Snowking Aviation

01/25/2024

Mountain traffic.

01/22/2024

The bold Cessna 185 Skywagon – capable, proven, and timelessly beautiful.

11/04/2023

This is the eastern edge of the Beluga Icefield in late July. Slush from a recent snowfall covers the ice, and the only sound was from trickling meltwater.

09/18/2023

Peak 7705 looms across the glacier 3 miles from our landing site in the Alaska Range. Although not comparatively high in elevation, it gains prominence at the glacier’s edge. Like hundreds of other peaks in this 600-mile arc of wildness, this one’s unnamed.

07/02/2023

This tiny frame falls far short of representing an enormous place – the Alaska Range. I landed the Super Cub here for the first time. Alone and 70 miles from the nearest road, the scene held me wonderstruck. The tarns are calming in a chaotic mountainscape. I emptied my water bottle and filled it with cold, unfiltered nectar. OMG.

04/01/2023

Our furry friend keeps an eye on us as we hike back to the plane.

03/04/2023

Tundra Pilot, our Alaska bush flying project, is all about getting out there and exploring wild places. Today is our one-year anniversary. Thank you to all our map users and contributors.

02/18/2023

The nature of flying over the North Cascades isn’t easy to put into words. Thank you Bellingham Alive! for doing it. Link below.

https://bellinghamalive.com/lifestyle/experiencing-the-north-cascades-from-above/.

02/18/2023

"I have no words to describe this" - Sean W. Bellingham, WA. Thank you Bellingham Alive! for putting the experience into words!

BETWEEN THEIR MOUNTAINS, lakes, volcanoes, glaciers, and old growth forests, the North Cascades are nothing short of magic. All of these sights are breathtaking when taken in from the ground, but admiring the mountains from the air is another experience entirely—just ask Pilot Wayne Mushrush. Mush...

02/07/2023

The source of the Lacuna Glacier is Sultana’s titanic south face – a complex of near vertical alpine walls stretching 4 1/2 miles across and rising 12,000’ from the lower icefall to the summit. I wish I could describe what it’s like flying a tiny bush plane close to this beast.

Sultana (Mount Foraker)
Coordinates: 62.9608, -151.3981
Elevation: 17,402’
62.9608, -151.3981
Rank: Alaska’s 3rd highest peak.

Lacuna Glacier
Coordinates: 62.881, -151.455,
Length 15 miles

02/04/2023

Like many North Cascade summits, Mount Shuksan is startlingly beautiful from the air. A flyby is best at low speed to capture the everchanging landscape and nuance of light.📸

12/21/2022

We were the only ones at this trailhead.