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to Fairbanks Nenana 90 mi 122.5 RCO 145 km Alma Lakes ! Chitsia Mtn ! 122.9 CTAF Healy River Eight ! Mile 122.4 RCO Lake 122.9 CTAF !Ä Minchumina Otto Lake ! ! 122.2 RCO Sushanna Caribou Ridge !Dry 135.55 AWOS Lakes ! !Ä Creek Healy Canyon 122.9 CTAF ! McKinley Park ERA 122.1 RCO Mt Heliport ! Sushana ! 135.75 AWOS Primrose Margaret ! SavageGa p River ! Ridge ! Park !Ä Mushers ! ! 5 mi. ! Sanctuary ! Hqtrs. Peak ! 7 mi. ! ! Teklanika Mt Gap ! ! Savage Crisscross !Ä Gap Wright Erratics 122.9 CTAF Box ! The K Denali Stampede ! Triple The Bowl Lakes (Private Airstrip) Teklanika ! Campground 122.9 CTAF ! Denai !Ä Creek Burch Teklanika Top of ! Deneki ! Pass Bridge Denai Bend in Lakes Lower ! ! ! Riley Toklat ! ! Sheep ! DoubleMt n Trail ! Clearwater ! Carlo Ridge Caribou ! Pass Carlo Cathedral ! Creek Creek ! !Mtn ! Fang Middle ! 2nd Notch Mtn Stony ! of Double Polychrome Upper Myrtle Round ! Hidden 122.9 CTAF Rest Area Riley Pass ! Top Pass Kantishna ! ! ! Glen To klat Teksan ! 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Lake ! 123.65 Big Shot A Third E. Tok Lake l ! d Shot e South ! Spink Mountain Traffic r One Shot ! W. Tok Lake G ! Advisory Frequency ! Lake ! Tok-Ruth Second a Y of the Saddle Big Bend of Mt p Byers ! Shot !Kanikula ! the Ruth Russell ! Lake Mt ! !Tr ipleCr own !Goldie AlderCree k ! ! S. Triple Alpine Crown Pass Toe of the Lakes Pika Kanikula ! ! Toe of the Glacier Toe of ! Tokositna Big Bend the Ruth Glacier ! Pirate of the ! Kahiltna Bear Bubbling Lake ! ! ! Creek Hillside Spring ! ! Quill Home ! Hill Moose ! Lake ! Meadows Ramparts ! ERA Chulitna Hidden N.Peters River Lake ! Heliport ! Hills ! Boundary Mt ! Lake ! Dall Dutch ! Swan Creek Bunco ! Peters Lake Lake ! Gap ! ! ! Bunco N. Gravel Pits Bump ! Black dots - Represent reporting points used for VFR ! situational awareness while flying in frequently used airspace Toe of the Denali Chelatna Safari over Denali National Park and Preserve Kahiltna Lake Lake ! Lake ! ! Between ! S.Pe ters Red dots - Represent reporting points that are heavily used the Rivers Hills and see a higher amount of air traffic crossings. Pilots near ! Chase Gravel these areas should use extreme vigilance. Highway Pits ! !Ä ! Camp Clear Creek 010 20 Kilometers 122.9 CTAF ! Chelatna Lake (Pvt) Scotty Z Trapper 0 10 20 Miles Lake! Creek !Ä N ! 123.60 Radio Denali Unpaved road Talkeetna National Park 135.20 ASOS Denali Primitive road National Preserve Denali Radio Frequency Boundaries to Anchorage State Park 112 mi 180 km For Advisory Purposes Only Caution: Study the reporting point locations. Maintain VFR separation at all times. Pilots: Please report discrepencies to Denali National Park & Preserve for updating. DENALI NATIONAL PARK - ALASKA RANGE Pilots are responsible to See and Avoid other aircraft. Refer to the Alaska Supplement under "Denali Advisory" for the most current information. This is a collection of the most commonly used reporting COMMONLY USED REPORTING POINTS points used by Part 135 Operators based in the Talkeetna For Google Earth overlays, GPS downloads, current revisions and updates go to: www.nps.gov/dena/planyourvisit/avmapguidlines.htm and Windy Pass areas. Version 2, 2009, rev. 9/21/2009 area. area. recommended you leave the mountain area as the weather can change very quickly. quickly. very change can weather the as area mountain the leave you recommended AGL down the Riley and Denai Creek drainages, continuing across the Triple Lakes Lakes Triple the across continuing drainages, Creek Denai and Riley the down AGL in the Alaska Supplement and by NOTAM/PIREP NOTAM/PIREP by and Supplement Alaska the in reporting point procedures. If you are new to the area, and this route is being used, it is is it used, being is route this and area, the to new are you If procedures. point reporting Range. When landing, these flights typically descend rapidly from 6000 ft to 3000 ft ft 3000 to ft 6000 from rapidly descend typically flights these landing, When Range. Please check current airport information airport current check Please the direct route is weathered in. Listen for PIREPs on the CTAF frequency and follow follow and frequency CTAF the on PIREPs for Listen in. weathered is route direct the Alaska Alaska the along spine the of side south or north the along southwest track routes flight (907) 683-2294 (907) Southeast Fork Kahiltna (the long way) long (the Kahiltna Fork Southeast : Local pilots will be using this route when when route this using be will pilots Local : of flight. These flights are typically comprised of multiple twin engine aircraft. Typical Typical aircraft. engine twin multiple of comprised typically are flights