Grounded for a day at PAIN. Anyone have tricks to go south when it's socked in? I had to turn back between summit and Honolulu southbound today due to low ceilings. It looked like clouds met the ground where the highway dips down to follow the east fork chulitna river. It wasn't bad at all with 2500 AGL ceilings north of windy pass, deteriorated fairly rapidly after that with ceilings gradually decreasing to < 100 ft with rain. I kind of expected it from the webcams but had to go see for myself knowing I would probably turnback.
I thought about flying to fairbanks and going IFR but moderate icing forecast at MEA. Doesn't look like much change for a few days. Probably jusg going to leave the plane (c182) and ride alaska air since I have to be back in 24 hrs. I have about a 650 mile/5 hour range in the airplane.
I thought about flying to fairbanks and going IFR but moderate icing forecast at MEA. Doesn't look like much change for a few days. Probably jusg going to leave the plane (c182) and ride alaska air since I have to be back in 24 hrs. I have about a 650 mile/5 hour range in the airplane.