When our day ended at the end of the road in Kantishna, we decided we could not take another 7 hour trip by bus back out of the park (with the same views)....so we opted to fly back to the town of Denali where out hotel was. There were 2 seats available, one on each of 2, 5-seater planes. So we split up and off we went. Not only did we get a trip back to the hotel, which should have taken about 30 minutes, we also had a 1.5 hour flightseeing adventure. Since Mt. McKinley was in full view our pilots headed there and were we in for a flight of a lifetime!! These photos came out pretty well, considering they were taken from inside the plane. One the way there were some showers in the low-lands and we captured a rainbow. Then the dramatic shots of the mountains and the glaciers. To keep this in perspective, the lower mountains are 7,000 feet. The mountain with the bid snow slide on it is only 15,000 ft, and Mt. McKinley's highest peak is 20,300 +/- feet. Also keep in mind that there are crazy people down there hiking!!! FYI, that's Ian in the window where the door is on the plane!!
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