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Mt Lewis
earth turns and wind burns
(2024/12/25 18:57:03)
Mt Lewis
(2015/9/8 0:25:00)
Returning from Salt Lake City, Wayne, me,
Glen and Lauren decided to try fly Mt Lewis. Thanks Zac for the waypoints. While the mountain is unlikely to win any scenery of the year awards, I think at
almost 10,000ft it is the highest launch I've flown from.
The wind was light and variable which at
the peak of a 10k mountain was eery.
Glen launched first, we watched as he ran
and ran and ran into ~7mph slight right cross. Wayne and I waited and scoped out other launch possibilities but ended up taking the same launch and waiting what
seemed for ever for a good cycle.
The climb out was pretty easy, but the
thermals were not well behaved. They topped out just 3k over.
Which was surprisingly little wiggle room
for glide. We flew south, looking for some scenery.
Didn't find a whole lot...
So with the long drive ahead we
corkscrewed down.
And all landed totally different
directions. One thing I noticed on descent were what I thought were water lines, (channels water would run or drain off in) I look at these for slope indication
(you don't want to land downhill), anyway these didn't seem to make sense. After I landed I noticed shoeless hoof prints. Ah wild horses! of course. You can see
one such channel to my right.
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earth turns and wind burns
(2024/12/25 18:57:03)
Mt Lewis
(2015/9/8 0:25:00)
Returning from Salt Lake City, Wayne, me,
Glen and Lauren decided to try fly Mt Lewis. Thanks Zac for the waypoints. While the mountain is unlikely to win any scenery of the year awards, I think at
almost 10,000ft it is the highest launch I've flown from.
The wind was light and variable which at
the peak of a 10k mountain was eery.
Glen launched first, we watched as he ran
and ran and ran into ~7mph slight right cross. Wayne and I waited and scoped out other launch possibilities but ended up taking the same launch and waiting what
seemed for ever for a good cycle.
The climb out was pretty easy, but the
thermals were not well behaved. They topped out just 3k over.
Which was surprisingly little wiggle room
for glide. We flew south, looking for some scenery.
Didn't find a whole lot...
So with the long drive ahead we
corkscrewed down.
And all landed totally different
directions. One thing I noticed on descent were what I thought were water lines, (channels water would run or drain off in) I look at these for slope indication
(you don't want to land downhill), anyway these didn't seem to make sense. After I landed I noticed shoeless hoof prints. Ah wild horses! of course. You can see
one such channel to my right. execution time : 0.004 sec