McCarthy Air changed their pricing scheme twice during the course of our trip. The end result: despite assuring my buddy and me that we would pay for a cheaper, updated itinerary, rather than an earlier, more expensive one, McCarthy Air charged us for the more expensive trip that we didn't actually take. When, at the end, I told the office employee that as far as I was concerned, they were straight up stealing money from us, he replied something like, "Yeah, sorry I don't have better news for you." Pretty bad part of an otherwise awesome trip to McCarthy and Wrangell St. Elias National Park.
Two stars instead of one, because the pilot, Gary, clearly knows what he's doing with a bush plane and knows the backcountry like the back of his hand. That said, I highly suggest you go with Wrangell Mountain Air if you want a backcountry drop-off. read more