It’s been a busy summer with too little flying. We did make it up to JC for a quick camping trip in July, and then last week a very quick morning trip up for breakfast. Visited Chamberlain, Cabin Creek and Cougar Ranch. Also flew down the Big Creek drainage to check the other strips.












A new strip coming!



https://youtu.be/WvaLaMIkVMY

Another video from last week. A great little strip that opened last year called Cougar Ranch.

https://youtu.be/MjuYpwX8wmA


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As always you are making good memories Cory. Keep it up. Thanks for sharing.

Rob

Thanks Rob. Not nearly as much flying as I would have liked this summer, but I knew that going into it. Now I’m trying to make up for it. [emoji1]

A couple of weeks ago I spent the day showing my sister-in-law and two of her friends the Utah Backcountry. It was another “Man I love this plane” kind of days as we bounced in out of a few strips with 4 adults on board!

Last Tuesday I spent the day flying one of the recreational planners from the Price district around to see the strips in his district. We flew over almost all the strips and landed at a few. They are very pro what we do and it was a great day of flying. Probably the nicest day I’ve even seen down south. Low 50s and hardly a whisper of a breeze all day. Allen and Stan joined with their plane as well as Ryan Krissman. It was an awesome day of flying.




https://youtu.be/8KuROoSt1mY


https://youtu.be/L9hlHYl0y3w


https://youtu.be/ZyyOLtDoU7I

Looks like a beauty day of flying to some awesome places. Neat bit of history too.

Cory,
A few posts back with the ID pics there is a pic that says “new strip coming”. What strip is it? Do you have any more info?
Thanks,
Joe

twflyer wrote:Cory,
A few posts back with the ID pics there is a pic that says “new strip coming”. What strip is it? Do you have any more info?
Thanks,
Joe

Hey Joe,

Sorry for the late reply. At the time the IAA hadn't announced it and Andrew George asked me to keep it quiet. Since then, they have announced it. It is Mitchell Ranch Strip, near Thomas Creek. Check out the IAA FB page and you'll see a video he just posted showing it from the creek. It is a short, demanding strip that will require some skills/performance to use. It's not officially opened yet...waiting for the FAA ID to be completed, and is now snowed in anyway. Should be opened by next spring.

Cory

It shows up on foreflight already as ID8.

robw56 wrote:It shows up on foreflight already as ID8.

cool!


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Grassstrippilot wrote:

robw56 wrote:It shows up on foreflight already as ID8.

cool!



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Mitchell or Marble creek? looks like the same place, maybe they have a diff name. looks awesome and right on the water.

Mitchell Ranch. Just north of Thomas Creek. Looks like that is Marble Creek it’s on.


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It's been a while since I've posted on this thread. Here are a few updates on some flying that has been done in the last few months, including the UBCP spring fly-in this weekend.

Amazing, the amount of gear you can haul! That'd take me three trips in the S-7S.

Very nice! Looks like you have a nice family. Your flying out there is a world of difference from what we do out here in New England. Looks pretty appealing, especially since we have snow showers in the WX forecast for this coming week.

Thanks for posting. I always enjoy this thread!

Ron

Not much flying going on the last several months between uncertainty in my industry and tightening out belts. Not to mention all the other crap going on. We did make it up to Johnson Creek last week. It was a pleasant surprise to see many familiar faces and to be among a lot of common sense. Although not everyone got to make it that had planned on it, it was a great weekend and I needed it. The ticks were pretty bad so that limited our exploring. Hopefully we will get back up there in August.







Cinnamon rolls for breakfast.



Homework in camp.

Love our oven. Casserole for dinner.

And muffins.



Some fellow pilots from work that camped with us.

Our friends in their Maule and Sportsman.

Younger sister celebrating when she made fire before big brother.

The myth and the legend. It was good to see Pops again.





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Great pics as always! Definitely unforgettable times for all of you. Life has nothing better to offer than what you guys have going on!

Thanks! We just need to make it happen more often.


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This last week I made it up to Shearer and Fish Lake with Adam for some camping. Fun time. I’ve been wanting to get to these two strips for decades. Also got to stop in on a friend’s private strip and check it out.






Shearer Ranger cabin.



























Fishing at Alturas.






Camping at Smiley Creek.






Shoshone Falls.


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