Kelso Valley

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Kelso Valley</B>   |   <A HREF="id177.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Boomer Ridge"><U>Boomer Ridge</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id184.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="rock garden"><U>rock garden</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id180.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Walts Point"><U>Walt's Point</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Olancha"><U>Olancha</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id181.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Big Pine Creek"><U>Big Pine Creek</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id209.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kelso Valley"><U>Kelso Valley</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id182.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WHITNEY"><U>WHITNEY</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id183.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cottonwood Meadows"><U>Cottonwood Meadows</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id193.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mt Whitney"><U>Mt Whitney</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id194.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="tip 2 tip 2..."><U>tip 2 tip 2...</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id195.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Owens Valley"><U>Owens Valley</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id196.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="north into the high country"><U>north into the high country</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id197.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Inyos"><U>Inyos</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id198.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Westgard Pass"><U>Westgard Pass</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id199.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="White Mt Pk"><U>White Mt Pk</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id200.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kings Canyon National Park"><U>Kings Canyon National Park</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id202.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cottonwood Lakes"><U>Cottonwood Lakes</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id203.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lake Tulaino"><U>Lake Tulaino</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id204.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mt Williamson"><U>Mt Williamson</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id205.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="crawling home"><U>crawling home</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Owens Pk"><U>Owens Pk</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id207.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Switchbacks, Olancha Peak"><U>Switchbacks, & Olancha Peak</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id208.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="south Sierra crest"><U>south Sierra crest</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id210.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="sixty miles home"><U>sixty miles home</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id212.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="northwest from Boundary Peak"><U>northwest from Boundary Peak</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="02ad2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <B>14,000 feet at</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#990066" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Cache Pk</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#990066" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B> is enough to allow a straight glide all the way to</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#990066" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Boomer Ridge </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#990066" FACE="Arial" ><B>near </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Inyokern</B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#990066" FACE="Arial" ><B>, but  we might leave </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Cache </B></FONT><B>as low as 10,000' </B><B>to work our way north.</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#990066" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Kelso Valley</B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#990066" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>is a beautiful ranch far from civilization - and it has a </B><B><U>landing</U></B><B> </B><B><U>strip</U></B><B>.</B></div> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#990033" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id209.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kelso Valley"><U><B><IMG SRC="774a2760.jpg" border=0 width="162" height="118" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id209.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kelso Valley"><U>click on image to enlarge</U></A></div> <div> <B>The series of small ridges on course usually offers ample lift, or maybe even a gradual climb while cruising on the shearline.</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#990066" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 2"><U><B>BACK</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Kelso Valley</I></div> <div>                                                                                             <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 2"><U><B>BACK</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="5a7e0bc0.png" border=0 width="480" height="444" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Cache Pk</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>