Willow Flats

Willow Flats is in great overall condition, although the wind sock is missing. The northwest end of the longer runway has some sagebrush encroaching on it.

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Overflew as it was too windy and variable to land. On the main runway from the SE there appears to be a fairly heavily used animal trail that may also be rutted from runoff. It is pretty easy to see and looks like it can be avoided. I will land it and get a closer look the next time I am up there. The abandoned camper from the previous report is still there.

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Some larger sage brush that can fairly easily be avoided. I landed to the north for winds and there are some ruts from a UTV or jeep in the runway about 1/3 to 1/2 way down. They were visible from the air on a low flyby. The main north south runway is a little better than the crosswind strip. No windsock but there is a pole available. There is an abandoned camper in the trees south of the crosswind strip and east of the main strip. It was fun to explore. Beautiful area.

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Northern 3rd of runway has good sized sage brush. Pulled a bunch of small ones, but big ones require tools. Still plenty of runway, but north end needs work. Looks like a good place to camp. Did not inspect the crosswind.

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Did a fly by only of Willow Flats. The north south runway looked pretty good with what looked like some sage brush plants growing in a few spots. I did not land due to winds, but with better wind conditions if headed south I would have landed a little long as there seemed to be less plants towards the middle of the strip. I did not see a windsock. Camping looks great around the area. There was a heard of wild horses very close to the cross wind strip.

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