* NAM ID LAT_D LAT_M LAT_S LON_D LON_M LON_S COD ALT FRE RW_D RW_H RW_L RW_S RW_W RW_G ICAO CIT CUP_COD CUP_DES CUP_NAM CUP_STY DES FAA_NAME FRE_ATIS FRE_AWOS FRE_CTAF FRE_TOWER FRE_UNICOM FUEL GLIDERS MAG STA STATE_ABBREV TEL * * ============================================================================== * * Filename "alvord19.stx" created Sunday, 07 July 2019 at 06:57 GMT * Worldwide Soaring Turnpoint Exchange format version 0.5.2 * * Lines starting with a * are comments and are ignored by programs using this file * Lines starting with a $ are definitions of parameters available to programs using this file * The first line that is neither a comment nor a definition contains the definitions * of the contents of the columns that follow * All other lines are waypoint definitions * The line containing the column definitions can be placed anywhere before the first waypoint. * It is placed as a comment at the top of this file for convenience in using this file * with a spreadsheet program, where the first line can be placed in a separate window * to label the columns as you scroll down. * The columns are separated by the "tab" character * * The specification of the .STX file format is available at * http://soaringweb.org/TP/stx_specification.html * * This is a 'beta' release to support the release of the NK ClearNav and is subject to change. * * ============================================================================== * * Starting the definition of various parameters for the file * $STX_VERSION 0.5.2 $CD Y $MAGNETIC_VARIATION 20E $HOME Alvord Desert, Oregon $COUNTRY US $STATE_ABBREV OR $STATE Oregon $HEADER_LINE Willamette Valley Soaring Club $HEADER See also the All Alvord collection that in addition contains the FAA airports from Burns to Air Sailing and Lakeview to McDermitt. It also has 17 SeeYou tasks. $FILENAME_8 alvord19 $FILENAME_5 alvr9 $FILENAME_4 alv9 $FILENAME_3 al9 $TIMEZONE_NAME US/Pacific $CONTRIBUTOR Dave Watrous $CONTRIBUTOR_E-MAIL dwwatrous@yahoo.com * CUP_TASKS: "Air Sailing Out and Return","???","Alvord Desert","Air Sailing","Alvord Desert","???" * CUP_TASKS: Options,NearAlt=656.0ft * CUP_TASKS: "Alvord 100k FAI Triangle","???","Alvord Hot Springs","Wildhorse Valley","Whitehorse Ranch","Mickey Hot Springs","Alvord Hot Springs","???" * CUP_TASKS: Options,NearAlt=656.0ft $CUP_TASKS "Alvord 200k FAI Triangle","???","Green Roof","Alvord Peak","ALV2KWV","ALV2KN","Green Roof","???" $CUP_TASKS Options,NearAlt=656.0ft $CUP_TASKS "Alvord 50k FAI Triangle","???","ALVest","ALVNorth","Big Sand Gap","ALVest","???" $CUP_TASKS Options,NearAlt=656.0ft * CUP_TASKS: "Burns 300k FAI Triangle","???","Alvord Desert","Crowley Ranch","Burns OR","Alvord Desert","???" * CUP_TASKS: Options,NearAlt=656.0ft * CUP_TASKS: "Denio Out and Return","???","Wildhorse Valley","Denio Junction","Wildhorse Valley","???" * CUP_TASKS: Options,NearAlt=656.0ft * CUP_TASKS: "Oregon Canyon 300k FAI Triangle","???","Wildhorse Valley","Roaring Springs Ranch","Black Bull Spring Ranch","Oregon Canyon Mountains Peak","Wildhorse Valley","???" * CUP_TASKS: