backcountry strips

Ramp Check Oct 8, 2026

Johnson Creek Airport, the Two Thousand Eight Hundred Foot Grass Strip Deep in the Payette National Forest, and the Idaho Backcountry Pilots Who Would Not Trade It for Any Runway in the World

Johnson Creek Airport (3U2) is a 2,890-foot grass strip at 4,960 feet MSL deep in Idaho's Payette National Forest - one of the most rewarding backcountry destinations in the American West.

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Ramp Check Sep 17, 2026

Johnson Creek, the Yellow Pine Harmonica Festival, and the Idaho Backcountry Strip Where Tail Draggers Fill a Canyon Every August

Johnson Creek Airport in central Idaho's Payette National Forest hosts one of the country's most celebrated backcountry fly-ins each August, timed to the Yellow Pine Harmonica Festival.

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Ramp Check Sep 3, 2026

Wilson Bar, the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, and the One-Way Strip That Changes Every Pilot Who Lands It

Wilson Bar on Idaho's Middle Fork of the Salmon River is a 1,300-foot one-way canyon strip that defines what backcountry flying demands of a pilot.

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