Talkeetna Mountains
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 5:42 pm
Well, technically it was yesterday but I did fly today as well!
My original thought was to fly up the Matinuska River valley to the Chickaloon River and follow that to the headwaters, through the pass and on to the Susitna River drainage and back around via Talkeetna.
Started up the Matinuska valley and was getting the snot beat out of me. 120mph indicated with a ground speed of about 70. I got just about to the turn and decided to save it for a better day.
Turned around and headed up Hatcher's pass instead. Smooth as glass. Up Archangel to Reed Lakes and over the pass to Bomber Glacier. Just a little aluminum showing out of the snow.
(Not my photo)
So I screw around here for a bit and realize I am still within easy striking distance of my original goal and fly over the peaks to get to the Chickaloon River drainage.
And into the Chickaloon drainage,
Looks like there are some pretty good landing possibilities here. I need to investigate again in the summer!
The headwaters of the Chickaloon and the pass.
Finally figured out how to use the Microsoft Snipping Tool!
My original thought was to fly up the Matinuska River valley to the Chickaloon River and follow that to the headwaters, through the pass and on to the Susitna River drainage and back around via Talkeetna.
Started up the Matinuska valley and was getting the snot beat out of me. 120mph indicated with a ground speed of about 70. I got just about to the turn and decided to save it for a better day.
Turned around and headed up Hatcher's pass instead. Smooth as glass. Up Archangel to Reed Lakes and over the pass to Bomber Glacier. Just a little aluminum showing out of the snow.
(Not my photo)
So I screw around here for a bit and realize I am still within easy striking distance of my original goal and fly over the peaks to get to the Chickaloon River drainage.
And into the Chickaloon drainage,
Looks like there are some pretty good landing possibilities here. I need to investigate again in the summer!
The headwaters of the Chickaloon and the pass.
Finally figured out how to use the Microsoft Snipping Tool!