If Nate is able to dig himself out and get here, it will be headed to Denver.
Sam D!!!!!! How was the trip?
Hopefully DenverPilot can scrape his way out of the hangar and start monkeying around!
I'm all dug out, and the WX looks good to head west on Saturday after this little front blows through on Friday, and predominantly high pressure over the entire region throughout the weekend.
Perfect weather, I'll stuff the O2 on my face and wander over the rocks to make my way over to KGJT and then west. Probably northwest out of KAPA to Rollins/Corona Pass, Kremmling (RLG), down valley to Eagle (KEGE via essentially the RRIVR intersection for those playing the home game), KGWS, KRIL, KGJT and then into Vegas from the northeast.
That is the simplest way "straight across". (This is essentially following the Colorado River west once you're over the Divide...) Then I can see if R-6413 is active outside of Moab once again... (It never is...) so we'll play the home game as JNC, OAB, HVE, avoid whacking into Boulder Mountain, BCE, MMM and play dodge the kids flying fast things out of Nellis... And on into KVGT.
If that looks iffy (high winds or mountain obscuration of any sort) the route will probably be KAPA, Mosca Pass (for those unfamiliar look about 28 miles northeast of the ALS VOR right next to the Great Sand Dunes National Monument on the chart), KAEG for a butt break and fuel, and on to KVGT as long as the San Luis Valley looks good.
Then dodge the Grand Canyon tourists and play "Hi McCarran! Can we wander through all your airliners?"
And if *that* looks crappy (Alamosa and the valley socked in for any reason), I'll go way south and around, still using KAEG as the fuel stop most likely.
(Shhh... We'll still just count the direct route as the mileage to not bend the 500nm leg rule too hard.)
Clark? On the way back in on Sunday do you want me to meet you at KBJC, or will you be busy seeing how Osweiller is doing? Ha.
We'll figure out the transfer later if you're busy. Maybe we'll just hold off on that. Whatever works...