Backcountry Pilot • Your top RETURN to destinations. Why?

Your top RETURN to destinations. Why?

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Re: Your top RETURN to destinations. Why?

other than Idaho which i have done every summer since 1996 i gotta say caveman... been there only once and fell in love with it for it's proximity to so many Utah strips... .too bad we can't go back though..
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Re: Your top RETURN to destinations. Why?

courierguy wrote:Copper Basin (ID) has been a favorite of mine I hit at least a couple times a year, for over 20 years now. Great mountain biking, and even better scenery and very few if any people.

Afton Wyoming, for the off airport sites I have found over the years on the way there and back, and because of the cafe right across the street. I can fly there for breakfast, often with a (buying) passenger, in only 10 minutes longer time then driving to town to the nearest cafe

Anywhere in the Big Lost, Little Lost, Lemhi. Persimeriou valleys and ranges, anywhere around Mackay, Challis, Howe, Leadore, etc. Only an hour from home =D>


Afton is my go-to stop on the way to Idaho. I always plan on an overnight. Good as service and hospitality as I've seen anywhere. Elk Horn is my breakfast spot. Coming from Texas to Greely, then west to Afton crossing north of Denver can be a bleak and tiring leg. That last 10 minutes popping over the east ridge line and then dropping into aftons green valley is one of my favorite sights. Ever time I take a picture, but it doesn't do it justice.

I'll have to try copper basin on your recommendation this year.

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