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**Andrew Sarangan[_1_]** · September 9th 06, 12:16 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student

wrote:

This is sad... I wonder why he chose to cross the Rockies at a spot
where the mountains are so high?

Actually, it is not such a bad place to cross. From Salida, you follow
the valley northwest to Leadville, then turn west across a pass to
Glenwood Springs. After that you are home free. I have gone this way
several times, and this is the route we took when I took the Mountain
Flying Course from the Colorado Pilots Association.