At the Austria/Germany border stand a wonderful alpine range which offers awesome options for paragliding. From the sky you can contemplate wide and green valleys, gentle mountains, no glaciers here but some serious rock faces. Many ski lifts offers a confortable access to take off. Austria is also known for its food and its beer. To make it simple : it is a very high potential area for XC paragliding pilots. Conditions here can be be gentle to solid. It is not as atomic as Dolomites in summer, so it gives opportunities to fly above the summer stability and gets some kilometers....
Reagrding security, efficiency and conviviality our group is limited to 6 pilots
Von Bad Reichenhall ins Herz der Berchtesgadener Alpen – Gleitschirmfliegen/Paragliding from Christian Lobensommer on Vimeo.
Included : 1 instructor , shuttle, Base camp tent, 2 places tent, sleeping bag ( on request)
Not Included : Flying insurance, Rapatriation insurance, flight from and to Kossen, beverages, food , all that is not in "Included.
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Most of the mountains have ski lifts and offers may take off at different elevations. The mains summits are : Mont Watzmann ( 2713m), Hochkalter ( 2607m) or the Hochkonig ((2941m). Altituds are good enough to get generous and comfortable thermals.
We gonna try to optimize the distance potential from every site and we will set together all the elements for such a purpose.
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Piloting : rear + accelerator, active piloting, thermal efficiency
Analyse : weather, strategy, flying tactics
Mental : stress management, attention capacity
For whom ?: pilot confortable with a En B, already done 1 Siv - speed descent control- autonomous on various landings
LEVEL 2
(see bottom page)
For us it is essential that everyone feels comfortable and safe. Or goal is to be be able to give you personnel tuition, to improve your skills. It is why our group is limited to 6 pilots. It is a bit more expansive but it allow s much more flexibility.
You fly at your own rythm.
We fly with no stress or fear, everyday we determinate what are the flying conditions and we set our flyings limits and rules.
ALPWIND is a french paragliding school ( école FFVL, ) connected to the French Paragliding Association ( Fédération Française de Vol Libre.) Your instructors are also mountain professionnels ( mountain guide) and Xc pilots with a serious expérience.
Bad Weather. : we can move toward Brenner pass and Dolomites ( more south), even further south if necessary.
Gear : En B Wing minimum. Harness, reserve ( checked ), radio with battery and charger, Variometer with charger, plus all géra (sun glasses, sun cream, gloves etc...)
Accommodation : we will be base in Saint Johann In Tirol (658m). We have a list of accommodation in the area if you want something very comfortable. We will probably move in the area to optimize the exploration, so no long term bookings. We have 2 places tents and a base camp tent, we can stay in a camping. You can to bring your own sleeping bag and a thermarest. We suggest to spend 1 night in a mountain hut for an awesome mountain experience. Every pilot pays for its lodging.
Meeting/how to get there : You can fly to Salzburg or Innsbruck and get a bus to Kossen. Or, the day before in Chamonix if you want to use our shuttle (we share the fees) .
What it will looks like ? : enening daily weather analyse. 2 options are considered for the following day. Morning decision: during breakfast we agree on the plan for the day. Move to take off site. Flights. Landing and beers, debriefing. Repeat...
Niveau 1- autonomous landings , thermal efficiency ( able to wait at the top), able to fly 1h30, already done 20 kil xc, control of speed descent (ears+accelerator)
Niveau 2 - Idem + capacity to climb fast in good thermal conditions, comfortable in generous conditions, experience in turbulent air , able to fly 1h30 to 3h, already done 30 / 40 kil xc, speed descent (ears+accelerator+360) , able to organise a rescue landing.
Niveau 3 : Idem + able to fly 4hrs and more, able to manage turbulence, Purpose 70kil and more.
