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Msg ID: 2794643 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done (NT) +1/-2     
Author:Go!
9/24/2023 5:32:53 PM


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Msg ID: 2794644 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done +2/-5     
Author:Gator
9/24/2023 5:33:19 PM

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Florida has the best!



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Msg ID: 2794658 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done +0/-3     
Author:XRMH
9/24/2023 7:03:29 PM

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LOL!  

 



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Msg ID: 2794652 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done +7/-0     
Author:Grier
9/24/2023 6:29:04 PM

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Had to stop in New Zealand for two weeks for high altitude training on my way down to McMurdo Station, Antarctica for two seasons. 



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Msg ID: 2794653 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done (NT) +0/-0     
Author:Bad azz
9/24/2023 6:29:44 PM

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Msg ID: 2794659 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done +1/-2     
Author:XRMH
9/24/2023 7:07:18 PM

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HAA in Northern AZ.  LZs between 9K ft and 10K ft were not common, but not unusual.  There were times I had to have the med crews hook me up to the O2 for a while just to stay legal.   



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Msg ID: 2794665 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done +5/-1     
Author:Fake news
9/24/2023 7:55:20 PM

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Unless you landed ontop of the SF peaks and stayed there for an hour you'd have to be riding at 3k agl to need oxygen in AZ.

 

It is very challenging there at night though I'll give you that. Very little reference 



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Msg ID: 2794680 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done +5/-3     
Author:XRMH
9/24/2023 10:56:44 PM

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Hey Fake News Jiss Swallower, did I say I did it during the day?  Nope!  It was pre NVG days, or NIGHTS to be more precise, and I routinely went to 13K, 14K or even 15K so as NOT to find any rock solid darkness.  Maybe you should get clarification instead of assuming things that just aren't accurate.  Oh, and I don'd recall the FARs ever referencing "AGL" altitudes when it comes to Supplemental Oxygen, only MSL.  You know, like 12,500 MSL to 14,000 MSL for more than 30 minutes, the minimum Flt Crew for 14,000 MSL and everybody on board for 15,000 MSL.

As they say, "it's better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubts."



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Msg ID: 2794681 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done +2/-2     
Author:Still fake news
9/24/2023 11:05:12 PM

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lol you Classic Aviation guys are the same. "So there I was..."



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Msg ID: 2794666 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done +3/-0     
Author:SPIFR guy
9/24/2023 8:27:09 PM

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Alps during the military days, Rockies in the civ world. 



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Msg ID: 2794677 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done (NT) +0/-0     
Author:Why lie?
9/24/2023 9:57:08 PM

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Msg ID: 2794684 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done +1/-0     
Author:OP
9/24/2023 11:11:11 PM

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So your best mtn flying experiences were unaided over the desert....



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Msg ID: 2794679 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done +2/-0     
Author:AZ dude
9/24/2023 10:54:26 PM

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Not the most challenging, but flying the Grand canyon was nice and scenic the first few hundred times. Otherwise landing on the ridge of 4 peaks in AZ, and up and around Mt Baldy and Springerville, also in AZ.


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Msg ID: 2794689 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done +7/-0     
Author:BW6
9/24/2023 11:28:50 PM

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Heli-ski in Jackson Hole was good fun. Drop offs routinely above 10k, so really not that tall. The pickups @ 7-8k were more challenging starting out. The flying was in a standard 407.

The Sierra's were fantastic during fire season... picking water in glacial lakes above 11k in a crane is/was a blast. 

My humble opinion is any national park is incredible flying... Glacier, Yosemite, North Rim of the ditch, Yellowstone is a massive favorite.

Although, Colorado and especially northern NM, Angel Fire area is incredible - cannot discount the Cascades either. The methow valley is killer flying. And anyone getting an opportunity to work in the Wasatch Range gets a real treat.

Surely there's a guys/gals that work in taller country and fly in it on a routine basis. Being able to learn/read the wind, take in the cues and ultimately fly in that environment like a bird is an art. A good pilot is always learning which is a challenge when most of us sit on our ass, day in and day playing the waiting game.

 

For anyone lucky enough to work in those challenging environments, good on ya! And certainly enjoy it while you can - Cheers



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Msg ID: 2794682 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done +2/-0     
Author:South America
9/24/2023 11:07:16 PM

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Flying Chinooks in the Andes Mountains.  Serious turbulance.  Operating out of Quito for a while.  10000 feet with ridges all around a minimum of 15000 feet.  Flying around a 20,000 foot volcano with snow on it, on the equator.  Never went up there though.



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Msg ID: 2794746 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done +2/-0     
Author:oldNtired
9/25/2023 2:14:25 PM

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Bell 47B2 @ 9-10 thousand



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Msg ID: 2794872 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done +0/-0     
Author:jim
9/26/2023 9:03:42 PM

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Bell 47 Soloy at 13,000 plus.



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Msg ID: 2795059 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done +1/-0     
Author:Switzerland
9/28/2023 7:04:08 PM

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Stationed in Germany, flying around Bad Tolz and the Alps near Austria and Switzerland



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Msg ID: 2795132 Best mountain flying you’ve ever done +0/-0     
Author:Rockies
9/29/2023 5:48:58 PM

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Landed on Pikes Peak.  14,115'.



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