SLATE CREEK, ID

This is a short grass runway, and it is uphill facing both directions. You always takeoff uphill, and you always land uphill. It takes longer to takeoff uphill, but it is better to land uphill than downhill. This was at a high density altitude (the airplane performs less at thigh density altitude). Notice we are off the ground right as we are passing our abort point (there will be a pile of big pipes along the left side). This is Slate Creek, ID and this runway has a unique traffic pattern, because it is in its own little river valley surrounded by tall, steep hills.

A morning trip we took in the 172 from Enterprise to Slate Creek to do a few landings on grass. June, 2010.

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View out the side windows during my landing at Moose Creek Airstrip.