The PA28-235 is a great plane, but is this true in Colorado Springs?
In the summer?

Actually, yes.

My Cherokee 180 serves as a wonderful 2-place in the Midwest, but when
I visited Boulder in the summer, takeoff and climbout were less than
spectacular, and I was 200lbs under gross.

Did you lean the engine for departure?

There is a DRAMATIC difference between taking off with a properly
leaned engine (above 3000 MSL) and an engine running full rich.

Yes, I teach mountain flying in the Cherokee-180 in the Colorado
Rockys.

The Colorado Pilots Association will present the mountain flying
course in May an August this year at Centennial Airport (APA), south
of Denver.

I am available for mountain flight instruction (your airplane or
mine) any time, at your convenience.

Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction/mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

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