MFC0026 Exploring the Kenai Peninsula

We have made it to the Kenai Peninsula.  For drop-dead gorgeous scenery, abundant wildlife and thrilling adventures, Alaska is a vacation wonderland, and its Kenai Peninsula in the southwest is one of the most breathtaking natural scenery from lakes and rivers to the glaciers that we will explore on this trip.

Jutting from the southern coast of Alaska into the Gulf of Alaska, the Kenai Peninsula which houses the Kenai Wildlife Refuge is one of the most accessible and visitor-friendly areas of this wild state.

There is a wide variety of terrain in the refuge, including muskeg and other wetlands, alpine areas, taiga forest surrounded by  mountains and glaciers. The refuge protects several large mammals, including wolf packs, brown bears, black bears, dall sheep, moose, Canadian lynx, and caribou, as well as thousands of migratory and native birds. There are numerous lakes, as well as the Kenai River, and the refuge is a popular destination for fishing for salmon and trout. Let’s go explore this area.

Aircraft: This is another low and slow adventure so the aircraft used must be a single engine fixed wing standard prop Amphibian as landing locations vary from land to water moorings. All of these flights are short so a lighter single prop is recommended: Aircraft IE:  ICON A5, C185, DHC2 or DHC3 “Amphibian verions” but you can use any single engine non-turbo “amphibian”. Helo pilots do your thing in a helicopter but for most legs you require a “floats” or amphibian version.  

This excursion has 11 legs but a lot of interesting stops.

Tour Flight Leg Rating Conditions: Level 1/Easy-“6Ax”:

6=Max landing rate is -600fpm,

A=Autopilot and/or GPS use permitted.

x-# of Stop-overs in the flight leg*.  (Note: *There are legs with one or two stop-overs as well as other legs with no stops. What the flight legs closely as you progress through the excursion.   

The Tour download for this excursion is available in the Tour downloads section which contains the all the tour details, stop-over locations, sky vector map links as well as the award for completion so make sure you obtain the tour download for all of the tour specifics.