Road Trip USA 2014 - Page - Monument Valley
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 201.07 mi
- Elevation gain
- 13,189 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 13,123 ft
- Max elevation
- 11,082 ft
- TrailRank
- 37
- Min elevation
- 4,105 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 18 hours 14 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2784
- Uploaded
- November 10, 2014
- Recorded
- November 2014
near Page, Arizona (United States)
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Day 13 of the Road Trip in USA.
We woke up early in Page, a very young city founded in 1957 for the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam. Its location seemed quite interesting because there are many tourist attractions nearby, although there is not much to do in the city itself.
Our intention is to take advantage of the day and at 7:00 am we stand at the local aerodrome to ask for flights in airplanes and helicopters. We wanted to go by helicopter to Monument Valley, descend and return ... but only offer a plane flight without descent :-( They also warn us that we should do it soon since strong winds are expected throughout the day.
Determined to get to Monument Valley we did not think about it and booked our flight at 8:30.
It was my first time in a plane and I had not taken into account a few basic physical and aerodynamic concepts. So as soon as we take off more than 20m from the ground and the gadget moves and reacts more aggressively than a plane I begin to ask if the decision has been right.
In general, I will say yes. Not that they were bad conditions, according to the "normal" pilot, but for me he was approaching nuclear panic.
The flight, very nice, allows us to fly among others, Horseshoe Bend, Mount Navajo (its 3000m high caused turbulence that I will not easily forget), all the canyons that reach the Lake Powell (artificial, by the way) and finally, Monument Valley . The immensity of the landscape and its extension leave us speechless. Everything here seems huge.
It's a shame we could not get there on foot to Monument Valley, but our road trip does not stop and I'm tired of doing so many kilometers by car ...
We woke up early in Page, a very young city founded in 1957 for the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam. Its location seemed quite interesting because there are many tourist attractions nearby, although there is not much to do in the city itself.
Our intention is to take advantage of the day and at 7:00 am we stand at the local aerodrome to ask for flights in airplanes and helicopters. We wanted to go by helicopter to Monument Valley, descend and return ... but only offer a plane flight without descent :-( They also warn us that we should do it soon since strong winds are expected throughout the day.
Determined to get to Monument Valley we did not think about it and booked our flight at 8:30.
It was my first time in a plane and I had not taken into account a few basic physical and aerodynamic concepts. So as soon as we take off more than 20m from the ground and the gadget moves and reacts more aggressively than a plane I begin to ask if the decision has been right.
In general, I will say yes. Not that they were bad conditions, according to the "normal" pilot, but for me he was approaching nuclear panic.
The flight, very nice, allows us to fly among others, Horseshoe Bend, Mount Navajo (its 3000m high caused turbulence that I will not easily forget), all the canyons that reach the Lake Powell (artificial, by the way) and finally, Monument Valley . The immensity of the landscape and its extension leave us speechless. Everything here seems huge.
It's a shame we could not get there on foot to Monument Valley, but our road trip does not stop and I'm tired of doing so many kilometers by car ...
Waypoints
Summit
6,020 ft
Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock
Information point
Car park
Summit
6,417 ft
Sentinel Mesa
Sentinel Mesa
Summit
6,158 ft
Stagecoach
Stagecoach
Summit
0 ft
The Setting Hen
The Setting Hen
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Lastima tu aprehensión sobre el vuelo! a los que vuelan conmigo les digo que es como asustarse porque que las olas muevan una lancha en referencia a la turbulencia,pero los monomotores soportan hasta 3G positivas y 1 Negativa, Claro que por ser zona desertica se generan fuertes corrientes ascendentes y decendentes por el calentamiento del aire con la superficie de la tierra. Monument Valley lo tengo como un de mis planes por realizar.