What you can see on the Redoubt cams
The cams show the upper cone and its glaciers from the north side of the mountain, and the whole volcano on the horizon from across Cook Inlet.
The Cook Inlet lowlands from Beluga
From Beluga, on the west shore of Cook Inlet, this aviation weather camera looks south-west over the buildings of the power station, then across miles of flat spruce forest and wetland. The mountains of the Aleutian Range run along the far horizon, white with snow; Redoubt stands among them, about 120 km away.
At that distance the volcano is a small shape on the skyline, and the camera's use is the long view: whether the range is clear, and whether anything is rising from it. Low winter sun and the open sky make this one of the brightest views in the region.
Eruptions of Redoubt
In December 1989 a jet flying into Anchorage lost power in all four engines after entering Redoubt’s ash cloud; the crew restarted them just in time and landed safely. That incident helped create today’s system for warning pilots about volcanic ash. Redoubt erupted again in 2009, with explosions that sent ash up to about 18 km (60,000 ft) and mudflows that raced down the Drift River valley.
When to watch Redoubt
Like the other Cook Inlet volcanoes, Redoubt is often wrapped in cloud. Clear winter days give crisp views of the snow-covered cone, but daylight is short then.
Around Redoubt
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve has no roads; visitors arrive by small plane, often to watch brown bears or to fish. Redoubt’s neighbour to the south, Iliamna, is another ice-clad volcano of similar height. From the Kenai Peninsula across the inlet, both peaks line the western horizon on clear days.
Visiting Redoubt
There are no roads to Redoubt. Small planes fly from Anchorage, Kenai and Homer into Lake Clark National Park, often landing on lakes or beaches, and some sightseeing flights pass close to the volcano on clear days.
