"The Passes"

A local flight of approximately 1 hour. The Upper Arkansas Valley is surrounded by seven passes lying between the highest mountains of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain chain. We will fly to these passes -- learn how to approach and cross them -- recognize a dangerous pass or a preferred route as well as learn how to use the terrain to find lift at safe altitudes AGL. The passes are: Low Pass, Weston Pass, Mosquito Pass (the highest in the US), Fremont Pass, Tennessee Pass, Hagerman Pass, and Independence Pass.