A B200 KING AIR TAKES OFF FROM EGE; CO; AND FLIES THE DEP IN REVERSE. DEP INSTRUCTIONS ARE CONFUSING TO RPTR.

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ON THE PUBLISHED DEP FROM THE EAGLE VAIL ARPT (EGE); CO; I FAILED TO FOLLOW THE PRESCRIBED ROUTING TAKING OFF ON RWY 25. THE PROC IS TO TURN IMMEDIATELY TO A HDG OF 215 DEGS AND CLB TO 13500 FT. PASSING 9000 FT; INTERCEPT THE 322 DEG RADIAL OF THE RED TABLE VOR AND HENCE...! I INTERCEPTED THE 322 DEG RADIAL BUT WAS FLYING INBOUND INSTEAD OF OUTBOUND; WHEN THE CTLR TOLD ME I WAS IN THE WRONG AREA. I HAD SPENT SEVERAL MINS PRIOR TO TKOF STUDYING THE PROC; BUT OBVIOUSLY FAILED TO UNDERSTAND IT THOROUGHLY. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT I ERRED. I HAVE TO BELIEVE; HOWEVER; THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PLT WHO HAS COMMITTED; OR WILL COMMIT THIS SAME ERROR BECAUSE OF ITS COMPLEXITY. A SIMPLE; BUT MUCH SAFER WAY TO PRESENT THIS DEP IS TO HAVE IT ON A GRAPHIC; HORIZ DEPICTION WITH A BROAD BLACK ARROW OVERLAYING THE RTE. THIS IS COMMON FOR MANY OTHER DEPS AND IN MUCH LESS HAZARDOUS TERRAIN. ALSO; IN THE WRITTEN DEP INSTRUCTIONS; INSERT THE WORDS; 'INTERCEPT AND TRACK OUTBOUND ON THE 322 DEG RADIAL....' I KNOW THESE 2 CHANGES WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY KEPT ME FROM MAKING THIS MISTAKE! CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE FLYING AND CTLING. STILL; HE FLEW THE WRONG DIRECTION FOR THE DEP. RPTR HAD TAKEN OFF TO THE E SEVERAL TIMES; BUT THIS WAS HIS FIRST W DEP. HE WAS NOT EXPECTING A W DEP. WHEN GIVEN THE W DEP HE SPENT 3 MINS READING AND REVIEWING THE DEP. STILL; HE FLEW IT INCORRECTLY. RPTR ADMITS HIS ERROR; BUT FEELS HE WOULD HAVE FLOWN IT CORRECTLY HAD IT BEEN PRESENTED AS MANY OTHER DEPS ARE PRESENTED. THAT IS; WITH A GEOGRAPHIC LAYOUT WITH ALTS WRITTEN ALONG THE DEP PATH. HE FEELS THE DEPICTION FROM A VERBAL DESCRIPTION LEAVES OUT CLARITY AND CAN OBFUSCATE WHAT IS INTENDED.