Talkeetna Air Taxi reaching new heights....

Catching over 60 feet of sweet air........

First Bicycle summit of TAT Hill, training camp is coming soon.

Caught in the Act

'Wild' Bill Post has been caught in the act using the company vehicle to transport materials for his dream cabin. The location is undisclosed North of the Alaska Range.














We are on to you Bill.

Reports from the Tokositna Glacier.

This group flew in on March 26th and out today from the East Fork of the Tok; and this is the breaking news they had to report.....
There is a 14 inch wind crust on top of 2-3 ft of sugar snow. the alpine ice is in fat. Temps were close to zero during the day most days and the coldest we saw was -30 at night. wind was light most days with it picking up at night. when the sun came out it was beautiful. Not alot of avy activity but the potential was there.

Here we go........

Sheila is here

Our lovely Sheila has arrived from Broome, she has travelled 7,247 miles from the land down Under and has greeted us in Talkeetna.










The winter time maintainance crew at the airport finally gets their spring excitement.....

Beats the Rodeo because I don't have to wear a clown nose....

Have you ever wondered what a Denali National Park South District Ranger (or at least Daryl!) would do when they retired? Well for Daryl it is volunteering at the Bird & Learning Center in Alaska! http://www.birdtlc.net/

Talkeetna Air Taxi dramatic glacier pick up after Mt Redoubt Volcano Blows

Packing up a dirty ashy camp on the Hayes Glacier

Definitely "Ready to GO!"

Clear runnels amidst the ash on the Tordrillo Mtns

The ash was stirred up by the "Foxy" plane activity. There was about a one inch layer that had fallen all across the Tordrillo Range. then it snowed about an inch on top of th eash. When Paul landed it revealed the concealed ash layer beneath. the two climbers from Colorado woke up to the ash covering everything, describing the experience as a "mind ****". They weren't sure if the world was ending or ?? TAT wasn't sure if we would be able to pick them up that day or even for quite a while, so Paul prepared a food/map drop in case we couldn't land and they had to hike out to Finger Lake. Picking them up was uncertain because volcanic ash has a quality akin to sandpaper. Because of this, acceleration for take-off is very difficult. Congrats to Paul for completing a challenging mission!

Early Climbing Season with Talkeetna Air Taxi

Masatoshi on day 49 in the Alaska Range, ready to go home to Seiko & Souko in Japan.


The South East fork of the Kahiltna Glacier feels remote, especially in the winter months



Dropped skiers on the Hayes Glacier in the Tordrillo Mountains.
New lines and lots of territory.

Talkeetna Air Taxi on the Iditarod Trail

Talkeetna Air Taxi is on the Iditarod trail! Our pilot, Wil Boardman, snapped these photo's from the TRAIL!

What a romantic shot of the Ophir sign...

See Spot RUN!

A lot of fresh hay to keep the doggies warm...

Talkeetna Air Taxi Web Cam

Tatum and India captured on Talkeetna Air Taxi's live 24/7 web cam of Mt. McKinley. We received an e-mail today from Al Collier: "I got lucky today and grabbed this photo - made me think of our grandkids! They live in Florida and would kill for a moment like this."

state of the art transportation

Kichatnas, Southern region of Alaska Range

Sam took a magic carpet ride on March 2nd over the Alaska Range on his way to McGrath. He snapped this shot of the Kichatnas to share with the world.

Talkeetna Air Taxi images from Iditarod

The Iditarod is an incredible experience for the Mushers, the Pilots and everyone who touches it. Here are some images from talkeetna Air Taxi's archive: Ghost towns and the love of a musher for their dogs.

Up and Over the Alaska Range with Talkeetna Air Taxi

Talkeetna Air Taxi pilot, Danial Doty, flew across the divide of the Alaska Range last week to deliver supplies to Mystic Lodge, a mystical place on the North side of Denali!

Talkeetna Air Taxi in Morocco

TAT looks pretty good on the dune! Whitney, Lisa, Tatum and India sacrificed their shadows to the sand gods of Africa! woo hoo!

Clearing storm

It started to Snow last night and late this afternoon as it moved out it left behind about 8 inches of new snow. YES!

Spring is almost here

Nice light powdery snow and 6 minutes more sunlight a day. what could be better than that?

Bath Day for Beaver at Talkeetna Air Taxi

Mountain House, Ruth Glacier, Alaska Range

Flew into the mountain house on February 12th!

Talkeetna Air Taxi made the first landing there since last September. Mission? The Denali National Park service needed GPS coordinates. Snow pack is low at the Mountain House, the wind tends to blow it away at that site...

All seeing eyes

5FK came out of the hanger this winter sporting a little more Bling- Bling.

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The other end of the earth

Climbing in Patagonia by Mark Westman

Marks latest climbing adventure February 2009