Dave Gittins
The changes in altimeter setting over relatively short distances surprised me.
One of the reasons the mountains make their own weather, and also destroying the practice of always flying a known pattern altitude and a set power abeam the threshold for the descent to touchdown. Remote mountain airports don't always broadcast field altimeter settings. Just a few of the variables that make mountain flying so interesting and enjoyable.
Try the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness area in Idaho next time. An example airport: Wilson Bar (C48) requires a two mile flight upstream in a narrow canyon to reverse course downstream for a low and slow, last minute dogleg turn to a one way final with no go around at no more than 100' above the river. Field elevation 2275', runway length 1500', gravel/grass/snakes.
