YMM → YPY

Athabasca Oil Sands

Stark, massive open-pit mining operations and tailings ponds north of Fort McMurray.

Athabasca River Valley

Constant views of the wide river which serves as the primary corridor to the north.

Peace-Athabasca Delta

One of the world's largest freshwater deltas, featuring a complex maze of channels and marshes.

Lake Athabasca

The massive inland sea appearing on the horizon as you approach Fort Chipewyan.

Richardson Backcountry

Glimpses of distant sand dunes and unique geological formations to the east.

Boreal Forest Expanse

Infinite stretches of dense spruce and pine forest characteristic of Northern Alberta.

Birch Mountains

A distant view of the elevated plateau rising to the west of the flight path.

Wood Buffalo National Park

The eastern edges of Canada's largest national park, home to free-roaming bison.

Athabasca River Bends

Dramatic oxbow lakes and sharp river bends as the water carves through the wilderness.