Paragliding sites for a north-westerly (NW) wind in Austria

34 sites in Austria are rated best for NW winds and 9 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-westerly wind

12er Kopf Zwoelferkopf (Pertisau- Achensee)1,441 m · NE, W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Abtenau1,180 m · W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Aineck2,066 m · N, NE, E, SW, W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Burg Altpernstein - Hirschwaldstein955 m · N, W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Dreiländereck1,403 m · N, NE, NW launch Fulseck (Gastein)2,013 m · W, NW launch · thermal Grosse Asitzkopf1,772 m · N, NE, NW launch · 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 Hochsteinberg545 m · W, NW launch · thermal Hohe Salve1,680 m · NE, SE, SW, NW launch · thermal Hollersbach im Pinzgau (Berghof)1,174 m · N, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Kaiserburg2,024 m · N, W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Krippenstein2,046 m · N, NW launch · thermal Largotz2,157 m · N, NE, NW launch Moscher1,654 m · N, NE, W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Muckenkogel1,049 m · N, NW launch Mugl1,416 m · N, NE, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Niedere - Andelsbuch1,582 m · W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Oetscher1,497 m · NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Pfänder / Pfaender974 m · W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal 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 Schöckl near Graz1,409 m · N, SE, NW launch · ridge soaring Singerberg1,435 m · N, NE, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Stoderzinken2,029 m · N, SE, S, NW launch · thermal Stubnerkogel (Gastein)2,237 m · N, E, NW launch UNTERBERGHORN Takeoff 41,682 m · W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Untersberg1,755 m · W, NW launch Venet / Krahberg (Zams Landeck)2,035 m · N, NE, E, S, NW launch · thermal Wöllaner Nock1,982 m · E, SE, S, SW, W, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal Zwölferhorn1,496 m · N, NE, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermal

Also workable in a north-westerly wind

Bischling (Werfenweng)1,811 m · E, SE, S, SW, W launch · ridge soaring and thermal Diedamskopf2,046 m · SE, S, W launch · ridge soaring Feuerkogel1,594 m · N, NE, E, SE launch · ridge soaring and thermal Gaisberg (Salzburg)1,262 m · N, E, W launch · ridge soaring and thermal Gosau - Zwieselalm1,578 m · N, NE, E, W launch · thermal Hochjoch2,230 m · W launch Neunerköpfle (Neunerkopfle-Tannheim)1,803 m · N, SW, W launch · thermal Seeboden 022,063 m · W launch · ridge soaring and thermal UNTERBERGHORN Takeoff 21,498 m · N launch · ridge soaring and thermal

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