These flight. of traffic avoid these corridors corridors these avoid traffic Denali National Park, AK, 99755 99755 AK, Park, National Denali pits” between 1500 ft and ft 1500 between pits” gravel “Chase or camp” “highway report should be given to this area as aircraft are in either the landing or departing phases phases departing or landing the either in are aircraft as area this to given be should PO Box 9 Box PO RWY not monitored. Most arrivals from North and Northwest will will Northwest and North from arrivals Most monitored. not RWY Remarks downdrafts and turbulence. Don’t get caught with no way out. way no with caught get Don’t turbulence. and downdrafts nana River, and in close proximity to the Triple Lakes reporting point. Special attention attention Special point. reporting Lakes Triple the to proximity close in and River, nana National Park Service Park National TWEB 116.2, ASOS 135.20 135.20 ASOS 116.2, TWEB ft MSL, listen, stay right, watch diligently for opposite direction traffic, listen for reports of of reports for listen traffic, direction opposite for diligently watch right, stay listen, MSL, ft Denali Private (AK06) is centered between Healy and Windy passes, east of the Ne- the of east passes, Windy and Healy between centered is (AK06) Private Denali CTAF 123.6, RC0122.2, unicom123.0, ANC CTR, 125.55, 125.55, CTR, ANC unicom123.0, RC0122.2, 123.6, CTAF Communications “base camp” on the Kahiltna Glacier. Watch for “One Shot Gap”: minimum altitude 8500 8500 altitude minimum Gap”: Shot “One for Watch Glacier. Kahiltna the on camp” “base 18-36 Runways or during May and June. Aircraft are leaving Talkeetna and flying the most direct route to to route direct most the flying and Talkeetna leaving are Aircraft June. and May during 36 36 Traffic Left-hand also climb through Healy canyon and depart via Dry Creek. Dry via depart and canyon Healy through climb also 18 Traffic Right-hand Southeast Fork Kahiltna (ka-hilt-na) Glacier (ka-hilt-na) Kahiltna Fork Southeast : This can be a very high volume route route volume high very a be can This : climbing above the airstrip. Often if agency aircraft are departing to the North they will will they North the to departing are aircraft agency if Often airstrip. the above climbing www.faa.gov/go/flyalaska www.faa.gov/go/flyalaska 3500ft Asphalt Asphalt 3500ft Length Runway aircraft usually fly direct to their mission objectives and typically depart mid field after after field mid depart typically and objectives mission their to direct fly usually aircraft 358ft 358ft Elevation Airport (866) 866-357-4704 866-357-4704 (866) SOUTHSIDE AIR ROUTES ROUTES AIR SOUTHSIDE Talkeetna (PATK) (PATK) Talkeetna Many Agency aircraft operate out of the McKinley National Park strip as well. These These well. as strip Park National McKinley the of out operate aircraft Agency Many Alaskan Region FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) (FAASTeam) Team Safety FAA Region Alaskan sites. Listen and obey airspace closures around rescue operations. operations. rescue around closures airspace obey and Listen sites.
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    150°0'0"W 149°0'0"W 148°0'0"W 147°0'0"W Boulder Creek ALM Threemile Creek ALM ALM BID WLMALM BID Moose Creek Chicken Creek Elsie Creek Eva Creek WLMGlacier Creek Cody Creek Steep Creek ALM Liberty Bell MineWilson Creek Saint Charles Creek McAdam Creek Grubstake Creek Little Moose Creek Lynx Creek Fourth of July Creek Rock Creek Eagle Creek Coal Creek Slide Creek Marguerite CreekBonanza Creek Moose CreekSheep Creek 64°0'0"N ALM Emma CreekWinter Creek Homestake Creek ALM Walker Creek Coal Creek 64°0'0"N Sheep Creek ALM Plarmigan Creek Last Chance Creek Newman Creek ALM Ptarmigan Lake Mystic Mountain Slate Creek Thistle Creek Platt CreekFox Creek Shovel CreekNeedle Rock East Fork Little Delta RiverWest Fork Little Delta River Needle Creek DexAtellr GCorelde Ck reek Jumbo Dome Surprise Creek Chitsia Mountain Davis Creek Chute Creek Rogers Creek Buchanan Creek Walker Dome Mystic Creek Red Mountain Creek Iowa Creek Little Panguingue Creek Panguingue Creek Portage Creek Keevy Peak Popovitch Creek Sanderson Creek Savage River Whiskey Pup Louise Creek ALM Frances Creek Fish Creek Lignite Usibelli Peak Rock Creek East Fork Toklat River ALM Lignite Creek Lathrop, Mount Copper Creek Wigand Creek Virginia CreekKansas Creek O'Brien Creek Alder Creek Poker Creek Eightmile Lake Dry Creek Little Bear Creek Gold Run Gagnon Creek Slate Creek Coal Creek Cripple Creek Canyon Creek Glory Creek Cripple Creek Mine IPS French Gulch Crooked Creek UUssibibeelllili Mine Alaska Creek Forgotten Creek HealyHealy Dora Creek SuSnutnratrnacnaa Creek Healy CreekMoody Creek