Alaska Excursions

Alaska Excursions

Wide range of glorious day trips throughout Southcentral Alaska.

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Photos and stories from the last great race.

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A DeHavilland turbine Otter ski plane parked on the Ruth Glacier in the Don Sheldon amphitheatre which is a popular destination for flight seeing and glacier landings with it's spectacular view of Mount McKinley, left, North America's highest peak at 20,320-foot tall.

Bill Roth / Anchorage Daily News

A DeHavilland turbine Otter ski plane parked on the Ruth Glacier in the Don Sheldon amphitheatre which is a popular destination for flight seeing and glacier landings with it's spectacular view of Mount McKinley, left, North America's highest peak at 20,320-foot tall.