Is Aspen Airport the USA's Most Extreme Airport?

[@thepod24]

SkyWest pilot here! The interesting thing about our Aspen ops is that the pilots have what's known as a DMA schedule (Designated Mountainous Airports). The bulk of their flying each month is into these DMA airports which have these special departure/arrival procedures. Not to mention that they are re-tested on these (either in the simulator or on the line with a line check captain) every six months. In other words, these pilots go into Aspen and other DMA airports multiple times a week and truly know what they're doing!

[@GreenerGrass]

That’s so interesting. Thanks for sharing!!

[@edw2703]

Many years ago, we flew into Aspen from DFW on a charter 727. We landed so hard that oxygen masks popped out of the bins. Not sure if that was the direct reason but I was glad the landing gear didn’t collapse.

[@Speedird]

I was lucky enough to pilot both the Q400 and Crj 7 into aspen in my previous life as flight crew, and this brings back brilliant memories!!

[@CincoSnare76]

Non DMA OO pilot. TFAYD :)

[@nickjonson6996]

This is great to know. I'm curious about your opinion as to how the Telluride airport compares to the Aspen airport in terms of the challenges of taking off and landing.

[@ec5416]

When Frontier used to fly to Aspen in their turbo prop, they would land from the south. It was a very unique approach. I would watch it from the maroon creek bridge.

[@spencer8035]

I love aspen! Used to have time share at the ritz there lol

[@stevepringle3947]

Yes to a DFW in depth !

[@AlonsoRules]

I think New York LaGuardia is one of the craziest airports in the US

[@UP-guy]

I live in Colorado

[@SAFFY7411]

Yes! We would like to see in-depth reviews of airports, exactly like the Cincinnati one. Regards, Everyone :)

[@Alex-om1be]

Agreed

[@brandonaviation6010]

One interesting airport I would recommend: Santa Ana John Wayne Airport

[@EinkOLED]

The only airport where airplanes can land on the taxiway.

[@mrbpdx]

One of the few places that 737s take off straight up. I would love to see that video.

[@alohafromkauai6569]

SNA was my OG Airport as a kid. I sure do like my adopted home airport of LIH

[@mattcolver1]

I lived near SNA for many years. I always like taking off out of it. Also if I was on the starboard side I could look down and see our house as I flew out and then over the ocean.

[@saminn6870]

I flew into and out of here on a weekend trip for a friend’s wedding but it was such a blur and I didn’t know anything about the airport. Would love a feature on it as well to see what I missed!

[@Bobbydigital407]

Love DFW! I have flown in and out of that airport 6 times! Please do a video about it!

[@bsr6823]

I had the best cheeseburger of all time at DFW like 4 years ago. No idea what the place was called as my ex-wife got them whilst I waited with the bags at the gate but damn.

[@heyyitzrespawn]

Same bobby

[@MichaelJW72]

@@bsr6823 Might have been Twisted Root Burger Co.

[@jakeelenbaas971]

I work Aircraft Maintenance in Aspen for Skywest Airlines (Regional Carrier for both United and American in Aspen). I would like to thank you for flying with us. At 8:51 you can see me assisting the Ramp Crew in Marshaling the Aircraft next to yours out in the morning. I am off to the left of the aircraft you were boarding to Denver. I even fired up the aircraft you flew out on and warmed it up for everyone that morning.

[@brothermanv]

Very cool!!

[@porterhopson1312]

Do you still work at the airport

[@porterhopson1312]

Jakee

[@jakeelenbaas971]

I do not, I was based there for a winter season by my company and had to return to Michigan in the spring. Following years they selected personnel from different maintenance bases. I would go back if given the chance.

[@joshjohnston7134]

I would love a detailed review of Dallas. Many of the flights from my local regional airports route thru DFW

[@tstidm4]

How about Orlando International airport? It’s one of the largest/busiest non-hub airports in the world.

[@DebbieSarahKasch]

It certainly is. Never-ending. It's huge. You could live there.

[@marriedGary]

I LOVE MCO. I’d watch this video multiple times.

