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I08 - Cabin Creek, Idaho
Cabin Creek airstrip is about 1.5 miles up Cabin Creek from Big Creek, nestled between mountains. The runway is uphill and has a slight curve to the right.
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No ID - Mile Hi, ID
Probably one of Idaho's most infamous backcountry airtrips, Mile Hi is a short, dog-legged, up-hill, un-maintained airstrip perched on a mountan top at 5831'.
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8U2 - Schafer Meadows, MT
Schafer Meadows is said to be one of Montana's best backcountry airstrip. Located inside the Great Bear Wilderness on the Middle Fork of the Flathead River, this airstrip has camping, fishing, and hiking.
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Big Rocks & Long Props, Volume 3
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A quick preview of the latest BRLP video - 'On Ice'!

In this latest installment of Big Rocks & Long Props, Greg Miller meets-up with famed bush pilot Paul Claus to learn about ski flying in Alaska's rugged wilderness of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. This time around the movie trades-in the conspicuously extreme hydro-planing and big rock landings for the a style of extreme flying where, as Greg puts it, "the margin between life and death can be extremely thin."

This movie is different than the first two, and I like that. The scenery is spectacular and the it's fun to see Greg step into a new element to learn from someone like Paul Claus. The DVD includes just over an hour of ski flying and a short bonus section that includes highlights from the 2007 Valdez Fly-In STOL competition.

If you haven't already, I definitely recommend ordering a copy: