Fairbanks-area tourism company proposes helicopter trips to remote Tolovana Hot Springs

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A Fairbanks-area tourism operator is proposing to set up a hot tub at the remote Tolovana Hot Springs and take visitors there by helicopter.

Skiers make their way toward Tolovana Hot Springs in 2012 in temperatures 35 degrees below zero.

Borealis Basecamp has applied to the Bureau of Land Management for a permit to operate west of existing cabins and tubs long managed by another company:“Our reasoning for doing this is we received requests both from our guests and guests who are not staying at Borealis Basecamp, for this service,” said Adriel Butler, who operates the lodging and outdoor recreation and aurora viewing business north of Fairbanks.

“I know that some people have said that we’re going to be hovering over top six times a day,” said Butler. “That’s a bit of fallacy. It’s not real.” “It’s gonna ruin the experience and it’s probably gonna ruin my business,” said DeLong. “You add the noise and you add the visual, it’s all negative and it’s all very impactful.”“Our understanding is that we have the lease for Tolovana Hot Springs and that we make the hot springs available to the public, and now we see that they are gonna take a tiny sliver of the hot spring’s area and offer it to someone else,” said DeLong.

 

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