[@Bobbydigital407]

My home airport. I’d love to see a video about it

[@AlonsoRules]

it is a hub - Silver Airways :P

[@parkerbock6868]

You should do DIA! It’s a crazy airport with a ton of hidden “apocalyptic” secrets

[@EvanAviator]

I want to know why people say “DIA” even though it’s “DEN”

[@parkerbock6868]

@@EvanAviator DEN is the ICAO identifier used, whereas DIA refers to Denver International Airport, the actual name the airport goes by. It’s basically what the locals refer to as DEN

[@cedarwine]

Maybe wait until DIA finishes renovations - oh wait, they might never. You can go ahead and film now 😂

[@saxmanb777]

Fun fact: the CRJ-700 is the only commercial jet that has the required single engine performance to go into ASE. (That and the Q-400, I believe.) The real kicker are the special "extraction" procedures the pilots have to do when one engine fails after takeoff or on approach. SkyWest is the only airline that currently operates in there too right now flying for AA, DL, and UA. And yes, do one about DFW, my home airport. I may even have some contacts for you if you like.

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Yeah but the Dash-8 400 is a turboprop which makes it a more reliable aircraft to serve Aspen, while the CRJ-700 is a jet

[@usaviation9656]

You should do Eagle-Vail Rgnl Airport, or KEGE. Great vid btw!

[@TysonIke]

CastleRockAviation I like eagle airports renovation. The national guard across the runway makes it a good spot for plane spotters.

[@louiearmstrong]

Or Telluride

[@ryanpavliga8435]

This reminds me so much of your flight to St. Helena!

[@GreenerGrass]

Thanks! The approach into ASE had a similar sense of occasion!

[@cdanielson1]

Jeb, I love your videos! Very detailed, very informative. I am an Air Traffic Controller in Minneapolis, if you are ever in our beautiful city we can get you a tower tour! (After Covid of course) Also, I have many contacts around the U.S. if there is ever a tower, tracon, or center you'd like to visit. I'd love to help set that up. I must admit though, as an aviation nerd, I enjoy your train videos most! My wife and I are looking forward to a cross country train trip as soon as the covid restrictions loosen.

[@langdondresser5900]

I am excited to see and hear your thoughts on this airport. It is my local airport and I have been a part of the 2 year at this point vision committee for redesigning the airport and discussing whether it should be transitioned into a full AGD3 airport or left how it is with a wingspan restriction, as well as looking at how to update the terminal and infrastructure to meet modern demands in efficiency and customer experience. This has been a very interesting and sometimes controversial process but it will be interesting to see where this airport is headed in the future. It is such a unique airport with an even more unique community that both wants to be the same as it was 20 years ago while also wanting to move into the future. It will be very interesting to see what you think of our airport as someone with an outside perspective but also having a high level of understanding and appreciation of aviation. I hope you enjoyed the airport and your stay. All of your videos are always wonderful and interesting to learn more and more about aviation. Thank you again for all of your in-depth looks at airports and aviation.

[@amygab1493]

I agree. Please do!

[@MileHigh_Aviation]

I flew here before! one of my favorite airports

[@kendrickcantrell5096]

Great KZbin as always. I was a Dispatcher for Frontier Lynx Aviation, and we sent five flights a day from Denver. Every flight was closely monitored for safety of flight. I canceled many flights, delayed and diverted more then I can count. Fantastic Airport! I loved every headache that came with it from an airline operations side.

[@kendrickcantrell5096]

TEX Telluride, Colorado is the highest commercial airport in the US another great airport to highlight.

[@sbeve6559]

It's actually really heartening to hear you give thanks to the folks who were able to build this airport and acknowledge the work that went into it. It's great to hear someone not overlook that!

[@denspotter1489]

Cool! My home airport!

[@sullivanjones8796]

Yes I would like to see an airports revealed about DFW it being my home airport

[@KandeShack]

I’m an aviation and airport junkie. I love flying into new airports! I always allow time for people watching, not the funniest now with masks and restrictions. My Son is a Pilot for Delta and he’s always telling me about airports I’ve yet to visit. Great video, looking forward to more!✈️👏🏼✈️

[@mauiguy6710]

Would love to see your review and opinions of DFW. This vlog was first rate! Thanks

[@tfoiseries]

Hey Jeb! You should do a airports revealed a Jackson Hole Airport in Wyoming!

[@xBris]

Still traveling during a pandemic? Awesome. Trump would be proud of you. (smh)

[@PaulStewartAviation]

Nice Jeb! I loved the music/footage from 6:14ish!

[@GreenerGrass]

Thanks, Paul! I’ve been working on tightening up my edits to music!

