Anyone know if Girdwood and Seldovia are plowed in the winter? I’d like to fly into each with my daughter and her husband this week in my 172 while it’s sunny but we’ve had so much snow. Thanks!
Bugs

Not sure about Girdwood, but I know Seldovia is, there is air service into it year around.

SELDOVIA
SELDOVIA (SOV)(PASO) 1 E UTC–9(–8DT) N59º26.63´ W151º42.30´
29 NOTAM FILE SOV
RWY 16–34: 1845X80 (GRVL)
RWY 16: Hill. Rgt tfc.
RWY 34: Hill.
AIRPORT REMARKS: Unattended. Pilots requested to self announce on CTAF 5
NM from airport and when taking off and clearing rwy. Maintenance duty
hrs Mon–Fri 1400–2200Z‡, 15 Oct–30 Apr. Snow and ice removal and
airport conditions reporting performed during duty hours only. 230´
safety area for Rwy 34, 500´ for Rwy 16. Turbulence when wind
southeast or southwest. Wind shear on apch to Rwy 16. Ngt ops not
authorized. Reflective marking on rwy, end markers both rwy ends. Rwy
cond not monitored, recommend visual inspection prior to ldg. Rwy
16–34 marked with cones.
AIRPORT MANAGER: 907-235-8872
WEATHER DATA SOURCES: ASOS 135.4 (907) 234–7407.
COMMUNICATIONS: CTAF 122.9
RADIO AIDS TO NAVIGATION: NOTAM FILE HOM.
HOMER (H) VORW/DME 114.6 HOM Chan 93 N59º42.57´
W151º27.40´ 190º 17.7 NM to fld. 1626/15E.
COMM/NAV/WEATHER REMARKS: For a local call to Homer FSS dial 235–8588. For a toll free call to Kenai FSS dial
1–866–864–1737.
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Ok. Thanks much.

There is also weather cams at seldovia.

Was kinda icy last time I went. Two weeks or so ago. But still very doable and beautiful as expected.

bugs1961 wrote:Anyone know if Girdwood and Seldovia are plowed in the winter? I’d like to fly into each with my daughter and her husband this week in my 172 while it’s sunny but we’ve had so much snow. Thanks!
Bugs

A quick call to 1-800-WX-BRIEF will get you all kinds of good information for planning your trips. Conditions change fast so personal reports can be made invalid pretty quickly.

Girdwood is plowed in the winter, but it sometimes takes them some time to get it done. It also takes them some time to do the taxiway areas so there might not be a place to park the plane if you do fly in. Better give it some time if there was a big snowfall at Alyeska recently.
You might try calling Alpine Air Alaska or Chugach Powder Guides who operate daily out of there for current runway conditions.

Good info. Thanks much. The time has past this time to fly the kids from Homer to Girdwood but I never know when they’ll call up and ask me to come get them and take them skiing! It doesn’t take much persuading to get me to fly down to Homer from the Wasilla area to see the grandkids. Grandkids are the best!