if you prefer the south route.. but don't trust Mammoth..
you can easily cross the mountains into Lake Isabella, Kern Valley, then
Inyokern (IYK) and direct to Las Vegas, crossing over "Red Rocks" between Mt
Charleston and Mt Potosi. Direct to VGT, Right base Rw 12R or straight in on
Rwy 7, get down early to stay clear of the ClassB

Joshua Appch will either allow you through or south of the China Lake
restricted airspace, if the Ft Irwin airspace is hot then you'll have to
"shoot the Trona Gap" and proceed to LAS across the southern part of Death
Valley. Joshua Appch can see you most of the way at about 10,000MSL.
I've never had problems on weekends in the China Lake airspace about 5000ft
AGL.

This time of the year.. go early.. across the mountains before the CUs build
up. We are in monsoon season.

BT

"Marty Shapiro" wrote in message
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"Troy Towner" wrote in
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Hello all,
I was just wondering which route most pilots took from the bay area to
Las Vegas. I had looked at the sectional and wondered if the Mammoth
pass (Friant VOR 023 radial to Mammoth) had been attempted, and how
safe it was... Just looking for a route any suggestions would be
great! I would be flying a Pa28-180, No O2... Thank you in advance

Troy



Troy -

I did this over the July 4th weekend. Since I did NOT have O2, I
decided not to take the Mammoth Pass route. I planned two routes, 1 south
skirting the southern edge of the Edwards restricted airspace and a
nothern
route crossing Lake Tahoe and then basically south paralleling highway 95.

Going, I took the southern route, stopping at PTV for a break and to
top the tanks. I then went via VIS PMD DAG HEC and then direct into the
LAS airspace where LAS approach gave me vectors to the Red Rock Golf
course
for a right base entry into VGT. If the Edwards restricted airspace is
not
in use, Joshua approach will clear you through it. I was at 9,500 or less
all the way.

Returning, I decided to do some sightseeing and went north remaining
west of highway 95 but cut west of Goldfield and Tonopah. I landed at
Yerington for a break and some real cheap 100LL ($2.40/gal on July 8th).
I
then basically headed west over Minden, crossing Lake Tahoe and then south
into the Bay area. Stayed at 10,500 or lower all the way.

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Marty Shapiro
Silicon Rallye Inc.

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