Official paragliding flight distance record for the state of Alaska is 38 miles flying out and back from Eagle River/Mount Baldy.
Juneau's distance record is held by Gerry Donohoe who flew from Mt. Roberts to Lena Loop off the Glacier Highway. I believe the distance as the crow flies is about 17 miles. He has also made a flight from Mt. Roberts to the Mendenhall Glacier visitor's parking lot, but that distance is ONLY (ha!) 11 miles. Ask Gerry; he has it recorded via GPS and is also on a website.
Brett Neyhart holds altitude and duration records for Mt. Roberts. He had a flight in May of 2004 that took him to cloudbase at 8,200 feet. He also claims the IRON BLADDER award for the longest duration Juneau flight of 4 hours and 20 minutes. Brett has amassed more airtime than any pilot in Juneau. As of this writing, he has flown over 30 times this year, whereas the rest of us have less than ten flights so far.
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