The Wilderness Adventure begins in Medford, Oregon with a briefing session on the day of your arrival. You will be introduced to the 2007 Cessna T182T and its Garmin G1000 panel including terrain avoicance, datalink weather, and the Garmin GFC 700 autopilot. A planning session for the week ahead will complete the briefing session.

The next morning the Adventure kicks in!

You and your flying partner will be traveling north past Crater Lake into Washington, Idaho and Montana crossing both the Cascades and Rocky Mountain ranges in one day.

On day two the back-country beckons! During the morning you will takeoff and enter the Idaho Back-Country by way of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness area, across the Middle Fork of the Salmon River ending up in the Frank Church Wilderness area. We'll land at beautiful yet challenging US Forest Service back-country strips, and try to be on the ground before the afternoon winds kick up, leaving you time to hike, fish or just relax and enjoy the majestic beauty of the Idaho Wilderness.

The third day begins with an early morning takeoff when the air is at its best. Today we focus on the airstrips along the River of No Return. Bring your camera as you probably won't believe we are actually going to land at some of these "airports". By the end of the day you will have a good handle on the "ins and outs" of mountain strips and be on your way to mastering canyon techniques.

Day four we leave the back-country and rejoin our IFR procedures as we wind our way though the high basin country beginning in Boise and ending up that afternoon for a little fun in Reno known as the "Biggest Little City in the World" Don't stay up too late as we depart early the next morning.

The final day begins with a spectacular view as we shoot the GPS approach into Lake Tahoe. Then its past San Francisco Bay, the wine country of Sonoma County and in and out of the foggy coastal airports before returning to Medford.

All in all you and your partner will log more than 25 hours shooting multiple approaches and departures.

Five fabulous days of flying, learning and great fun with Field as your teacher, coach and guide! Paul Berge of IFR magazine calls him the "Mountain CFII Legend".

IFR Currency is not required. The trip will lead to a BFR and ICC (if the pilot is IFR rated) at its conclusion.

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