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The route is doable. There are a few hills (12,000+) you will want to go around, and your airspeed will somewhat slower (80 to 90 mph) at the altitude you will need to fly. You will need to consider that during your flight planning. Include some water in your flying kit. It's a long walk between water holes out here. Canyon lands are mostly in Utah along the Colorado boarder. The whole area is worth seeing from the air. If you have time, you can drop down to the Grand Canyon, but I wouldn't recommend flying through it in a Coupe. If you go that far south, you shouldn't have any problem crossing the divide in New Mexico. If you want to cross the divide in Colorado, I would use North Pass. You can find it on a map just south of US50, west of Gunnison and east of Sequache. The pass is around 10,500. I cross it one or two times a year. You will need to be careful of the weather. Late March brings some good snow and windstorms to the high country and either one will leave you grounded somewhere. If you use North Pass plan to do it early in the morning as possible---do not wait until afternoon. I have done it late in the day and in the summer, but it was one of those "Bold and not going to get old" kind of things. Going this way will take you over the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, and near the Great Sand Dunes. Both are interesting from the air. Are you planning on stopping and renting a car to look around or just flying through? I may be able to guide you over the pass depending on when you plan on trying it. Richard N99904 At 07:19 PM 3/18/02 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >We are considering flying through the canyonlands of Utah and Arizona >leasing from Seattle at the end of March. >1) Is it doable in a coup with 2 fairly light people i.e. at but not over >gross. >2) What routs work well - specifically where is a good place to cross the >rockies - remembering that we may or may not be able to cross the >mountains north of California (that's the way the weather is in the northwest)? >3) What is worth seeing i.e. where would you go?? ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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