Sixty minutes over peak fall color. Whiteface · Marcy ridgeline · Lake George islands. Premium pricing during the peak window — and worth every dollar.
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A few frames from above the High Peaks and Lake George. Peak color lands Sept 21–Oct 17, and peak-week slots book about four weeks out. This is what your hour looks like.
Three moments from the Great Adirondack Moose Festival: the color from 800 feet, a young passenger's first helicopter flight, and two friends on the last flight of the day. Peak color runs through Oct 17.
Driving the Adirondack foliage routes is beautiful. Hiking the High Peaks in October is unforgettable. But neither shows you what a helicopter shows you — the entire 6-million-acre canopy, ridge by ridge, lake by lake, color by color, in a single hour.
Whiteface, Marcy ridgeline, the Lake Placid corridor — the iconic Adirondack peaks at peak color. The most-photographed flight in the Northeast.
180+ islands wreathed in red and gold maples, reflected in the lake. From altitude, the islands look painted.
The ridge that splits Lake George — sugar maples and beech in every shade from green to deep red along its spine.
Crossing east, the valley between Lake George and Lake Champlain holds some of the densest hardwood color in the Northeast.
To celebrate our inaugural season, we've dropped our 60-minute Grand Tour to $750 every week of foliage season — including peak color, normally $1,195. Same private buyout, same High Peaks Grand route, up to 3 passengers. Prefer a shorter flight? Ask about our 30-minute foliage scenic — $375.
Peak foliage weekends typically sell out about 4 weeks in advance — and at this inaugural-year rate ($750, normally $1,195), they'll go even faster. Reserve early.
Adirondack foliage is unpredictable from year to year — the dates below are based on years of local foliage observation. We watch the canopy weekly and update customers if a forecast shifts.
Color stages (typical year):
Flight conditions during foliage season are variable — early morning is often calm and clear, late afternoon often hazy. We'll text you the morning of your flight if conditions warrant rebooking.
Most people book foliage flights in late September after they've already arrived in the Adirondacks. By then, all peak-window weekends are gone. The pattern that works:
Editorial-grade aerial foliage shots require doors-off. We accommodate with prior notice (~1 week). Inaugural-year 60-minute rate ($750, all season including peak) plus a $200 doors-off setup fee. Photographers retain full image rights.
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