Leg 236, Orofino, Idaho via Utah to Bear Lake County, Idaho, USA
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Lovely nature flight over Idaho, beautiful mountains and valleys to fly through.
04-14 Orofino Mun 5:36 PM Dworshak Dam 46°30’55"N, 116°17’47"W
04-14 Kooskia Mun S82 5:49 PM
04-14 Dixie USFS A05 6:10 PM
04-14 Big Creek U60 6:22 PM
04-14 Lower Loon Creek C53 * 6:45 PM
04-14 Mahoney Creek 0U3 6:54 PM
04-14 Thomas Creek 2U8 6:58 PM
04-14 Indian Creek USFS S81 7:02 PM
04-14 Morgan Ranch 02ID 7:10 PM
04-14 Sulphur Creek Ranch ID74 7:13 PM
04-14 Bruce Meadows U63 7:19 PM
04-14 Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Fld KBOI 7:43 PM
04-14 Mountain Home Afb KMUO 7:59 PM
04-14 Buhl Mun U03 8:20 PM
04-14 Joslin Field - Magic Valley Rg KTWF 8:25 PM
04-14 Lucin 02UT 8:51 PM
04-14 Wendover KENV Salt flats 9:08 PM Bonneville Salt flats racetrack 40°45’44.4"N 113°53’46.0"W
04-14 Delle Utah KGRT 9:31 PM Bingham Copper Mine 40°31’23.0"N 112°08’57.9"W
04-14 Salt Lake City Intl KSLC PG Area 9:51 PM
04-14 Skypark Bountiful KBTF 10:10 PM
04-14 Hill Afb KHIF 10:16 PM
04-14 Ogden-Hinckley KOGD 10:19 PM
04-14 Logan-Cache KLGU 10:35 PM 37 knot cross wind
04-14 Bear Lake County 1U7 10:55 PM
Flight time 5:19 23 stops
Departure from Orofino, looks nice by daylight
Checking out the Dworshak Reservoir and Dam
Clearwater River
Rainbow Lake
Salmon River through Payette National Forest
Chicken Peak (8,440ft) in the Big Hole Mountains above Fleming Canyon
Mosquito Ridge South
Big Creek at Hogback Ridge
Flying over Valley County
Approaching Lower Loon Creek from the north
Over the Middle Fork Slamon River
Lower Loon Creek Airstrip USFS
I came in a bit fast, long way down, stopped in time before the rocks
Mahoney Creek
Indian Creek
Back over the Middle Fork Salmon River
Sulphur Creek Ranch, on the straight and narrow
Over Lost Lakes
Hole in the Wall Creek
Wilson Peak (5,353ft)
The Snake River winding through Owyhee County
Twin Falls County, huge farms to the horizon
Rain incoming over Cassia County
Fivemile Springs, Nevada
Burnt Mountain near Death Creek Reservoir in Utah, on Google maps that is
Burnt Mountain is actually far further South, no name for this rock
Box Elder County, still cold enough to end up with an iced up plane
Tooele County
Wendover on the western edge of the salt flats
Salt works in Tooele County
Bonneville Salt Flats
In Bonneville State Park
The Bonneville salt flats are known for setting all kinds of land speed records
Futher on to Delle, strange landscape
Grassy Mountains HP (6,596ft)
Cedar Mountains ridge just before Delle
Stansbury Bay, at the southwest end of Great Salt Lake
Stansbury Island
Great Salt Lake, western Hemisphere’s largest salt-water lake
Bingham Canyon Mine aka Kennecott Copper Mine, just southwest of Salt Lake City International Airport
The largest man-made excavation, and deepest open-pit mine in the world (3,900ft)
Salt Lake City, capital of Utah, Salt Palace Convention Center on the left
Salt Lake Temple, the centerpiece of Temple Square & the Mormon Church
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Conference Center with gardens on the roof
Utah State Capitol Building behind towards the hills
Light fading fast, heading North along Capitol Hill after checking out the south part of the city
Skypark Airport
Take off from Ogden-Hinckley Airport
Leaving Ogden behind to climb over the mountain range in the dark
To finish this leg at Bear Lake County Airport
The co-pilot had a spot on the window to see the runway, 28F outside
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On to Yellowstone National Park next leg.