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    Beautiful 3,000 ft strip.  Grass on the side with gravel down the center.  Freshly mowed in the end of June when we were there.  It's a short walk to Huckleberry Heaven where you can get everything related to huckleberrys.  Land south, take off north.  Use the bowl to the northeast of the strip to gain altitude if you need.  We were advised by some other pilots to not takeoff south.  They had done it once and about became permanent residents.  Well worth the stop in.

    Runway
    • Length

      3000

    • Width

      150

    • Surface

      TURF-GRVL-G

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    • Facility ID

      ID85

    • Elevation

      2827

    • CTAF

      122.9

    • State

      ID

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    Lat: 46.78740305556 , Long: -116.16765000000 - IDAHO, USA

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