[@Aerowar1]

check out jackson hole airport! its similar and has the BEST grand teton views!

[@netbucks]

Very nice video. I thought it odd that you did not mention that both the American and United flights were operated by Skywest Airlines. Also, it might have been interesting to share the approach instructions with the step-downs! Have you ever covered the airport in Tegucigalpa Honduras? VERY scary!

[@josephdickey5277]

You have a fun job, you get to travel all around the world while reviewing everything about it. Just one question, how do I get that job?

[@alissatacony4495]

You should try going to KHDN Hayden Yampa Valley in Steamboat, CO! I flew there a week ago on Southwest!

[@GreenerGrass]

I'll add it to the list! Thanks!!

[@alissatacony4495]

@@GreenerGrass You are very welcome!

[@craigwalsh8116]

I was just thinking the same thing. One of the craziest night flights I remember coming out of Denver. Turboprop puddle-jumper getting buffeted in complete darkness until we finally spiraled into sight of that snowy airport. Not for the faint of heart!

[@bryantsteury8910]

Best part of Aspen? Mary Swanson and Lloyd Christmas

[@RJB]

You think that is scary? How do you think Harry and Lloyd felt riding their moped there?

[@Oses14]

as someone who lives in Dallas I still would love one from DFW, DFW taxi times from what I've experienced can be anywhere from 5 min-30 min just depends on the day.

[@DebbieSarahKasch]

My first time visiting Aspen was with my parents in the 60's. I remember getting cleaned up and dressed for town. We were camping in the mountains for the summer. When we got to town, we wondered why we got dressed up. I remember the "hippies". People eating out of garbage cans. Riding their bikes down the mountains passing cars.

[@stacythomsen6226]

You should try flying into lukla!

[@gregshonle2072]

And, for good measure, add St. Barts and/or Saba.

[@jlheat10]

Let’s goo can’t wait Jeb Brooks!!! Love the trailer!!!

[@DCAviation170]

Hey 👋

[@jlheat10]

Hey

[@JaxAviator]

Just for clarification, pilots don’t require special qualifications for there unless they are airlines or the Part 135 charter outfit requires it under their Operation Specifications. Any general aviation pilot that wanted to go in could.

[@holdensaunders6264]

Yep. However, the airport is closed at night to such operations, as well as a number of proprietary approach procedures for use in low IMC.

[@JaxAviator]

@@holdensaunders6264 correct, though most of those approaches are for specific companies. For example, NetJets has an approach that is only authorized for their fleet and crews. Then landing RWY 33/taking off 15, is only authorized with Airport Management approval.

[@holdensaunders6264]

@@JaxAviator Exactly...if your company doesn't have one, even relatively decent but less-than-perfect weather can mean a trip to RIL. It's quite a sight when a jet (!) decides to try their hand at landing 33.

[@debbieheim3694]

Very cool video! Thanks! 👏👏👏

[@ogjk]

DFW is having runway construction rite now extra taxi time for the time beeing

[@moriver3857]

I worked at DFW for 10 years, and yes, taxing an airplane from one corner to another is about 5 miles. It's been improved but gridlock still happen. At Aspen, if it wasn't for the town itself, takeoffs could be allowed from runway 15, but you can only turn left after takeoff, and the town or, rich and famous residents would not allow it. Awesome video.

[@karlam1254]

I live in Colorado

[@tedfreedman7468]

I live in Aspen and the Airport is very interesting and tough to fly in to

[@samstringerphoto360]

Have you flown to Mammath Lakes California ?

[@raiderseasthigh]

Awesome video Jeb. Would love to see DFW on airports revealed!! Also glad to see talking rubbish making its return.

[@danmclaughlin1180]

9:20 there's a furry stowaway on board!

[@Omar-hw7zi]

I wish I can just ordinarily fly business or first class

[@robertmcdonnold3038]

DFW would be a great video. It's so big and has so many stories.

[@flydude1063]

Would also love to see an in depth review of Denver International Airport. Lots of conspiracy theories behind that airport!

[@MrDanielurry89]

One of my favorite DMA Airports is San Diego International Airport! Very fast approach and landing!

[@we-hb4ni]

My favourite terminal building, it’s so cute! Also I’ve never seen so many private jets as I see parked up at Aspen.

[@Vinny.X]

Gate area is much too small

[@joannenardi8956]

Have you flown into Queenstown airport in New Zealand? That is a special (scary) treat!

