Paragliding sites for a north-easterly (NE) wind in Austria

22 sites in Austria are rated best for NE winds and 16 more are rated workable. Open any site for a live, hour-by-hour forecast scored for your wing.

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Best in a north-easterly wind

12er Kopf Zwoelferkopf (Pertisau- Achensee)1,441 m · NE, W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Aineck2,066 m · N, NE, E, SW, W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Damberg642 m · NE, E launch Dreiländereck1,403 m · N, NE, NW launch Feuerkogel1,594 m · N, NE, E, SE launch · ridge soaring and thermal Gosau - Zwieselalm1,578 m · N, NE, E, W launch · thermal Gösseck2,198 m · NE, E, SE, S launch · thermal Grosse Asitzkopf1,772 m · N, NE, NW launch · thermal Hochstein1,977 m · NE, E launch · thermal Hohe Salve1,680 m · NE, SE, SW, NW launch · thermal Largotz2,157 m · N, NE, NW launch Lazid (Serfaus)2,314 m · NE, E, SE launch · thermal Moscher1,654 m · N, NE, W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Mugl1,416 m · N, NE, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Neustift - Elfer1,785 m · NE launch · thermal Penken1,821 m · NE, E launch · thermal Plankenstein744 m · NE launch · ridge soaring and thermal Singerberg1,435 m · N, NE, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal UNTERBERGHORN Takeoff 31,574 m · NE, E launch · ridge soaring and thermal Venet / Krahberg (Zams Landeck)2,035 m · N, NE, E, S, NW launch · thermal Zillertaler Höhenstrasse -Melchboden (Mayrhofen)2,005 m · NE, E, SE launch · thermal Zwölferhorn1,496 m · N, NE, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal

Also workable in a north-easterly wind

Bischling (Werfenweng)1,811 m · E, SE, S, SW, W launch · ridge soaring and thermal Burg Altpernstein - Hirschwaldstein955 m · N, W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Gaisberg (Salzburg)1,262 m · N, E, W launch · ridge soaring and thermal Grubigstein1,995 m · E, S, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Hinterglemm (Zwolferkogel)1,921 m · N, E, SE, S, W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Hohe Wand East920 m · E, SE, S launch · ridge soaring and thermal Kaiserburg2,024 m · N, W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Krippenstein2,046 m · N, NW launch · thermal Muckenkogel1,049 m · N, NW launch Polster1,884 m · N, SE, S, SW, W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Schattberg (Hinterglemm)2,069 m · N, SW, W, NW launch · thermal Schmittenhöhe (Zell am See)1,912 m · E, SE, SW, W, NW launch · thermal Schneeberg1,865 m · N, NW launch Speiereck2,049 m · SE, S, SW launch · thermal UNTERBERGHORN Takeoff 21,498 m · N launch · ridge soaring and thermal Untere Scharten Alpe1,653 m · NE, E launch · thermal

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