In early August, we will be flying out from Oregon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where I vacationed for many years in my youth. It is wild and expansive country, and I will definitely wish that I had floats for exploring the area. But I don't, so are there any locals or folks here on the forum that fly this area that know of any back country land plane destinations in this region? We will be relatively lightly loaded in a 180, and I am comfortable in and out of 700 ft strips at this elevation. Shortfield Explorer does not show many strips around there, nor do the sectional charts. Also, are the beaches and bars below high water mark suitable for landing? Legal?

Just me thinking outloud....

"How about doing some exploration on the way over...Montana, Idaho, Washington, S.N. Dakato etc.?

Getting there should be half the fun?" Beautiful trip!

Scolopax wrote:In early August, we will be flying out from Oregon to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where I vacationed for many years in my youth. It is wild and expansive country, and I will definitely wish that I had floats for exploring the area. But I don't, so are there any locals or folks here on the forum that fly this area that know of any back country land plane destinations in this region? We will be relatively lightly loaded in a 180, and I am comfortable in and out of 700 ft strips at this elevation. Shortfield Explorer does not show many strips around there, nor do the sectional charts. Also, are the beaches and bars below high water mark suitable for landing? Legal?

Check with Tom Hyrkas (streetreamer on sc.org). Tom lives in the northern UP, and may just have the most northerly grass strip in the state. He can probably tell you some good places to check out, and possibly some places to avoid.

Dayooper is a BCP'er and has his own grass strip in Michigan somewhere.