Options,NearAlt=656.0ft * CUP_TASKS: "Withrotor 500k FAI Triangle","???","Alvord Desert","Withrotor","ALV500kwest","Alvord Desert","???" * CUP_TASKS: Options,NearAlt=656.0ft * CUP_TASKS: "Crowley West 300k FAI Triangle","???","Peak 7571","Crowley Ranch","ALV3KE","Alvord Peak","Peak 7571","???" * CUP_TASKS: Options,NearAlt=656.0ft * CUP_TASKS: "Roaring Springs-Crowley-McDermitt 386km FAI Triangle","???","Wildhorse Valley","Roaring Springs Ranch","Crowley Ranch","McDermitt State","Wildhorse Valley","???" * CUP_TASKS: Options,NearAlt=656.0ft * CUP_TASKS: "Withrotor-Paiute Meadows 500km FAI Triangle","???","Alvord Desert","Mickey Butte","Withrotor","Paiute Meadows","Alvord Desert","???" * CUP_TASKS: Options,NearAlt=656.0ft * CUP_TASKS: "Soldier Meadow-McDermitt-Crowley 550k FAI Triangle","???","Alvord Desert","Soldier Meadow Nr 1","McDermitt500k","Crowley Ranch","Alvord Desert","???" * CUP_TASKS: Options,NearAlt=656.0ft $CUP_TASKS "Hwy 78 Out and Return","???","Peak 7571","Hwy 78","Peak 7571","???" $CUP_TASKS Options,NearAlt=656.0ft * CUP_TASKS: "Crowley-Pine Grove 411k Triangle","???","Alvord Desert","Crowley Ranch","Pine Grove","Alvord Desert","???" * CUP_TASKS: Options,NearAlt=656.0ft * CUP_TASKS: "Hwy78-McDermitt-Denio 328k","???","Wildhorse Valley","Hwy 78","McDermitt State","Denio Junction","Wildhorse Valley","???" * CUP_TASKS: Options,NearAlt=656.0ft * CUP_TASKS: "Slickey Lake-N/S Dry Lake-Crowley 543k Triangle","???","Wildhorse Valley","Slickey Lake","N/S Dry Lake","Crowley Ranch","Wildhorse Valley","???" * CUP_TASKS: Options,NearAlt=656.0ft * CUP_TASKS: "Roaring Springs-Winnemucca-Crowley 620k Triangle","???","Peak 7571","Roaring Springs Ranch","Winnemucca","Crowley Ranch","Peak 7571","???" * CUP_TASKS: Options,NearAlt=656.0ft $CUP_TASKS "Fields Out and Return","???","Alvord Desert","FIELDS","Alvord Desert","???" $CUP_TASKS Options,NearAlt=656.0ft $MODIFICATIONS 10 Jul 13: Original contribution, courtesy of Rand Eads and Pat McCartan $MODIFICATIONS 14 Jul 13: Original names restored. $MODIFICATIONS 18 Jul 13: Hillsboro points removed. $MODIFICATIONS 05 Oct 14: Ilec airspace file updated with AirParse Version 2.5 $MODIFICATIONS 28 Jun 18: Denio Junction, El Rancho, Roaring Springs Ranch, and Rome Service Airport moved, courtesy of Steve Mason 'DZ' $MODIFICATIONS 16 Jun 19: Alvord Desert, Alvord Hot Springs, Alvord Lake, Alvord Peak, Alvord Ranch, Big Sand Gap, Borax Lake, Buckskin Mountain, Burns Junction, Catlow Peak, Coyote Lake, Devine Rock, Duck Creek Butte, Duffer Peak, EWSlphrSsJst, Fifteen Cent Lake, Fish Lake, Flagstaff Butte, Fld4OR, Granite Spg DL, Green Roof, Hwy 78, Jungo Flats N, Jungo Flats S, Juniper Lake, Landing Field, Little Sand Gap, Mann Lake, Mann Lake Ranch, McDermitt500k, Mickey Basin, Mickey Butte, Mickey Hot Springs, N/S Dry Lake, Oregon Canyon Mountains Peak, Peak 7571, Pine Grove, Pueblo Mountain, Red Mountain, Skull Creek Reservoir, Slickey Lake, Star Mountain, Ten Cent Lake, V Lake, Wildhorse Lake, and Willow Butte added.   ALVBase moved.   