msfs The High Ground

[ryanbatc 13,233]

A lovely flight from North Fork Valley to Lake County (7V2 - KLXV - highest public use airport in North America)

@Ron Attwood Thank you for the paint!

The mountains are very tall in this area (peaks above 14k) so I elect to fly north out of 7V2 towards Red Table VOR (DBL), and then turn east, passing Aspen (KASE), and then climb above 12500 for just a short while (legal for 30 min in the US without O2) till teaching the valley.  I enter the downwind for RY 34 and land...  I ended up carry quite a bit of power as the density altitude was fairly high and the field elevation is 9934 msl.

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Well equipped RV14 with TDS GTN 750Xi

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Why people would decide not to fly in this photoreal terrain is beyond me!

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A quick climb above 12,500 for a short duration to clear this ridge

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[John F 2,505]

Always an interesting flight to experience, coming from you.

John

[johnbow72 2,723]

Rocky Mountain beauties Ryan , I hear a John Denver song playing in the background 😞 . 

[Pugilist2 887]

Beautiful scenery and aircraft in your set!

[Ron Attwood 3,603]

Cheque's in the post Ryan. 🙂

[ryanbatc 13,233]

25 minutes ago, Ron Attwood said:

Cheque's in the post Ryan. 🙂

Excellent haha!

[bernd1151 6,194]

Great shots as always, Ryan!

13 hours ago, ryanbatc said:

Why people would decide not to fly in this photoreal terrain is beyond me!

I think there is so much to explore in this MSFS world, you can hardly keep up. I hadn't even finished flying around Spain and Portugal, when Italy came out. And this, with the southern Alps and its interesting lakes, is even better 🙂 

[ryanbatc 13,233]

5 hours ago, bernd1151 said:

Great shots as always, Ryan!

I think there is so much to explore in this MSFS world, you can hardly keep up. I hadn't even finished flying around Spain and Portugal, when Italy came out. And this, with the southern Alps and its interesting lakes, is even better 🙂 

I've barely even scratched the world's surface

Often I just fly local to shoot approaches, or recall places I've flown irl.  I should get out more though 😜

[P_7878 6,978]

Looks like a really tough place to maneuver and land... (your Navigational Displays are lit up with mountains...) ...

Awesome scenery shots...!!