Where did you fly today?
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Steve Pierce
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Graham, TX
No pictures, it didn't happen.
food, and coyotes too. Eddy Lewis
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Cortez Colorado
Flew through Silverton area on my way to Salida from Cortez. Went over Cinnamon Pass Northeast of Silverton.
On the way back home today I flew over the Great Sand Dunes on the East side of the Alamosa valley. There is very little snow in the Southwest and South Central Colorado. All of you Easterners have been stealing our winter snow so far.
On the way back home today I flew over the Great Sand Dunes on the East side of the Alamosa valley. There is very little snow in the Southwest and South Central Colorado. All of you Easterners have been stealing our winter snow so far.Attachments
Eddy Lewis
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Cortez Colorado
I should have mentioned that Cinnamon Pass has an elevation of 12,640 feet with the surrounding mountain peaks in the high thirteens with the highest peak to the South of the pass at 14,048. It was fairly calm when I flew through this area with only light turbulence. I would not fly this route in any kind of windy conditions. Make sure you have plenty of altitude before you commit the turn East over the pass out of the canyon that I am flying up in the video. Once over the narrow pass you will have plenty of elevation above the valley floor towards Lake City.
North side of Slumgullion pass East of Lake City. Guess this slide out area is how it gets it's name.Attachments
Eddie,
I've been over those passes many times, the lack of snow in your pics is SCARY for this time of year. My brother lives at the base of Wolf Creek Pass (South Fork Side) and is really nervous what fire season will bring this year with how little snow pack there is 1/4 of the way into the season and beetle kill spruce around...
Kirby
I've been over those passes many times, the lack of snow in your pics is SCARY for this time of year. My brother lives at the base of Wolf Creek Pass (South Fork Side) and is really nervous what fire season will bring this year with how little snow pack there is 1/4 of the way into the season and beetle kill spruce around...
Kirby
Eddy Lewis
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Cortez Colorado
Many folks in this area are concerned that this could be a repeat of 2002 when we had a number of large forest fires in this corner of the state due to little moisture. Here are a couple pictures that I took of the South Fork area yesterday. Most of the timber that is in the second shot that looks like living spruce, is actually dead beetle kill spruce.
February and March are the make break months that we will be paying close attention to.
February and March are the make break months that we will be paying close attention to.
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We call my Brother the family “Snowflakeoligist”, University of Colorado Snow Science Grad that spent multiple winters on the top of Red Mountain Pass digging snow pits then he started doing avalanche control and Partoling at Wolf Creek in ‘82 and has been living there ever since (even has a entre’ named after him at Kips Grill in Creede, the “Roberto”). He retired 15+ years ago but still averages around 50 days a year and told me at Christmas that he hasn’t ever seen this little snow, I suggested he verify he’s at max insurance coverage and update his bug out-plan.
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hotrod180
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Port Townsend, WA
Curious if all that beetle-killed spruce could be logged?
Is it in marketable condition?
I'm assuming it's on USFS land...
they would make some money, everyone involved in the logging would make some money,
and a lot of fodder for future forest fires would be removed.
Seems like a win-win-win to me.
Is it in marketable condition?
I'm assuming it's on USFS land...
they would make some money, everyone involved in the logging would make some money,
and a lot of fodder for future forest fires would be removed.
Seems like a win-win-win to me.
Eddy Lewis
SPONSOR
Cortez Colorado
I saw a fair amount of logging activity between Lake City and Salide in the high country where most of the trees are beetle-killed. The problem is there are thousands if not millions of acres of dead spruce and lodge-poll pine in Colorado south into New Mexico. The big burn this fall in Montana was in a beetle-kill area.
It’s only been in the last few years that they have had a commercial grade approved for the spruce used to only see it on siding, they call it “blue stain” its really pretty nice looking. Then you have the market saturation problem with the bugs speading rapidly throughout the west. Plus the use restrictions require the bark and sub strste be striped and burned the same day.
Cubus Maximus
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Messing around on the lakes, nice day! (finally...)
A few hours exercising the plane during a visit back to SE. Wish I had more time as ski flying conditions were prime. Contemplating relocating the plane out to Unalaska this spring/summer. Anyone have experience Cub'n in the Aleutians? Any recommendations/thoughts about operating out of the Aleutians for leisure?!?!? I know it is a different arena out this way but sure seems like some virgin country and with living here, taking advantage of weather when it presents itself seems reasonable (to me!). Plus, who wants to be without their plane?
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Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
It is pretty low, landed several places I had never been before last night. I washed the covers once. I took the back seat out. Gotta make home a cushion or piece of carpet.
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Ruffair
GONE WEST
Lower Chena
C130jake
BENEFACTOR
Four Corners Wyoming
Took Lucy Dog for her first flight. 0.3, no barking, just looked out the window. She hates wearing a harness and usually pouts. Probably why she sat so nice. I will try a longer ride tomorrow.
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Gordon Misch
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Toledo, Wa (KTDO)
Cool! Long ago my Chesapeake Bay Retriever LOVED to ride. I think she thought the -12 smelled like ducks?
Cub Special Ed
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MT/SD
Mr. Miller is good people.
S2D
MEMBER
Montana
Well I see the problem !! If you didn't fly so high you wouldn't wear your airplane out so fast.!!
Can't even say I've gone anywhere!! Just seems like I keep going in circles !!!
As long as your 12 didn’t end up smelling like a Chessie.
Little_Cub
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