AWA1, AWA2, AWA3, AWA4, AWA5, AWA6, AWA7, AWA8, AWB1, AWB2, AWB3, AWB4, AWB5, CrwlyRanch, Denio, Fields, RRngSpgs, and Romesvc removed. $MODIFICATIONS 05 Jul 19: Alvord 500K West and Bluejoint Ranch DL added. $MODIFICATIONS 06 Jul 19: El Rancho and Fields moved. Tasks corrected. $ALTITUDE_UNIT FEET $RW_L_UNIT FEET $LONGITUDE West $LATITUDE North * * ============================================================================== * * The next line defines the contents of columns. It MUST appear before the first waypoint line NAM ID LAT_D LAT_M LAT_S LON_D LON_M LON_S COD ALT FRE RW_D RW_H RW_L RW_S RW_W RW_G ICAO CIT CUP_COD CUP_DES CUP_NAM CUP_STY DES FAA_NAME FRE_ATIS FRE_AWOS FRE_CTAF FRE_TOWER FRE_UNICOM FUEL GLIDERS MAG STA STATE_ABBREV TEL * * Starting the waypoints * Alvord 1K Wave ALV1KWV 42 42 30 118 12 30 T 4236 ALV1KWV Turn Point ALV1KWV 1 Alvord 200K S ALV200KS 42 14 30 118 27 0 T ALV200KS Turn Point Alv200ks 1 Alvord 2K N ALV2KN 43 2 0 118 15 0 T 5272 ALV2KN Turn Point ALV2KN 1 Alvord 2K Wave ALV2KWV 42 32 30 118 0 0 T 4192 ALV2KWV Turn Point ALV2KWV 1 Alvord 3K E ALV3KE 43 6 0 118 57 0 T 4519 ALV3KE Turn Point ALV3KE 1 Alvord 500K West ALV500KW 43 36 29 120 20 20 T 4662 ALV500KW Turnpoint ALV500kwest 1 Alvord Base ALVBASE 42 31 41 118 31 32 HSFLT 4000 123.3 180 5000 ALVBASE Alvord Base Camp, 18/36 preferred 9/27 Freq: 123.3 Auto Tow Launches generally start at camp and proceed SSE but we can launch anywhere. Gliders can reach a height of 2800 ft AGL while on tow (6800 MSL). ALVBase 3 Alvord Base Camp, 18/36 Preferred 9/27 Freq: 123.3 Auto tow launches generally start at camp and proceed SSE but we can launch anywhere. Gliders can reach a height of 2800 ft AGL while on tow. * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alvord Dst ALVDST 42 36 0 118 29 0 T 4300 ALVDST Turn Point AlvDst 1 Alvord East ALVEAST 42 24 0 118 5 30 T 4514 ALVEAST Turn Point ALVEast 1 Alvord Est ALVEST 42 35 36 118 31 48 T 4530 ALVEST Turn Point ALVest 1 Alvord North ALVNORTH 42 39 0 118 21 0 T 4105 ALVNORTH Turn Point ALVNorth 1 Alvord Desert ALVORERT 42 31 35 118 27 18 T 4006 ALVORERT Mostly landable unless wet. Avoid dark areas. Lots of sage brush on perimeters especially on the eastern and southern ends. North end is usually the last to dry out but the wind can push the water around. Alvord Desert 1 Mostly landable unless wet. Avoid dark areas. Lots of sage brush on perimeters especially on the eastern and southern ends. North end is usually the last to dry out but the wind can push the water around. * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alvord Hot Springs ALVORNGS 42 32 38 118 31 59 T 4068 ALVORNGS Good thermal source Alvord Hot Springs 1 Good thermal source * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alvord Lake ALVORAKE 42 23 5 118 36 24 T 4037 ALVORAKE John Bradford landed a Ventus B successfully on the perimeter of this lake. Years ago, a small cessna flipped over while landing here due to landing in a soft area. Alvord Lake 1 John Bradford landed a Ventus B successfully on the perimeter of this lake. Years ago, a small Cessna flipped over while