FYI

For those of you not familiar with the Aspen airport or haven't
seen a chart --- think of it as a U shape, opening to the NW, and
the rest of the U is 12-14K foot mountains. A small single can
physically take off to the SW and make the turn to get out to the
NW but not too many other aircraft (other than helicopter). Landings
are to the SE, takeoffs to the NW with an immediate turn N for the
missed.

No, I've never flown into Aspen, but I live in Colorado and drive out
there to ski (well, I used to. No more skiing -- gotta pay for the
airplane)


(just to help everyone else visualize what's going on)