Video of the Day — Steep Ice

This is an Ice Field in the Chugach Mts. It is a one way strip because of the steepness of the ice. When my tires hit the ice I am under full power.  “Going Around” (pilot-talk for canceling a landing and circling back for another try) is laughable on a spot like this.  Notice that while the client climbs into the back seat, the airplane slides sideways down-hill.  I know it does not look like much, but when you are standing / parked on a sheet of slanted ice … it gets your attention.  If the plane ever started sliding, and gained any momentum, it would only accelerate as the glacier gets steeper just downhill.  The de-celeration would come quickly about 4000′ down glacier… in a boulder patch.