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Overview
Several times a year, for hiking purposes, I fly from the Midwest to the western parts of United States. When weather is clear, I enjoy looking out the plane window to find places that I have visited or seen on maps. My most recent flights from Chicago to Las Vegas and back happened on two such wonderfully sunny days. I will provide here pictures that I took sequentially during my flights.
The Midwest (Chicago to the Rocky Mountains) is painfully long, flat and featureless therefore, most of the pictures were taken west of the mountains.
Chicago to Las Vegas, February 5, 2022
Comanche National Grassland (Colorado).
East and West Spanish Peaks (Colorado).
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Beaubien Peak at the low end of the picture (Colorado).
Blanca Peak and the northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains plus The Great Sand Dunes (Colorado).
Ship Rock (New Mexico).
Grand Canyon, Junction of Colorado River and Little Colorado River (Arizona).
Grand Canyon, Unkar Creek Rapids area (Arizona).
Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon Village on the left, Yaki Point middle (Arizona).
Grand Canyon, Pima Point & Hermit’s Rest on the right (Arizona).
Grand Canyon, Wide Island/220 Mile Canyon area (Arizona).
Grand Canyon, Gneiss & Bridge Canyon/Hualapai Indian Reservation area (Arizona).
Lake Mead and north ridge of Mt. Wilson (Arizona).
Las Vegas to Chicago, February 12, 2022
Shortly after taking off from Las Vegas, Northshore Drive came to view. I could see Northshore Summit Trailhead, Northshore Peak, Razorback Ridge and Bowl of Fire (Nevada).
Overton Arm of Lake Mead with the red colored Valley of Fire (Nevada).
Snake Gulch, a north-south running gulch on the north side of Grand Canyon (Arizona).
Paria Canyon (Arizona).
Wahweap Marina, Lake Powell (Arizona).
Padre and Last Chance Bay plus Kane Peninsula, Lake Powell (Utah).
Last Chance and Rock Creek Bay, Lake Powell (Utah).
Colorado & San Juan River junction just outside the left lower corner, Lake Powell (Utah).
Bullfrog Marina, Lake Powell (Utah).
Red Canyon, Mt. Ellen Peak and Mt. Pennell of Henry Mountains plus Lake Powell (Utah).
Arch Canyon (Utah).
Hammond Canyon (Utah).
Abajo Mountains and Route 191 (Utah).
La Sal Mountains (Utah).
Uncompahgre Plateau and Horsefly Canyon (Colorado).
Black Canyon of the Gunnison River (Colorado).
Western edge of the Elk Mountains of Colorado. Landsend Peak, Coal Mountain, Sheep Mountain South, Tater Heap etc. (Colorado).
Mt. Gunnison (Colorado).
Anthracite Ridge, Carbon Peak, Whetstone Mountain, Mt. Axtell… (Colorado).
Mt. Crested Butte in the center of the picture. Capitol Peak/Snowmass Mountain top of the picture (Colorado).
Broncho & Henry Mountains lower part of the picture (Colorado).
Mt. Helmers, Fitzpatrick Peak, Fairview Peak…(Colorado).
Mt. Antero, Mt. Princeton, Mt. Yale…(Colorado).
Town of Buena Vista, Arkansas River and the Sawatch Mountains (Colorado).
Buffalo Peaks (Colorado).
A look back at the Sawatch and Elk Mountains plus Arkansas River valley (Colorado).
South Park Plateau (Colorado).
Route 24 to the west of Colorado Springs (Colorado).
Missouri River just south of the town of Rock Port (Missouri).
Mississippi River was hidden under clouds.
Making a U-turn over Lake Michigan (Illinois)
Lake Michigan and Downtown Chicago before landing (Illinois).