landing here due to landing in a soft area. * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alvord Peak ALVOREAK 42 20 51 118 42 11 5T 7132 ALVOREAK Alvord Peak 7 Alvord Ranch ALVORNCH 42 37 8 118 29 53 T 4196 ALVORNCH Alvord Ranch 1 Alvord 200 W ALVRD200 42 42 12 118 47 0 T ALVRD200 Turn Point Alvord200W 1 Alvord 2K N ALVRD2KN 43 1 0 118 15 30 T ALVRD2KN Turn Point ALVORD2KN 1 Alvord Ra St ALVRAST 42 29 57 118 22 2 T 4523 ALVRAST Turn Point ALVRAST 1 Alvord South ALVSOUTH 42 22 30 118 29 30 T 4068 ALVSOUTH Turn Point ALVSouth 1 Big Sand Gap BIGSAGAP 42 29 4 118 23 2 T 4216 BIGSAGAP Big Sand Gap 1 Bluejoint Ranch DL BLUJTRCH 42 43 35 119 39 0 LT 4450 BLUJTRCH Turn Point Bluejoint Rch DL 3 Borax Lake BORAXAKE 42 19 39 118 36 6 T 4088 BORAXAKE Borax Lake 1 Buckskin Mountain BUCKSAIN 42 15 17 118 24 28 5T 6080 BUCKSAIN Buckskin Mountain 7 Burns Junction BURNSJCT 42 46 59 117 50 57 LT 3937 225 2000 BURNSJCT BLM? 2012 - Mike Koerner says - 17 meter wide, 6 feet short grass either side and a crown that gives good clearance. Just North of the intersection of Hwy 78 and Hwy 95 Burns Junction 3 BLM? 2012 - Mike Koerner says - 17 meter wide, 6 feet short grass either side and a crown that gives good clearance. Just north of the intersection of Hwy 78 and Hwy 95 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carls CARLS 42 31 11 118 31 39 T 4026 CARLS Carls - Good House thermals generally between here and the ridge Carls 1 Good house thermals generally between here and the ridge * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Catlow Peak CATLOEAK 42 2 0 118 19 0 5T 7680 CATLOEAK Catlow Peak 7 Coyote Lake COYOTAKE 42 34 31 118 6 43 T 4092 COYOTAKE Dry Lake Coyote Lake 1 Dry Lake Devine Rock DEVINOCK 42 38 46 118 32 27 T 7782 DEVINOCK Devine Rock 1 Duck Creek Butte DUCKCTTE 43 10 4 118 8 15 5T 6123 DUCKCTTE Duck Creek Butte 7 Duffer Peak DUFFEEAK 41 39 27 118 43 56 5T 9428 DUFFEEAK Duffer Peak 7 EW Sulphur Springs Jst EWSLPJST 40 52 9 118 43 26 LT 4068 90 3300 EWSLPJST Dirt runway about 70 ft wide, some sage brush on runway EWSlphrSsJst 3 Dirt runway about 70 ft wide, some sage brush on runway * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Fields FIELDS 42 20 0 N 118 39 0 W 4210 TP 170 2500 US 2OG4 Private, Turn Point FIELDS Private, Turn Point 1 FIELDS Fields El Rancho 17/35 G 50 Oregon OR 541-420-4491 FLD Flds Filds Fields Fields Fields Fields Fields Fields Fields Fields Fields Fields Fields Fields Fields Fields FIELDS 42 15 51 118 40 30 T 4210 Fields FIELDS Turn Point FIELDS 1 Oregon OR Fifteen Cent Lake FIFTEAKE 42 58 7 118 18 12 T 4144 FIFTEAKE Fifteen Cent Lake 1 Fish Lake FISHLAKE 42 44 13 118 38 49 T 7374 FISHLAKE Fish Lake 1 Flagstaff Butte FLAGSTTE 42 11 55 118 22 42 5T 6033 FLAGSTTE Flagstaff Butte 7 Field4 OR FLD4OR 43 10 42 118 17 46 LT 4016 FLD4OR Good farm fields 7/2008 Fld4OR 3 Good farm fields 7/2008 Granite Spring DL GRANITDL 40 46 16 118 51 11 LT 4265 GRANITDL Dry Lake Granite Spg DL 3 Dry Lake Green Roof GREENOOF 42 29 48 118 32 6 T 4052 GREENOOF Green Roofed House - House Thermal. Thermals are