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Some passes through the Sierras in California are obvious from the
roads that go through them, examples being near Lake Tahoe (Hwy 50 and
Interstate 80) and Tioga Pass Road (Hwy 120) through Yosemite.

My question is what other passes, not marked by roads, are people
using?

If they are very clever, none of them. They are flown by people who have
never lost an engine unexpectedly.


About ten years ago, I flew from Bishop to the SF area and was
planning on using Tioga Pass until a local pilot told me about the
pass behind Mammoth Mountain that follows V230 almost to Fresno. It is
more than 500' lower than Tioga Pass and follows the San Joaquin
River's canyon, so once you're over the pass, you have a clear shot to
Fresno with no terrain clearance issues.


Did the local pilot also tell you how long it would take the sheriff's
rescue team to pull your mangled body out of the river canyon once someone
noticed you were missing?

Jim