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Old January 12th 08, 09:40 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Thomas Borchert
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Default Recommended Grand Canyon VFR Routes

Ron,

Of the multiple VFR corridors do any stand out as more scenic?


They are all great, IMHO. It all depends a lot on lighting and where
the sun is. I've found the corridors to look totally different when
flying them one way and then again the other. If you only have time for
doing one, Dragon and Zuni Point would be my favorites.

Coming from Las Vegas, I've normally flown south of the canyon through
the Diamond Creek and Supai sectors, then up the Dragon corridor to
Marble Canyon (L41) for lunch at the motel there (highly recommended!).
Then back to LV through the Fossil Canyon corridor. That's a shortish
routing and leaves out Zuni Point, which is well worth seeing. Also,
before going back from L41, fly north for 10 minutes or so and have a
look at the beginnings of Lake Powell. Spectacular.

Another way to do it is to S-turn through the corridors, take every
other corridor and do the left out ones on the way back, e.g. up
Tuckup, down Dragon, up Zuni and on to lunch, then back through Fossil
Canyon. Keep your eyes peeled around KGCN.

As always when flying there, watch the density altitude.

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)