Big Creek '04

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="043c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> <B>Big Creek Airstrip (U60) is a short flight from Johnson Creek.   It is home to an excellent Forest Service campground and the Big Creek Lodge.   The lodge is a very popular fly-in breakfast destination for backcountry campers.  The food is excellent and the flight in is a blast.  I highly recommend it.</B></div> <div> <B>Due to the runway slope, plan on landing to the south and taking off north.  On approach, fly a normal left pattern to the south runway.  There will be a large mountain between you and the runway.  Don't worry about it.  Just keep flying a normal pattern and the runway will come into view on final approach. </B></div> <div> <B>For campers, the campground is located near the parking area at the south end of the runway.  It's heavily wooded, quiet and not usually busy.   There is a small forest service fee for camping.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>John Galban's Flying Site</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Galbans Flying Site"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="16"><B>     </B><A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Schafer 04"><U><B><IMG SRC="04910100.gif" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Johnson Creek 04"><U><B><IMG SRC="04a10100.gif" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Galbans Flying Site"><U><B><IMG SRC="04b100e0.gif" border=0 width="16" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> Big Creek '04</div> <div> <IMG SRC="17915900.jpg" border=0 width="533" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This is the Big Creek Lodge.  Premier breakfast stop for backcountry flyers.  The flight to Big</div> <div> Creek is worth the trip.  The food is just the icing on the cake.  <A HREF="http://bigcreekidaho.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bigcreekidaho.com"><U>http://bigcreekidaho.com</U></A></div> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="17db6f40.jpg" border=0 width="694" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This is the runway at Big Creek (looking north).  That's Mark and Melody on the right and me on</div> <div> the left.   Mark is my airport neighbor in Chandler and has been flying the backcountry for years</div> <div> as well.   He  flies the green and white Cessna 182 parked by the windsock.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>