GETTING THERE MOAB HAS BECOME a mecca for mountain bikers who have access to a vast network of trails. The region attracts both motorized and nonmotorized outdoor enthusiasts who do an admirable job of accommodating each other's disparate activities. 74 | AOPA PILOT March 2021 From the east, flying to Moab requires crossing the Rocky Mountains-a move that's all about timing. David Churchill, a Maryland pilot who flies to Moab regularly in his Cessna 210 Centurion, says he usually plans an overnight stay in western Kansas or Nebraska so that he crosses the high country in the early morning when winds are light and the sun is at his back. " You can avoid a lot of terrain by taking a northerly route through southern Wyoming along Interstate 80, or a southerly route through the beautiful San Luis Valley and south to Taos and across, " he said. " A trip like this allows you to see how the country is put together in terms of both terrain and especially its system of rivers. You follow the path of the historic western migration along the Platte and Niobrara to the north, or the Arkansas and Rio Grande to the south. " -DH