Ennis at last
What a beautiful flight. The trip from Bozeman can't be more than 40 mins via C172 but it is really one of my favorite trips so far from a scenic standpoint. The trek took us around the north western shoulder of the dense Gallatin Mountain Range to the east and the Madison Range to the West. The Gallatin Mountain Range includes Ted Turner's famous ranch, two ski resorts, world rated trout fishing, a sliver of Yellowstone National Park, sharp mountain peaks, the Gallatin River, and just all around amazing mountain scapes.
This trip also includes a wonderful view of the Bear Trap canyon section of the Madison river. This is a popular white water destination and boasts great Class 4 challenges. The Airport itself is situated on a quite handy geological formation called an alluvial fan. The alluvial fan is a surprisingly flat and treeless fan shaped deposit of sediment from years of erosion in the mountains to the East.
To top it off one of the local Elk herds greeted us on base leg. For more about this area I suggest you check out "Chasing Lewis & Clark Across America: A 21st Century Aviation Adventure" a wonderful aviation book.
B.E.
