Nephi wrap-up

On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 11:54:22 AM UTC-6, Tim Taylor wrote:
Seven days of soaring, over 46,000 km (28,000 miles or a little over going around the earth) of cross country flying, amazing views, interesting landings, outstanding hospitality, many new friends, and lots of smiles. That in one sentence sums up the Nephi, Utah OLC and Cross-Country camp. Utah has long been on the map for some fantastic soaring with Parowan to the South and Logan to the North. Nephi is in the middle between the two allowing access to flying terrain and conditions of both as well as the desert flying area of Ely, Nevada; all without having to worry about SLC airspace to the north.



Nephi is a city with a population of about 5,500 located about 80 miles south of Salt Lake City along I-15. It is nestled in a six mile wide valley between the southern end of the Wasatch mountains crowned by 11,600 foot Mt. Nebo towering 6,600 feet over the airport on the east side of the valley and the lower Long Ridge to the west. The terrain to the west is classic Great Basin high desert providing good heating early in the day. The airport is located at 5000 feet msl with a 6300 x 100 foot runway that provides the opportunity to launch heavy gliders. The area around the airport is mostly farm fields so there are many places to land if needed as we found out.