Going to Idaho on Friday, wanted to stop at memaloose on the way.

Does anyone knows the conditions? Snow free?

Had a friend who was up there 2 weeks ago in a truck as he has a ranch nearby. He said the snow is gone but the field was a bit soggy. Post a report if you land or fly by.

Best,
Jim

Will do.

Around 6 planes from Oregon headed to JC Thursday through Sunday. I can't go till Friday early, funeral for my father in law Thursday. Maybe we will cross paths.

Cheers...Rob

There is a Recreational Aircraft Foundation breakfast Saturday am at Smiley Creek that I'll be at. Then later Saturday over to Thomas Creek (for the hot springs--short hike) or Johnson Creek to camp. Be great to meet more BCP'ers! Ted

Hope we can meet Ted, Oregon Maule please post a pic of your plane so I know what to look for.

I'll look for you Ted and Larry.

motoadve wrote: Oregon Maule please post a pic of your plane so I know what to look for.

That's it in his avatar.

and the pilot in the picture is him?

Flew over Memaloose on June 18th. The strip is snow free and the north end is very wet. South end looked ok with no ruts. Didn't land because of 100' ceiling but got a real up close look. Post a pirep if you land there. Awesome view and take the time to visit the fire tower

Motoadv said: ":lol: and the pilot in the picture is him?"

Yep, on one of his calm days.

His bird is a M7, big tires, red on white.

Will look for the pilot then, should be easy to recognize.

If any of you want to hang out a few extra days I'm headed over Monday. Thinking about staying at Smiley. I plan to check out Memaloose on the way over too.

CW

Hey CW. I wish I could stay longer. But. I'm building 2 homes for my kids and I have to be on the job Monday to lift some glue lams with the excavator. Here is me and my Maule.

I'll be wheels up at 7 am in the morning. Gas at Baker City 9 am. Arrive JC 11:30 MTZ
Cheers Rob

We ended up having close to 25 guys who all knew each other. 10 guys didn't even know the rest of us were coming. JC white pilot lives matter protest. We are blocking the main road.
Had some frost Saturday morning

Warren is open for breakfast Saturday and Sunday

Cheers Rob

Copilot friend couldnt leave until 5 PM so didnt fly to Memaloose, did anyone landed there?
Saw Ted's plane at Smiley but didnt see him.
I was a guest at a Beechcraft roast pig and stayed in this strip in the picture.
As always Idaho was amazing , hope to meet some of BCP members next trip.

Made it to Smiley Creek. Sorry we missed each other there. Headed into the backcountry after that Saturday. About an hour into that flight, with plans to end up at Johnson Creek, my passenger realized he still had another pilots rental car keys in his pocket! So we had to head back to Idaho Falls to return those. Oh well, next time...

The thread that was everything but Memaloose...

Zzz wrote:The thread that was everything but Memaloose...

Seems about right, looks like no one ended up landing there.