[@Mitsiman2024]

Great to fly in there and actually look up to the right and see skiers on the slopes above you on one of the approaches to the airport

[@richardhesk5046]

Yes please to DFW review .

[@holdensaunders6264]

Awesome stuff! From all your ASE crews, glad to have you - and glad you enjoyed it! It's quite the airport.

[@ColoradoAviation]

Great video!

[@EvanStout]

Do a In-depth review at DFW

[@peggythomison5562]

yes I would like to see more indept airport's Cincinnati & Columbus Ohio. especially Aspen Colo.!!✅

[@steezmuffin]

NO have you heard of alaska

[@barrel6468]

What about Charleston Int’l Airport? If you can find enough interesting stuff about it, it’s my home airport so it would be really neat to see you do a video about it!

[@The4ensic]

I love DFW! If I have a long layover, I always walk laps in the terminals. I can log 5 miles easy!

[@Southwest737]

You should do DCA! Special PIC qualification required because it is just south of Prohibited Area P-56 around the White House and Capitol.

[@jeffreysicular5119]

KASE is a piece of cake compared to the NY area with weather at mins at all three major airports. KASE is a nonevent event with proper planning, and proper training. Part 91 operators are able to obtain Special Authorization from the POI where based, to use lower minimums during periods of lower visibility. However, documented ground and flight training from an authorized training facility is required.

[@dianeschroeder3980]

I remember as a teenager flying into Lake Tahoe and there was so much turbulence from the mountainous terrain I thought the plane was going to crash. Turbulence is definitely not my forte but it makes for great video. Nice work Jeb!❤️👍✈️

[@cadenza3210]

LSGS in Sion, Switzerland is more extreme on several measures. *Much* taller mountains, much closer on both sides, requiring an approach I/P that is 27 miles away and 10,000 ft above the runway elevation. Special certification is required for both the aircraft and the pilot.

[@Calebs_Aviation]

Great video Jeb! Wow Aspen is amazing but since I’m not rich I’ll probably never fly their on a Gulfstream someday like I dream of! 😆 Also American Eagle has brought back the CRJ-200 now! WHY! I don’t understand but still. Also if I ever visit ASE I will probably try to make an in depth behind the scenes #INSIDEAIRPORTS video at Aspen. Finally at 5:42 that’s the music Paul Stewart uses! 😂😊 Cheers my friend 🥂 Caleb’s Aviation

[@jfmezei]

