Re: Minimum IFR altitude Cody to West Yellowstone

"cd" <c320f@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3f1b3a66-1fdc-422e-bb1d-7cdf61d17208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Aug 20, 9:18 pm, "benfo...@xxxxxxx" <benfo...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 20, 7:02 pm, cd <c3...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm planning a trip to Yellowstone, does anyone know what the IFR
> minimum vector altitude is for direct routing from Cody (COD) to West
> Yellowstone (WYS)? There is no airway between these two points.

I am guessing.... 12,000

On the L-13 ifr enroute low altitude chart the Off Route Obstruction
Clearance Altitude (OROCA) is 15,500 to the west of Cody. If the MVA
is only 12,000 that would be great, I'm trying to avoid using oxygen.
Maybe I should call Salt Lake Center and ask. Does anyone know their
phone number in that area?

http://flighttraining.aopa.org/members/flight_bag/pdfs/atc.pdf

Most of the phone numbers listed will only be answered during normal business hours.

I don't see how the MVA could possibly be 12,000 since flying direct takes you over Dead Indian Peak which is higher than 12,000.

This time of year you generally get VMC in that area in the mornings, and if it's IMC, you probably don't want to tangle with those types of mountains in a normally aspirated aircraft unless you're very familiar with the area and/or have a lot of actual time in the mountains. A guy in a 182 just killed himself and his family just south of Breckenridge during marginal weather and supposedly he had a lot of mountain time.

I just got done with a trip to Glacier Nat'l Park and I went to Yellowstone last year around this same time.

I don't know if you've been in that area before, but if you tell me where you're coming from, where you want to end up, what kind of plane, and what you're doing there (vacation or whatever), I can come up with some suggestions if you want them or there might be someone that's from that area that can do a better job.

Last year I parked the plane at Gardiner (29S) which is a nice friendly little airport just north of the park. It's relatively easy to get to from the north flying through the valleys (VFR of course), and you don't need to get into the oxygen altitudes. Flying through the valley from LVM is awesome.

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