Richard Hendrickson offered a topic: Night landings at Ashland.
Especially challenging if you are driving a higher performance aircraft. Richard mentioned that Bob Skinner follows I-5 out to the Imigrant Lake area before turning inbound to runway 30 when he's landing the Cessna 340. Uses the red flashing lights on the 2430' MSL radio towers SE of the runway as sort of an inbound marker.
I remember showing the pilots of John Phelps' DC-3 during a night check-out that a zig-zag on I-5 also acted as a good place to start the left base leg to runway 30. That flight worked out great, as we started at dusk and were able to capture landmarks before it became truly dark.
Some pilots have suggested using a straight-in to either runway if the wind is favorable and no conflicts exist with other traffic; however, they acknowledge this would conflict with the "No strght-in apch." restriction in the Flight Guide.
All pilots would agree that the concern is that ridge South-SW of the runway, along with the ridge that is just to the east of the final approach to runway 30.
So, look the terrain over real well next time you're in the Ashland area during daytime and make your notes and plans - even though you have no desire to test your skills. You may, however, find yourself setting up an unplanned landing at Ashland for any number of reasons.
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