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BOREAL AIR
Alaskan Float Plane Adventures
The Valley Of 10,000 Smokes
A LANDSCAPE FORGED IN SIXTY HOURS
Witness a 40 square mile canvas of volcanic power from above
THE VIEW FROM ABOVE
AN HOUR AND FORTY FIVE MINUTES OVER VOLCANIC WILDERNESS
Some landscapes can only be understood from the air. The Valley of 10,000 Smokes stretches 40 square miles across the heart of Katmai National Park. A vast expanse of volcanic ash up to 700 feet deep, carved by rivers and wind into an otherworldly terrain. From King Salmon, we'll take you over glaciers, active volcanoes, and the ash flows that buried this valley in June of 1912.
No two tours are exactly the same. Weather shapes what you'll see on any given day, but the valley floor alone is worth the flight.
Every Boreal Air flight is a private charter. Just your group, your timeline, your adventure.
01. THE ASH FLOWS
Forty square miles of volcanic ash, up to 700 feet deep. Rivers have carved canyons through the deposits, exposing layers of the 1912 eruption.
02. THE CALDERA
Mount Katmai's summit collapsed during the eruption, leaving a 2,000 foot deep crater now filled with a vivid blue lake.
03. THE LAVA DOME
Novarupta, Latin for "new eruption" is the 300 foot dome that marks the actual vent of the 1912 blast.
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