Learn how terrain affects the weather, and how to pick routes and altitudes that keep you in the best conditions.
"I'm blown away how well they understand and present potentially life saving knowledge about how to predict, avoid, and even fly through a mountain wave if you get caught."
"I've been a Boldmethod customer for many years, and the content keeps getting better. It always feels professional and polished, authoritative and well-researched."
We're Aleks and Colin, the founders of Boldmethod. We've flown our airplane through mountain weather from the Appalachians to the coastal ranges of California, and we built this course around what we learned along the way.
Terrain creates updrafts, downdrafts, turbulence, and storms, and it changes the wind throughout the day. You'll learn how these conditions form, where to find them in your reports and forecasts, and how to spot them in flight. It applies in every season, in any mountain range or hilly terrain.
Learn how waves and rotors form, how to spot them in forecasts and in flight, and what to do if you get caught in one.
Valley and slope winds shift from morning to evening. Learn how to time your departure and arrival around them.
Every flight is filmed in our airplane, from the Appalachians to the California coast. No simulators, no stock footage.
Airflow and the Mountains. How terrain shapes airflow, and why mountain weather behaves so differently from flat land weather.
Over 14 hours of video, with a quiz after every lesson and a test at the end of each chapter.
Each case study uses actual reports, forecasts, and footage, so you see how these conditions play out in real flying.
Wind River Range, WY and Sangre de Cristos, COWhat wave activity looks like from the cockpit, how to use PIREPs and forecasts to plan around it, and what to do if you run into it.
Denver, COReports, forecasts, and PIREPs from a wave event over the Front Range, with a full debrief of how it developed.
Boulder, COHow a classic Chinook event develops along the Front Range, including the hydraulic jump that catches pilots off guard on approach.
Seattle, WAHow the Olympic Mountains split the airflow and build clouds and turbulence over the Sound that a TAF won't show you.
Portland, ORThe gap winds that funnel through the Gorge east of Portland, and how they affect VFR flying at airports along the corridor.
Phoenix and greater ArizonaHow monsoon moisture drives afternoon storms across the Southwest, with a cross-country flight around active cells.
Telluride, CO, Elizabethton, TN, and Grand Junction, COThree valley wind environments side by side, showing how the same principles play out with different terrain.
Jackson, WY, Telluride, CO, and the Denver Front RangeReal turbulence on approach and departure at three mountain airports, what caused it, and how to see it coming.
KBJC to KRIF and backA full cross country from Rocky Mountain Metro to Richfield, Utah, working around building storms both ways.
"If you think about how much this level of instruction would cost one on one, let alone if you could find someone at this level to give you the time, it's a no brainer."
30-day money-back guarantee. If you don't love the course, we'll refund your purchase in full.
No. These weather systems show up in hilly terrain across the country, not just the Rockies. If you fly anywhere with real terrain, the concepts apply.
Over 14 hours of video. Lessons include summaries and quizzes, and each chapter ends with a test. Work through it at your own pace.
Yes. Each lesson ends with a quiz, and each chapter ends with a test. You can retake them as many times as you want.
You're covered by our 30-day money-back guarantee. Send us an email or give us a call, and we'll refund your purchase in full.
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