Juneau Icefields and Glacier Bay NP

Todays flight is a sightseeing adventure into some of Alaska's best glaciers. The flight is 343 miles with two stops. I will be in my Piaggeo but any plane that can do 150 will do. 

Juneau Icefield
The grandeur of Alaska’s epic glaciers will thrill and delight you. Your adventure begins the moment your plane departs the waters of the historic downtown Juneau waterfront. En route, you will soar over the lush wilderness that is the Tongass National Forest until your first glimpse of five distinctly different and majestic glaciers within the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield. Glide past deep crevasses and azure blue meltwater pools of the Norris, Hole-In-The-Wall, East and West Twin Glaciers, as well as the famous Taku Glacier. With a base of 5 miles wide, the Taku Glacier is the largest in the entire Juneau Icefield. is the quintessential Alaskan experience!

Glacier Bay National Park
Originally designated a national monument in 1925, and becoming a National Park and Preserve in 1980 the only thing that has really changed inside Glacier Bay National Park over the last 100 years is the disappearance of its namesake. The glaciers of Glacier Bay are retreating more every year.

Glacier Bay West Arm
On this exciting flight we will aviate over the East and West Arms of Glacier Bay National Park. This flight allows us the little extra time to fly deep into the tall and jagged Fairweather mountain range. We will see Mount Fairweather rising 15,300 feet tall and Mount Crillion at 12,700 feet. Among these giants we will see many tide water glaciers cascading down to the ocean. The Grand Pacific and Majorie Glaciers in the Tarr Inlet and the John Hopkins, Lamplugh and Reid Glaciers are the best of Glacier Bay.

Flight plan: Here:  (note I got the date wrong on the plan)

Scenery: None needed

Time and Weather: Please set your simulator for a 12pm local departure.

The weather here is iffy so a preset is needed for this flight. Please use whatever preset you want but I have included one here that I will be using.

Weather Preset: Here:

Multiplayer Particulars
Date and time: Wednesday, June 25, 2025. 1900 UTC
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Edited June 20, 2025Jun 20 by FreeBird(Josh)

Just to let everybody know we will be in float planes for this flight. Asobo Twin Otter or the Kodiak will do just fine.