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Like John Wesley Powell who took the boat up the Green River to the Colorado River. In 2021 I followed the Colorado River from its source to the ocean in Mexico (Forum). Following the river by plane starts with looking for the source and an airport to start. The source is located southwest of Gannett Peak, between Winifred Peak, Split Mountain, and the Arrowhead of Mount. It took a while to find the airport. Three fields each at 42 km. distance, Dubois, Kinky and Pinedale airport. The latter seemed the most appropriate to me. The Green River is ~1175 km, but it took me ~3000 km to follow the Colorado River (=~2300 km), including the sections to/from the airports. So I think this trip will be ~1500 km. I like to follow the flow whenever possible. In the upper part this gets difficult, so "following the meander" means more "following the valley". We shall see. “Go with the flow†and “Follow the river as my leaderâ€. Flight 01 - from AirPort Wenz Pinedale to the source and follow the river (~100 Nm.) With the Cessna 172 I had already explored the route upstream. The aircraft had difficulty with the high altitude above 12000 ft. So I decided to start this trip with the Beech Baron 58 on 31 maart ‘22. After the start to HDG~20 over the Fremont Lakes to Fremont Peak, keep left over the two Titcomb Lakes, past Winifred Peak and through the source of cirque d'Split Mountain near the highest summit "Gannett Peak". After a few sharp bends HDG~330 I arrived at the plateau and after a big bend to the left, the Green River is a small stream which I followed with HDG~200 through the left bend at “Daniëlâ€. Then with direction HDG~110 to make the landing at the same Airport, Ralph Wenz in Pinedale. Nice. Link-0.1 Bron Gannett Peak
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