmer than Talkeetna.

Current temp -28 Fahrenheit

What happened to Steve House's postcard.......

Steve House sent the postcard to ME!!!

NO!! he sent it to ME!!!!!!

Sandra and Lisa's cabin fever exposed!

East side of Moose's Tooth

Bill Billmeiers Trip to the Buckskin Glacier

HydroMonster

TAT pilot Cameron Lawson on route outside of Cookie City, Montana.

Once a month whether you want to or Not!

Rub a dub who the heck is in that tub?

Norio is IN !!

After weeks of waiting for the perfect condition for some aerial work, Norio was inserted into the Alaska range to a secret location only known to a few Americans and a couple thousand Japanese.

He will dig in and live there for the next month waiting for the perfect picture of the northern lights with McKinley in the background.

That is one little bad ass dude!!!!!! :)

coldest day of the year so far

-30 today on the bike ride into work. clear cold@ Dark !

new years 2009