On 2007-05-22, wrote:
If it were the middle of the summer with temps well over 100
and flying something like a 152 at max gross, you might want
to depart to the south east to gain altitude then turn back
towards the pass, but the Archer should have no problem.

I did it from a little further down the valley (Thermal airfield, I
can't remember what it's official name is, but it's actually below sea
level) in an 85 hp C140... with a cruise prop, on a day which was over
100 degrees. It didn't climb very well, but I didn't have any trouble
getting through Banning pass.

Two weeks later, I crossed the Sierra Nevadas in that aircraft. It took
more or less 100 miles of climbing to get enough altitude to cross :-)

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