Updated: June 28, 2016 Published: April 21, 2015
Paul Gilbert of Grand Lake, Co. records the scene at Don Sheldon Amphitheater while taking a flightseeing tour of Mt. McKinley with Talkeetna Air Taxi on May 18, 2005 in Denali National Park. Calm, sunny skies kept Talkeetna's air services busy ferrying tourists and mountain climbers to the Alaska Range and back.
Alaska's city dwellers get a lot of ribbing for being "30 minutes away from the real Alaska." But all that infrastructure also creates easy access to some pretty legit outdoor adventures -- and the options just keep getting better.
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