Pilot Bruce Gordon of EcoFlight, a flying service based in Aspen, Colorado, flew us out of Glenwood Springs to make a pass over the Roan to see what it all looks like from the hawk’s eye view. That’s the mighty Colorado River below us, and as we gained altitude, we passed over Storm King Mountain, on the White River National Forest, where 14 wildland firefighters lost their lives in July of 1994. This is big country, dry down low, getting greener as the land gains altitude and catches and holds the big snows that make this part of Colorado habitable by man and beast and fish alike.