Helicopter & HIKE Tours

The Comet Heli Hiking & Rafting Tour is the ultimate full-day Alaska adventure. Lift off into the stunning alpine of the Chugach National Forest aboard an Alpine Air R44 helicopter, soaring above cirque glaciers, hanging glaciers, rock glaciers, and retreating mountain glaciers. Land 2,000 feet up beside Comet Glacier, then hike downhill to Spencer Glacier Lake for a rafting iceberg tour before boarding the Alaska Railroad’s Glacier Discovery Train back to Girdwood. The helicopter and hiking portions are guaranteed private — just you and your guide.

For those seeking the most exclusive kayak experience, the Helicopter Glacier Blue Kayak & Grandview Tour delivers an action-packed private adventure. A breathtaking 20-minute scenic flight over the glaciated Chugach and Kenai Mountains is followed by a 2.5-mile hike, a 2-to-4-mile iceberg kayak paddle up close to Spencer Glacier, and a scenic train ride through the dramatic Grandview section of the Alaska Railroad.

Our most remote and exclusive helicopter experience is the 20 Mile Glacier Helicopter Rafting & Glacier Walk — a private journey through an entire river watershed, from glacier ice to the open ocean. Fly with Alpine Air Alaska into the Chugach Mountains aboard a Robinson R44, buzz the Twenty Mile Glacier, and land on iceberg-laden Twenty-Mile Lake. From there, raft 12 stunning miles downriver to a pickup on Turnagain Arm at the Seward Highway, with wildlife — bears, moose, bald eagles, and salmon — along the way. The adventure includes a 15-minute scenic glacier flight over the Chugach Mountains, a 15-minute glacier landing stopover onto the ice of 20 Mile Glacier, and a 3-to-4-hour private rafting tour down one of Alaska’s most spectacular and seldom-seen river corridors.