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Ramp Check Aug 20, 2026

Big Creek, Uniform Six Zero, the Idaho Backcountry Lodge That Burned to the Ground and Was Rebuilt Board by Board by the People Who Fly In

How pilots rebuilt Idaho's Big Creek Lodge (U60) board by board after a 2008 fire, flying every piece into the wilderness.

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Ramp Check Aug 19, 2026

Mile Hi, Zero Uniform One, the One-Way Uphill Strip in the Frank Church Wilderness Where You Commit on Short Final and There Is No Going Around

Mile Hi (0U1) is a one-way, 14% uphill backcountry strip in Idaho where pilots commit on final and use gravity to land and take off.

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Ramp Check Aug 18, 2026

Johnson Creek, Three Uniform Two, the Idaho Backcountry Strip With Hot Showers, Courtesy Bikes, and a Runway Cut Into the Bottom of a Canyon

Johnson Creek (3U2) is Idaho's crown-jewel backcountry strip - a 3,500-ft turf runway in a canyon with hot showers and camping.

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Ramp Check Aug 14, 2026

Johnson Creek, Idaho, Three Uniform Two, the Mowed-Grass Strip at Five Thousand Feet Where the Mountains Close In on Both Sides and the Whole Airplane Community Shows Up to Cut the Lawn

Radio Hangar explores Johnson Creek, Idaho, Three Uniform Two, the Mowed-Grass Strip at Five Thousand Feet Where the Mountains Close In on Both Sides and the Whole Airplane Community Shows Up to Cut the Lawn.

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Ramp Check Aug 6, 2026

Johnson Creek, the Idaho Backcountry Strip at Yellow Pine Where the Grass Is Cut Like a Fairway, the Showers Are Hot, and Every Pilot on the Field Is Someone You Want to Meet

Radio Hangar explores Johnson Creek, the Idaho Backcountry Strip at Yellow Pine Where the Grass Is Cut Like a Fairway, the Showers Are Hot, and Every Pilot on the Field Is Someone You Want to Meet.

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Ramp Check Aug 4, 2026

Big Creek, the Idaho Backcountry Strip Whose Lodge Burned to the Ground and the Volunteers Who Hauled It Back Up the Mountain Board by Board

How pilots rebuilt Idaho's Big Creek Lodge board by board after a 2008 fire, flying every nail into a roadless wilderness canyon.

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Ramp Check May 22, 2026

Johnson Creek and the Idaho backcountry airstrips where the wilderness is the runway

Johnson Creek and Idaho's backcountry airstrips offer pilots access to some of the wildest, most beautiful terrain in the lower 48.

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