TEMSCO Helicopters Inc. - Denali — Attraction in Alaska

Today we had a once in a lifetime adventure (twice) our day started off perfectly with a greeting from our shuttle driver “Iowa” who said he didn’t drive “Badgers” and the bantering began, all In fun of course we did have him outnumbered four to one.

When we arrived at our destinations Temsco Aviation for our helicopter excursion to site see land and walk on a Glacier. Iowa checked us in and gave us glacier boots and preformed our safety briefing, but only following our official weigh in.

Our “first” trip was a very informative ride with Pablo, he took us out on a narrated ride out to the glacier fields and back to base only to be told we could not land due to weather constraints. A bit disappointed we went back inside to remove our boots and to our surprise we were offered a refund or the opportunity to re-schedule.

We chose the latter and returned later in the day. After the weather cleared we were once again led to our helicopter were this time we meet a real “ rock star” Rachel. She was absolutely amazing from the get go, always smiling and willing to share her knowledge of Alaska and her adventures that landed her with her dream job of flying folks like us to see this absolutely breathtaking place she calls her office.

After twenty minutes of stunning beauty, Rachel picked out the perfect spot to land, and our once in a lifetime journey began. stepping out of a helicopter onto glacier ice is something I will never forget. Ice as deep as 1500 feet below our feet, glacier rock deposits and areas of endlessly deep sink holes left us “almost” speechless. Rachel offered, and took photos of our group, then we finished exploring this breathtaking piece of heaven on earth at the foot of Mount Deborah. Rachel then treated us to a drink from a glacier stream possibly over a hundred years in the making.

Would I go back? Absolutely!! I would recommend Temsco Aviation without the slightest hesitation. every person we encountered from the shuttle drivers, ground personnel, to the pilots were all simply fantastic, smiles on their faces, willing to share their stories and experiences. You can tell how much they loved their jobs and sharing this part of Alaska with us. Anyone who is even considering taking a helicopter glacier tour from Denali, forget the rest, take the best, Temsco Tours and if you’re really lucky your pilot will have a very big smile on her face and her name tag will say Rachel.

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on Sept 1 2023 we took the Denali Glacier Landing by Helicopter tour (booked thru Princess). the weather was not great (rain/clouds) so we knew it was not going to be a perfect ride....the overall experience was not to our expectation at all. the entire ride was viewed with foggy windows so not much could be seen at all. the pilot, who did not speak at all or explain/narrate what we were seeing, etc, simply handed us a rag to wipe the windows. the second you ripped them, they were fogged up immediately. we were flying while raining/fog and landed on a glacier (did not even know the name of the glacier because the pilot did not speak at all), it was a sleet storm, which made the experience difficult to enjoy. the trip should have been cancelled due to weather. we spoke with the manager and his attitude was extremely poor and did not even care what our experience was terrible. I will never book with them and we also explained to Princess they should not be supporting such a...

Father and son trip from NY!!!

It was a sunny evening in the interior of Alaska when we got to an experience a once in a lifetime helicopter flight to the Valhalla glacier. Michael aka BearCatt and Becca from the office were a pleasure to work with and made our trip possible. We took off and it felt like we were soaring through the mountains atop a majestic unicorn. Goats on the left, waterfalls on the right, and a curvaceous glacier lying right in front. When we landed, we were awestruck at the beauty and size of the glacier. Our pilot told us stories of the surrounding area and made the trip even more enjoyable. We felt safe at all times. 20 minutes was gone in a flash, and we rode off into the sunset. My father recently had knee surgery and was hesitant to take this tour but after was happy he did and had no problems walking on the glacier. The pictures and videos we took were astounding and this is something my father and I will remember for a lifetime!...