You need to call this the Mitshubishi CRJ-700 with side note that it used to be Bombardier. Bombardier has no commercial aviation left. (warning long text follows) Some history: In late 1960s Bill Lear sold learjet. In mid 1970s, Bill Lear approached Canadair, a government owned builder of firefighting aircraft and others towards making a wide body business jet, the LearStar. In 1977, Bill Lear was phased out and programme renamed Challenger, tail changed to T-Tail. One of the launch customer was FedEx who wanted Lycoming engines. Challenger got certification in 1980. It had been designed to be stretched and Canadair had made cabin mockups with 2*2 seating instead of the normal business jet interior. Fed Ex pulled out when cheap second hand aircraft became available in USA. Canadair then produced the Challenger 601 with GE CF 34 engines. Side note: In 1973, the Québec government wanted a local company to build the new Métros for Montréal. It asked Bombardier which had, until that point only made snowmobile and snow clearing equipment to enter the train business. To get some expertise, Bombardeir purchased part of MLW (Montréal Locomotive Works) which was working on developping the LRC train, a replacement for the United Aircraft Turbotrains. Eventually, Bombardier bought all of MLW and became a train maker. In 1986, the Canadian government, tired of subsidizing Canadair, got Bombardier to buy Canadair. It also had owned de-Havilland Canada and wanted to privatize it and it was sold to Boeing who inherited the Dash-8 but then sold it to Bombardier some years later. Bombardier saw the original plans to stretch the Challenger to turn it into a regional jet and decided to act on it. They used the original intended name, the Canadair Regional Jet. the stretch continued to use the CF34 engines (as did the -700 and -900) The CRJ100 was born in 1991. quickly updated to the -200 with improved range etc. The plane sold like hot cakes. So much so that by 2000, increasing production rate couldn't be done because the ship that carried fuselage parts from Belfast (Shorts bro now owned by Bombardier) could carry enough, so Bombardier hired an Antonov 124 to make regular deliveries of CRJ fuselanges to Dorval (YUL) where the planes were assembled. On 9-11, while Boeing and Airbus quickly announced plans to scale back production and cancel plans to increase production, Bombardier bragged about being immune and continued its mass production of -200s (and the -700s which were starting). Delta alone had a backlog of 215 planes waiting to be built on 9-11. By 2004, Bombardier had huge surplus of placed and induced a strike to stop production and then blame strike on financial problems that near brought down all of Bombardier. The Beaudoin family (descendants of founder Armand Bombardier) bailed the company out buy buying the recreational products (skidoos, seadoos etc) from Bombardier. (Now BRP Skidoos). At that point, Bombardier had realized the need for bigger plane and its Challenger had been stretched to the max, so it had been working on the C-Series 100 seta jet for some time, and had eyed Nortwhest as launch customer (since it had huge litter of old DC09 to replace) as well as American with all its MD8x planes). The 2004 near bankrupt put the C-Series project on ice. And when it was ready to restart, Norhwest went Chapter 11 and once purchased by Delta, the DC-9s didn't need to be replaced. So eventually Bombardier found Swiss and Baltic Air to help it launch the C-Series and by then had comelling new Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engines to make C-Series more ecompetitive. Problem: at the same time, the business jet division had also launched 2 new planes, the Global 7500 and Learjet 85. With heydays of the CRJ 200 over, Bombardier financed this from cash coming from the train division. The train division then started to be unable to invest to deliver projects on time and lost orders. Bombardier cancelled the Lear 85, losing the billiosn already invested. But that wasn't enough. The Québec government had Bombardier spin off the C-Series into separate company where the Québec government could invest to see the project through without subsidizing the rest. At the same time, the Québec pension plan (CDPQ) did the same with the trains division, except its recapitalisation required garanteed dividends even for a company without cash. While telling shareholder all was fine and giving themselves raises, the execs proceeded to liqidate the company. (Bellemare was just hired at Delta, so expect Delta to go bankrupt BTW) de-Haviland products (firefighter, DASH-8 and previous models) went to Longview Aviation (Viking air and De Havilland Canada got the Dash-8). The CRJ production was ended and the IP, engineers and maintenance contracts sold to Mitsubishi. 50% of C-Series was gifted to Airbus (leaving Bombardier with 30% and Québec govt 20%). After Bombadier was unable to invest to convert production from prototype to volume production, it sold its 30% stake to Airvus for about 400 million (when it had invested billions) leaving Airbus with 75% of C-Series and Québec governmnent 25%. Meanwhile, at Transportation, Bombardier was being sued by customer because of inability to deliver, and HAD to give CDPQ dividends. It was either buying out CDPQ to stop those dividends (had no cash) of sell it. CDPQ had arranged for Alstom to buy it, and CDPQ converted its 35% stake in worthless Bombardier Transportation into 18% stake into Alstom (with seat on board). So all that is left today is the very division that killed Bombarder: the business jet. It still sells the Challenger, has the new Globale 7500 and one or 2 learjet models. Ironically, the Challenger is now built at Dorval where they used to build the CRJ200s. (remember: same fuselage).

[@jameshamilton2480]

DFW has a feature I'd like to see at all major hubs...digital signs outside the bathrooms the tell you how many stalls are available. Also the red/green light over the stalls.

[@The4ensic]

@JebBrooks Have you noticed a considerable difference in flying 737s and a321s? I think the 321s are more comfortable. What do you think?

[@thecaynuck4694]

Jeb, just because the CRJ-200 is uncomfortable doesn't make it the worst commercial plane in service! It's extremely safe, reliable and economical even if they are being retired for their bigger brothers, but there are worse rides in terms of comfort and everything else out there. Let's be honest, it's better than any Soviet plane in terms of everything at the very least. And safety comes first, so the CRJ-200 is extremely safe and capable of flying to airports like Aspen. And it transformed regional aviation, whether you like it or not. Regardless though, a CRJ-700/900 is preferred.

[@davisbyer4791]

Next time you're in Canada check out YCG/CYCG! The weather minimums to land are about 3000ft AGL, very tight valley that we service in a DH8.

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

Pinal Airpark was on that list ... What? No way! I fly over that place all the time in gliders and have landed there several times. ..... Hummmmm.....

