Here we go again

[Richard Flanders]

Can't remember for sure. I looked at my altimeter when I landed and was going to remember but you know how that goes.... It's somewhere between 4000-5000 feet. The next basin up that we ski in is around 7000 ft. It's a long takeoff roll I can tell you. That C-180 can take almost a mile to get off the snow sometimes.

[Jeff Christie]

Originally Posted by Richard Flanders

Can't remember for sure. I looked at my altimeter when I landed and was going to remember but you know how that goes.... It's somewhere between 4000-5000 feet. The next basin up that we ski in is around 7000 ft. It's a long takeoff roll I can tell you. That C-180 can take almost a mile to get off the snow sometimes.

Wow!! I would have thought it would jump off the deck in yards if not feet. What is the density altitude in that cold? Or is it that cold? What is it like in ground effect with the snow. I guess the real altitude trumps the cold air density factor.

My father flew C-124's in Antarctica and said they would white out pretty much as they entered ground effect on landing. When they reversed props things really got spooky. And the cockpit deck was 38 feet from the runway.