Tinknock50 Posted October 13, 2016 #26 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Era (phone 800-843-1947, website eraflightseeing.com) has a lift with a capacity of 250-lb. But the person I spoke to cautioned me that the lift stays at their base, so a handicapped person would have to stay in the copter rather than get out and walk around on the glacier. BTW, TravelJuneau.com is VERY knowledgable and helpful. I saw a single reference somewhere to a company that had a lift, the poster wasn't sure of the name but thought it was something like Era. With that information, the TravelJuneau phone rep was able to give me the phone # and website and tell me a little about the company. TravelJuneau is part of the Chamber of Commerce, I think, so has no mandate to push any particular company. Thanks. I have been talking to Coastal Helicopters and they gave the same scenario about getting onto the glacier. I will check with ERA too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinknock50 Posted October 13, 2016 #27 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Coastal only charges $290 for the Glacier Landing. http://www.coastalhelicopters.com/tours/icefield-excursion/ I have actually flown with them 3 times before and thought they were great but never with a handicap persons as I will next June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamasylvia Posted October 13, 2016 #28 Share Posted October 13, 2016 > Coastal only charges $290 for the Glacier Landing Oh my. Era starts at $750. I wonder if I could wheedle DH into spending the $290. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinknock50 Posted October 13, 2016 #29 Share Posted October 13, 2016 (edited) > Coastal only charges $290 for the Glacier Landing Oh my. Era starts at $750. I wonder if I could wheedle DH into spending the $290. Actually ERA has one for $420, still a big difference. I think ERA may be charging more because they may be supplying tours to the ships and have to keep them in line with that pricing. Coastal does not. http://www.eraflightseeing.com/content/e1485/e1486/e1487/index_eng.html Edited October 13, 2016 by Tinknock50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18alaska Posted January 2, 2018 #30 Share Posted January 2, 2018 SO overwhelmed but thank you so much everyone for all of this great information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfgoode Posted March 22, 2018 #31 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Bumping up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinknock50 Posted March 22, 2018 #32 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Coastal only charges $290 for the Glacier Landing. http://www.coastalhelicopters.com/tours/icefield-excursion/ I have actually flown with them 3 times before and thought they were great but never with a handicap persons as I will next June. Coastal was unable to provide wheelchair lift transportation to the heliport. So we had to go with a more expensive Holland America tour. It was fantastic! Finally got my handicapped friend to a glacier landing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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