About this flying site
Airspaces in Switzerland are a tough subject, get all the info you can get before flying. MANY cables!!! check info in gondola to TO.
Büelen / Bueelen paragliding site and weather forecast
Swiss Alps. Live seven-day Alpine flying weather, launch directions and site information for Büelen / Bueelen.
Altitude1,079 m
Launch directionsNE, E, S
Coordinates46.8808, 8.3655
AreaSwiss Alps
Flying profile
Best Workable Not recorded
Büelen / Bueelen is a mountain site in the Swiss Alps with a recorded launch elevation of 1,079 m. It works best in north-easterly, easterly and southerly winds. Pilots fly it for ridge soaring and thermal, using foot launch.
- Terrain
- mountain
- Lift
- ridge soaring and thermal
- Launch
- foot launch
- Cross-country
- Not recorded
When the wind is wrong for Büelen / Bueelen
The nearest site we have rated for each wind direction Büelen / Bueelen doesn't cover.
Wirzweli-Hornnortherly wind, 3 km away · 1,470 m · N launchGummensouth-easterly wind, 2 km away · 1,580 m · SE launch · thermalEngelberg - Brunni - Schoneggsouth-westerly wind, 6 km away · 1,797 m · SE, S, SW launch · ridge soaring and thermalRuedlenwesterly wind, 4 km away · 1,300 m · W launchEschlennorth-westerly wind, 2 km away · 1,110 m · NW launch
Site briefing highlights
Short extracts from ParaglidingEarth. Read the full guide before you fly.
Take-off
Immediately beside farmhouse at the gondola station.
Landing
500m N of gondola station; watch out for CABLES!!! do NOT park here, but at gondola station.
Access and parking
Gondola (2011: 7CHF/ 5EUR per trip).
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Paragliding sites near Büelen / Bueelen
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