Mountain flying knowledge required?

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 14:57:32 -0400, "Peter R."
wrote:



When planning my flight from Palm Springs, CA, to Denver, I have decided to
avoid the high peaks in which a direct flight would result and instead
planned a flight east to Albuquerque, NM, then northeast/north to Denver
across the flat lands of Colorado, east of the mountains.



I am assuming that you are going to go to LVS VOR then head north, or
to ALS VOR and then through LaVeta Pass to Gosip. Both ways are
easily passable with your Bonanza. The thing that you need to really
watch out for is the afternoon thunderstorms that tend to pop up that
time of year. They can get pretty sever real fast but they are
usually gone just as fast. I have been flying in that area for over 3
years now and I find that the turbulence isn't too bad. If you do get
bumped around, just fly a little further east and it will die down.
The Wet Mountains tend to have the worst turbulence consistently so I
try to stay away from them, but time to time, I will get up around
16000 and get over them with little problems.

Just curious, but what airport are you planning on going to in Denver?


Scott D

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