About this flying site
SIV: www.gleitschirmschule-achensee.at/
Rofan paragliding site and weather forecast
Austrian Alps. Live seven-day Alpine flying weather, launch directions and site information for Rofan.
Altitude1,654 m
Launch directionsSW
Coordinates47.4412, 11.7583
AreaAustrian Alps
Flying profile
Best Workable Not recorded
Rofan is a flying site in the Austrian Alps with a recorded launch elevation of 1,654 m. It works best in south-westerly winds.
When the wind is wrong for Rofan
The nearest site we have rated for each wind direction Rofan doesn't cover.
Markbachjoch (Wildschönau)northerly wind, 25 km away · 1,430 m · N launch · ridge soaring and thermal12er Kopf Zwoelferkopf (Pertisau- Achensee)north-easterly, westerly or north-westerly wind, 5 km away · 1,441 m · NE, W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermalZillertaler Höhenstrasse -Melchboden (Mayrhofen)easterly or south-easterly wind, 25 km away · 2,005 m · NE, E, SE launch · thermalPerlersoutherly wind, 28 km away · 1,105 m · S launch · ridge soaring and thermal
Site briefing highlights
Short extracts from ParaglidingEarth. Read the full guide before you fly.
Take-off
just a few minutes walk from gondola station
Landing
LZ at the lake is reserved for SIV seminars! > use only official LZ!
Access and parking
Cable car from Maurach: http://www.rofanseilbahn.at/
Local weather notes
webcam: http://www.rofanseilbahn.at/
Flight rules
Hmax: 9500ft/ amsl (ca 2890m) ! To the South (after Ebner Joch) descending to 0500ft(amsl (2590m) (> pix) A very good description of Austrian airspace structure with graphics (in German only) can be downloaded here…
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Paragliding sites near Rofan
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