generally located between here and the ridge to the west. Green Roof 1 Green Roofed House - house thermal. Thermals are generally located between here and the ridge to the West. * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hwy 78 HWY78 43 3 25 118 11 30 T 4218 HWY78 Hwy 78 and Fields Denio Rd Hwy 78 1 Hwy 78 and fields Denio Rd Jungo Flats N JUNGOTSN 40 59 30 118 20 30 LT 4199 JUNGOTSN Dry Lake Jungo Flats N 3 Dry Lake Jungo Flats S JUNGOTSS 40 55 30 118 21 30 LT 4199 JUNGOTSS Dry Lake Jungo Flats S 3 Dry Lake Juniper Lake JUNIPAKE 42 55 5 118 20 39 T 4026 JUNIPAKE Juniper Lake 1 Landing Field LANDIELD 42 43 33 118 27 54 LT 4256 270 LANDIELD Marked Landing Field on some charts. Need to inspect this field before landing there. The crop circle immediately south may be a better option for an emergency landing. Landing Field 3 Marked landing field on some charts. Need to inspect this field before landing there. The crop circle immediately south may be a better option for an emergency landing. * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Little Sand Gap LITTLGAP 42 25 39 118 25 5 T 4206 LITTLGAP Little Sand Gap 1 Mann Lake MANNLAKE 42 46 19 118 26 49 T 4183 MANNLAKE Mann Lake 1 Mann Lake Ranch MANNLNCH 42 44 21 118 28 20 T 4250 MANNLNCH Mann Lake Ranch 1 McDermitt 500K MCDR500K 41 56 23 117 25 54 T 5813 MCDR500K McDermitt500k 1 Mickey Basin MICKESIN 42 44 19 118 19 3 T 3916 MICKESIN Dry Lake Mickey Basin 1 Dry Lake Mickey Butte MICKETTE 42 42 33 118 20 54 5T 6294 MICKETTE Generally there are good thermals here Mickey Butte 7 Generally there are good thermals here * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mickey Hot Springs MICKENGS 42 40 43 118 20 53 T 4066 MICKENGS Mickey Hot Springs 1 N/S Dry Lake NSDRAKE 41 6 47 117 52 40 LT 4350 NSDRAKE Dry Lake N/S Dry Lake 3 Oregon Canyon Mountains Peak OREGOEAK 42 7 20 117 55 36 5T 8031 OREGOEAK Oregon Canyon Mountains Peak 7 Peak 7571 PEAK7571 42 34 8 118 35 24 5T 7571 PEAK7571 Peak 7571 7 Pine Grove PINEGROV 41 33 57 117 48 33 T 4250 160 3700 PINEGROV PRI (NV68)|RY 16/34:3700x28-ASPH-LGT|FUEL: 100 80|ACTVT LIRL RWY 16/34 - 122.8.|MGR: KEN H. EARP|415-886-3800 Pine Grove 5 Pri|Ry 16/34:3700x28-Asph-Lgt|Fuel: 100 80|ACTVT Lirl Rwy 16/34 - 122.8.|Mgr: Ken H. Earp|415-886-3800 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pueblo Mountain PUEBLAIN 42 5 58 118 39 3 5T 8632 PUEBLAIN Pueblo Mountain 7 Red Mountain REDMOAIN 42 5 0 118 24 0 5T 6989 REDMOAIN Red Mountain 7 Skull Creek Reservoir SKILLOIR 42 23 48 118 44 59 T 4962 SKILLOIR Skull Creek Reservoir 1 Slickey Lake SLICKAKE 42 19 17 118 55 18 T 4536 SLICKAKE Dry Lake Slickey Lake 1 Dry Lake Star Mountain STARMAIN 43 22 31 117 58 10 5T 6037 STARMAIN Star Mountain 7 Steens Mt STEENSMT 42 38 30 118 34 30 T 9733 STEENSMT Turn Point SteensMt 1 Ten Cent Lake TENCEAKE 42 59 38 118 17 3 T 4177 TENCEAKE Ten Cent Lake 1 V Lake VLAKE 42 28 8 118 44 37 T 6591 VLAKE V Lake 1 Wildhorse Lake WILDHAKE 42 37 45 118 35 20 T 8418 WILDHAKE Wildhorse Lake 1 Willow Butte WILLOTTE 42 13 0 118 15 0 5T 5439 WILLOTTE Willow Butte 7