Discovered this gem yesterday. 4,500' of manicured to Triple Tree standards grass. Geneseo NY D52.
Hidden Splendor Airstrip is located about 15 nm northwest of Hanksville KHVE. Its location is in the ForeFlight database and any search engine could yield a lot of information. The elevation is nearly 5,000 feet and the runway is over 2 thousand feet long. Its also wider then RV9 wingspan.
The strip and surrounding canyon rocks are eye candies.
Runway oriented NW-SE. It's very hard to determine the wind. The only windsock is torn out. So a pass or two are recommended to figure out the wind.
Very nice hiking area.
You may want to walk the runway as well to remove larger rocks from your way on takeoff.
I was there in the middle of November and it looks like a perfect time. OAT 55F with light and variable winds. Plenty of runway for a fixed pitch O-320 powered RV.
Highly recommended. If unsure you can stop, firewall the throttle, follow the canyon either way until you get enough airspeed then climb out and try again. Or come next time...
Vlad, you need to add a few sub-categories.
Add: Salt, Dirt-rough, Dirt-smooth, Gravel . . .
Take-off more challenging because after landing the condition of the runway is now known and it is not as good as you thought while overhead?
The Boulder UFO Landing Site! I was there 25 years ago (in a vehicle). Right close to there is the Upper Calf Creek Falls, a really magical place, as it Lower Calf Creek Falls. Here are the lower falls:Boulder Airstrip Utah near Grand Staircase-Escalante National monument.
Great pictures of out of the way places. Amazing how those little RV tires haven't let you down on the soft stuff!
How's the prop doing? Looks like it would take a beating....
But, I think you might consider changing the name of this thread from:
...grass strips..." to
"dirt strips?"
Not sure I would want the survival situation if I cut a tire or worse there....
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
Here is my farm strip east of KMFV. That is my old RV-3 I sold last summer after I built my current -8. 1850’ with clear approaches. Sorry picture is sideways. I cannot find how to turn it upright.
I've met plenty of people who think I'm completely nuts flying a plane I built in my garage. Yet among ourselves we debate risk on a whole other level. It's all relative isn't it!
Vlad, where's the grass?
My favorite is my own, not the best but still my favorite.
The smoothest Ive landed on recently is LKLT Letnany 5L/23R Praha Like a billard table.
Rob
Count me in if it’s on a date I can make in April.
Greg