Looking for any recent conditions on a few strips for a Monday departure:

Wilson Bar
moose Creek
Cabin Creek
Shearer
Fish Lake

Thanks

I'm also heading up that direction for a week of fun. Probably include Cayuse Creek to the list. I'm going out there 1st or 2nd week of Aug.
Still working on my schedule. Stay in touch. We'll most likely cross paths out there.
Sam

Joewcasey wrote:Looking for any recent conditions on a few strips for a Monday departure:

Wilson Bar
moose Creek
Cabin Creek
Shearer
Fish Lake

Thanks

I was at Moose Creek and Wilson Bar earlier this month. No surprises at all on the condition of the strips, other than hot and dusty. The water is very low on the Selway and Moose creek. I flew over Shearer and there was a Cub parked so close to the runway that you couldn't land there. It was turned around the next time I flew over, but still very close to the landing tracks.

I highly recommend stopping by West Fork Lodge for breakfast or dinner while in the area. Good folks running a great business over there.

On the weekend of July 18th there were two fires in the area. One 3 miles west. The other 6 miles NE. the fires were slow moving and posed no hazard to the airstrip. There was a light smoke haze in the valley.

The water was low as has been mentioned.

X2 on the West Fork Lodge.

DEGJR

Good info, i appreciate it. Skylanesam, look forward to running into you, figuratively of course. Look for a blue and white ' 56 182 N5616B. Will be adding west fork to our plans!

Please make sure to update shortfield.com too with what you find! Thx.

Sorry this is so late in getting posted, been busy since the beginning of the month. Trip Aug 3-7

Cabin Creek - Found the strip to be in good condition, several other airplanes either there or coming and going while we were there. Fishing was good down on Big Creek, as we got several 12-14 in rainbows just spin casting. They were biting on anything we threw at them.

Wilson Bar - Again, in good condition, got the camping spot at the approach end of the runway. Good fishing there as well, although a river outfitter decided to camp with 22 people that afternoon in our preferred spot. So, we packed up to head up to Moose Creek and Shearer. Hotter than blazes that afternoon, so spent quite a bit of time in the river cooling off.

Shearer - Skipped this year

Moose Creek - Several fires in the area, smoke a little thick for my taste, flew over and continued to Fish Lake.

FIsh Lake - Dry and NO BUGS. Camped right on the lake. Good firewood found. Plenty of fish, albeit on the small side. Grass shorter than last year. There were two guys with mules who let the damn things graze all over the runway (sorry, I'm not a horse fan). Tore hell out of the middle of the runway, especially where there were already holes from other burrowing creatures. Anything with larger tires would have no problems, but I was concerned with my 500x5 and 600x6 setup. So when it came time to leave, my partner walked in front of the airplane as we back taxied for takeoff. Woke up to 29F with frost all over the airplane. 45 minutes after the sun came over the ridge line we were melted and ready to go. Takeoff and landing were uneventful with the animals there.

Overall it was a lot of fun. We met some really nice people, had our best year of fishing yet, and the airplane performed nicely, even if the manifold pressure gauge quit and the alternator stopped charging on the way home. It's annual time anyway.