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That's quite troubling. Is it true that with the new TERPS criteria,
the Aspen departure procedure would have been written differently, or
is teleportation still going to be implied in newly-developed
procedures?

Why don't they set the ceiling to be above all the obstacles as is
implied in all the text books I've looked at? The books (including
the FAA IFH and IPH) say that you should avoid obstacles visually
along the departure, without mentioning that you have to somehow cross
back over the airport.

You have to ask the FAA why they insist and that stance.

It can't stand logical analysis, much less technical.