Getting To Pontoon

To get to Pontoon you're going to first make your way out to Valdez from there the easiest way is to find one of the heliski companies to take you out there if sometime between mid-February to end of April. Otherwise contact Vertical Solutions helicopters in Valdez.

If you really want you can get in there on foot. Options include going up Wortmanns Glacier but going up Deserted Glacier is likely the most common approach.

The Deserted Glacier approach beings at the "hairpin" turn on the south side of Thompson Pass. Head up Moonlight Basin and then head towards Marshall Pass. Before you get to Marshall Pass head up Deserted Glacier. Stay to the east but be mindful of avalanche run out off that east wall. From that point you'll be looking at Pontoon.

Your choice to go up west (up) or east(down) before proceeding to Pontoon.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Pontoon

Bench Glacier, Cordova Glacier, Deserted Glacier, Glacier G214282E60871N, Glacier G214285E60829N, Glacier G214286E60849N, Glacier G214289E60837N, Glacier G214291E60861N, Glacier G214314E61049N, Glacier G214328E60976N, Glacier G214334E60964N, Glacier G214344E60960N, Glacier G214354E60949N, Glacier G214364E60797N, Glacier G214367E61057N, Heiden Glacier, Marshall Glacier, Shephard Glacier, Tasnuna Glacier, The Beach, Woodworth Glacier,

Rude Lake,

Mercury, Valley of the Tusk,

The Island, Kelly Mountain, Pontoon,

Bronto, Halibut Head, Ivory Tusk, The Tusk,

Sushi Bar, The Books,

Rude River,

Parson Falls Creek, Robinson Falls Creek, Snyder Falls Creek, Wesley Falls Creek,