[@steveipsen6293]

You should do on on JAC, Jackson Hole Airport, WY. Only airport completely within the boundaries of a National Park (Teton).

[@ey7290]

Whenever you go international, Innsbruck and Madeira would be good to do, Luxembourg is another cool one but exclusively due to the extensive 747 traffic Maybe 5-8 an hour.

[@vivekyarlagedda6337]

A DFW in-depth review would be amazing!

[@alik345]

Went for some weekend skiing in Snowmass and I flew in with Skywest into Aspen/Pitkin County Airport from ORD. Just came back yesterday

[@raymurphyii]

Jeb, The number of ads in your videos have become so numerous that the videos are unwatchable. What gives? I understand some ads. Really I do. Your videos are so crammed packed with them, they are more annoying than wonderful! I love the videos, but if the ads stay as frequent, just can't deal with it.

[@donreinke5863]

Uh NO..The airport in Durango CO is more extreme .A friend told me of flying on now defunct Rocky Mountain Airways, the aircraft would fly off the end of the runway (located on a tabletop mesa) and then drop before building enough airspeed and lift to climb out of the Sangre de Cristo mountains.

[@shawnmchugh2042]

Just fly to EGE. Longer runway, bigger terminal but stuck in the 50's as you can NOT use Uber or Lyft and are forced to use ridiculously expensive taxis

[@williamcheek7206]

Telluride

[@russellsnyder5630]

Try fly in Juneau, Sitka, UnAlaska. Anaktuvuk Pass Alaska is the scariest I flew in on inbetween the Brooks Range you can see the sheep on the mountain its like 10 feet from the wing...

[@michaelsharp3615]

Mention Kansas City Airport aka the worst airport terminal in the United States!!! Everything is on the wrong side of security which is before security instead of after, the philosophy in the 1970s was door to gate but then hijackings happened which forced metal detectors to be installed then 9/11 which made travelers only past security making it a horrible airport!!! At least they are building an entire new terminal in Kansas City and destroying the old ones

[@leedctrebor]

...Wearing a mask outdoors/talking thru a mask=Thumbs Down...Boo!

[@verbalelixer]

AA operates service to ASE from ORD, PHX, LAX, and AUS all seasonally. DFW is the only year round.

[@bwcbiz]

Laguardia: approach isn't that hard, but if you screw it up over Brooklyn/Queens you get thousands of ground casualties.

[@aahan1]

Aspen is a crazy airport. Gilgit and Skardu airports say: hold our ice creams. 😁😁

[@ArijitBhattacharya1]

Mr Brooks, whenever in India, do give a try to the LEH Airport, surely wont regret it. Meanwhile, just google / youtube it.

[@shabbirnaqvi1344]

I would love to see an in-depth review of Washington’s Dulles International Airport!

[@patrickbraathen8788]

Definitely would recomend approach at SDU. One of the most scenic approaches in the world. With a short runway, closest most will have to landing in an aircraft carrier. 😂

[@curailproductions7636]

Nice

[@shaunganley]

This reminds me a lot of HDN - Steamboat Springs, only that airport can handle much bigger planes, and has much more commercial traffic.

[@rome0610]

If you like such special airports, take a look at Innsbruck, Austria (INN), where there is even a bend in the final approach!

[@jackgoodman6976]

You should do Charlotte. It’s Americans second biggest hub with departure lines that can get as long as 15 aircraft on one runway.

[@weymarosborne9438]

Great video, Jeb!. You should come check out Gunnison/Crested Butte Airport (GUC) sometime.

[@abruptpegasus]

While Aspen is a challenge, I think you need to check out Telluride! Some nutter was just like "hey, lets blast a flat part out of the side of the mountain!" so it's just a steep drop on either end of the runway... either you get it right, you go around, or uhh, well... try to stick to those two!

[@simranpunj6046]

Hi Jeb brooks! I can’t wait to see your vids! I’m subbed

[@ddebdiva]

A pilot friend loves Telluride and considers it more challenging than Aspen.

[@mountaindweller9118]

I would agree with that! From personal experience.

[@ddebdiva]

@@mountaindweller9118 He flies a small commercial airline to most Colorado airports. He likes the challenge of Telluride.

[@aaronbehindbars]

So where ya headed? Aspen. Mmm, California… Beautiful.

[@randylewis1310]

Try Grand Junction, CO. Taking off, you literally run out of runway and are looking over nothing but canyon below.