I just wanted to say how much I've been enjoying this site. It's really cool to find other people with a shared interest in backcountry flying. It got me thinking, is this a growing segment or are we a dying breed. Personally, this is what I chose after twenty years of professional and personal flying. For me, it is the most rewarding, and in some ways, the most demanding, flying I've ever done.
What do you think?
What's your story?

I saw your pics of Red Creek and knew it was before I even scrolled down to the caption! Spent many days along the banks of the Verde as a kid with my dad. It made a great day trip from DVT... That was 25 years ago before it looked near as nice (dare I say improved?) as it does in your pics! The surrounding terrain hasn't changed much though. I'll have to venture down there this winter sometime. Thanks for sharing!

I fly for a living too - but always gravitate back to my roots. Have you (or anyone else reading this post) read a little book called "Flying With David"? AZ backcountry pilots are most likely to have read it - and even know (or merely know of) the man - who was a lot like an uncle to me...

Matt

I started flying in florida and never knew much about flying in the backcountry. I secured a job flight instructing and flying 135 in the Idaho backcountry to gain experience. It was something I would give my left leg for to go back and do. Now I fly for a regional airline in a shiney jet but when I make trips over the mountains I look down and long for the guys in the trenches in a little cub flying into backcountry strips. This site is a testimate to "real" flying. Stick and rudder stuff, not pushing buttons in some jet going into some east coast mega-hub. Thanks for the forums, it reminds me of the reason I started this whole career in the first place!