Parkwest is offering one flying tour for 2023, returning to some of our favorite National Parks, but also adding a few new sights and destinations.

June 5-15, 2023
This trip will begin in Grand Junction, Colorado, traverse  through southern Utah, Navajo Country, and the Great Basin.  We'll continue on from there through Northern Nevada and Utah to explore the Mountain West of norhtwestern Wyoming, then end the trip in Vernal, Utah to explore Flaming Gorge and Dinosaur National Monument.  Scenic overflights include Utah's canyon country, Monument Valley, Zion NP, the Basin and Range Province, the Great Salt Lake, Yellowstone and Great Teton NPs, Flaming Gorge NRA and Dinosaur NM, and more! Details and the tour map are on the itinerary, below.

• Itinerary
• Tour Status: CLOSED
• Wait List Form
• Pilots Only - Please Complete

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Tour Wrap-Up:​

• Participant Contact List
• Ode to Parkwest Swan Song
• My Favorite Things - Parkwest Style​​
• Swan Song Tour Movie (at right); downloadable, approx. 20 minutes

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"How Did We Get Here" Movie

• Parkwest Memories (at right), downloadable, approx. 24 minutes

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Tour Information:

• March Update
• April Update
• June Update​
• August Update
• ​September Update

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Route Definition:

• Group Assignments (pdf)  (updated 27-Sep-19)

• Route Coordinates:
  • Redtails (pdf) (updated 03-Sep-19)
  • Ravens (pdf) (original 15-May-19)
  • Roadrunners (pdf) (original 26-Sep-19)
• ForeFlight Mobile User Waypoints
  • KML File (swan_song_user_waypoints.kml)
  • Roadrunners KML File (rr_user_waypoints.kml)  
  • Instructions for importing user waypoints​
• ​​​ForeFlight Mobile Route Definitions:
  • ​Redtails
    • Route 1 (Denver to Cortez)
    • Route 2 (Cortez to Richfield)
    • Route 3 (Richfield to Sedona)
    • Route 4 (Sedona to Death Valley)
    • Entire Trip (Denver to Death Valley)
  • ​Ravens
    • Route 1 (Denver to Cortez)
    • Route 2 (Cortez to Wayne Wonderland)
    • Route 3 (Wayne Wonderland to Sedona)
    • Route 4 (Sedona to Death Valley)
    • Entire Trip (Denver to Death Valley)
  • Roadrunners
    • Route 1 (Denver to Mesa Verde)
    • Route 2 (Mesa Verde to Torrey)
    • Route 3 (Torrey to Furnace Creek)
    • Entire Trip (Denver to Furnace Creek)

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Be sure to import the user waypoints to ForeFlight prior to linking to the routes.  Again, follow the instructions from ForeFlight on how to import these waypoints.

We recommend you save each route as a favorite in ForeFlight, so you can easily reload them (offline, if necessary) prior to takeoff during the tour.

Retails' Route (click to enlarge)

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Ravens' Route (click to enlarge)

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Roadrunners' Route (click to enlarge)