This is basically a tour of beautifully rugged, Southern Oregon, and North California
This route is designed for piston twins, and has been tested with the Cessna G-Eagle, Howard 500, and the default Baron, you'll find in some area's of this tour, you'll need all the "grunt" these planes can offer......'course, with 2500 horse's, the Howard, is way out front, in this respect!
You'll be visiting ten airports, and covering 270 miles, the shortest strip, is 900ft, but there's ample run-off space"...some of these are challenging, not only on approach, but also departure!......so hopefully, everyone gets a fun flight
When we get to Trinity Center, we take a break for an hour, swap for a float plane/whatever, and just explore this leisure area, before we get a little serious again!
All compass headings are approximate....as normal, kick-off on the heading, then it's up to you....that's "Venture's" for ya!
Leave Noth Bend, and get a heading approx 140d, fly that for 20 miles,
Calvert Pk, sits on a mountain top at 3800ft, it's got a 1600ft asphalt
strip......be aware! Leg 2 Now be more aware!....900ft grass, Alt 500ft, take-off on 227dgs, when
airborn, turn left, to about 180dgs, after no more than about 40 seonds, you'll
see a valley running about 155dgs, turn right, to follow the valley, then
immediatley, on your right, you should spot Winkle Bar strip, approach hdg,
about 219dgs Leg 3 Unscathed?...ok, we fly out r/w heading around 050dgs, we need some serious
"grunt" here, there's some climbing to do, once airborne we can follow a valley
bearing right, till we gain some height, we need a hdg of 150dgs Leg 4 Leaving Wonder, we need more "grunt"...some climbing to do, before we can get
a hdg of 110dgs, its only 14 miles, across some mountains, then you'll see
Holdana nestling in the scrub below....not to difficult, just be aware, as
always. Leg 5 Leave Holdana on a r/w hdg of about 100dgs, and start serious climbing, we
can follow a valley to the right, till were able to get a hdg of 130dgs, keep
climbing, we shall be needing near 7000ft! Leg 6 Take-off and turn to the south, or about 160 dgs, we've got about 55 miles to
go, so you get a chance to use the AP, (briefly!) set the AP for 9000ft or more,
and just cruise, The 14000ft,Mt Shasta (climbed by 15000 people a year!) should
be on your left, if it's not.....somethings not quite right! Take a Break! Take an hour (Yep, its logable!...just include it your flight time) to
explore this area, swap plane's for a float/bush/172/whatever, if you head SE
over a mountain range a few miles, you come to Bridge Bay resort, worth a
look Fire up, your twin! We head out at 140 dgs, following the lake, and gaining height, then get a
heading of about 200dgs, its a bit over 30 miles to Hayfork, on the way, we
shall pass over "Pool" airstrip, not long after, you'll see Hayfork, you should
be "more or less" on course, to fly straight in, again, be aware! Leg 8 You'll want a heading of about 200dgs, for this 14 mile trip, Siver Crk is
tucked into the mountains, and Silver Crk IS tricky!......you might want to
circle it, (favorite!) before you decide on an approach! Leg 9 Facing 310dgs at Silver Ck, for take-off, here we need "grunt"...soon as
wer'e airborn, bear left, to follow a valley, and gain height, then we want a
hdg of about 282dgs, to take us to Dinsmore, only 14 miles and is easily spotted
from a distance. Leg 10 Leave to Dinsmore, and get a hdg of about 280 dgs, you've got about 35 miles,
and your done! Hope you enjoy it, and discover this part of the US...it was new to me, but
after flying this route x amount of times, I feel almost like a local!:)
Time taken for this route, including 1 hour leisure break, is around 3.5 to 4
hours Though this route is designed for a piston twin, anyone who
doesn't feel comfortable with that, can fly any plane he choose's too, it still
counts, log the hours, Flight- "PV6"
Calvert to Winkle Bar
"OR74"
Winkle to Wonder "6OR6" 1100ft
grass, Alt 1200ft
"Wonder" is
tucked away in the hills, near two twisting highways, nothing to tricky
here!
Wonder to Holdana Field
"38OR"..1100ft Dirt, Alt 1500ft
Holdana to Round Mountain
"CA09" 1500 Grass, Alt 3500ft
Round Mountain is not hard to
spot, but you come across it a little suddenly,......touch-down, and you've
landed in California!
Round Mtn to Trinity Center
"O86" 3200ft Asphalt, Alt 2300ft
In a few minutes
you will be approaching the scenic Lake Trinity, soon as you spot it, it's time
to descend, about 3 miles down the lake, on the righthand side, is Trinity
Center airstrip, no problems with this landing!
Leg 7
Trinity to Hayfork
"Q72" 4000FT asphalt, Alt 2300ft
Hayfork to Silver Crk Ranch
"41CA" 1500FT Grass, Alt 2500
Silver Crk to Dinsmore
"Q25"
You should have no real problems here, apart from trees!
Dinsmore to Eureka Mun "O33"
2500ft Asphalt, Alt 19ft
Just keep flying approx 280, till you see the ocean, look
down, and "Eureka"! the airstrips down there, located on a strip of land,
surrounded by water on three sides, almost an island!.....and dead easy!