Sam Spade wrote:
Robert M. Gary wrote:

The subject line made me laugh. I'm from out West. When I took my kids
to Mt Vernon, they asked me "Dad, why do they call it 'Mt'?". "See
that little hill over there?...". We often top moutains over 14,000.
-Robert


My experience is that can't be done safely (or easily) on a consistant
basis without turbine engines and pressurization. Do you do it differently?

My Mooney rides happy between 16,000 and 17,000 feet. No
pressurization, just O2. 14,000 are peaks. Of course I've never tried
it IFR. My IFR route is to cross into the LA basin via Blythe and then
up Gorman area, or if ice is a real issue up the coastal airway to SF.
However, its very rare to find ice over Gorman and solid IMC over the
Sierras. Maybe a few days a year you get that type of wx. Storms don't
sit around long in California and they're usually easily predictable.

-Robert


-Robert