Good morning from Whitehorse Seaplane Base!
My name is Alex, and welcome to this special video.
In June last year, I visited beautiful Whitehorse, Yukon, and although I’ve already posted
a couple videos from that trip, with the flight on Air North and the video about Condor’s
transatlantic service,
I wanted to share another unique thing I did while I was there.
When I arrived, I did some reading, and decided to go up for a flight with Alpine Aviation,
on one of their Cessna 206s.
Specifically, for the “mini Grand Canyon tour”, as they call it.
As a resident of a very much landlocked province, I’ve never actually been on a floatplane,
and with only a few days to spend in Whitehorse, I figured this would be the best way to see
as much as I can.
This scenic flight would take us southwest towards the British Columbia border, before
turning around near Primrose Lake and Rosette Peak,
and flying through the valley back towards Whitehorse.
Total flying time was 45 minutes, covering a distance of around 150 kilometres.
Alpine Aviation’s float aircraft operate from a dock on Schwatka Lake, a few minutes
south of Whitehorse, and they have a fleet of Cessna 206s, along with a De Havilland
Beaver and a Maule M-7.
So, please enjoy this look at flying in a floatplane around this severely underrated
part of Canada!
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Hopefully you enjoyed that scenery as much I did!
It was a lot bumpier than the footage shows, but either way, this was a truly amazing look
at some unspoiled wilderness.
If you ever find yourself in Whitehorse, Alpine Aviation’s definitely worth checking out!
Thanks for watching this special video.
I have a lot of footage in the backlog to share with you in these uncertain times, so
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