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Live seven-day Alpine flying weather with launch direction, altitude and local site information for Buochserhorn.
Site briefing
Buochserhorn is a paragliding launch in the Swiss Alps. Its recorded elevation is 1,780 m and its mapped launch aspects are SW. Compare the live forecast at launch with winds aloft, gusts, cloud base, rain and daylight before checking current local access and airspace information.
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Easy large sloping grassy takeoff right next to the large white cross on the summit. Can handle S to W winds. Be careful of a small cable crossing the field just below the takeoff - but it is plainly visible.
Take the cable car from SE part of Dallenwil (town) up to Niederrickenbach (7 CHF includes 2 CHF landing charge.) From there follow hiking signs to Buochserhorn. It's a maximum 2 hr hike (approx 700m altitude gain). Route is quite obvious. Note that Buochserhorn faces south, and so the snow melts on this slope a lot earlier than surrounding hills. We managed to easily hike up this hill early April 2018 when other slopes at the same altitude still had meters of snow.
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