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Live seven-day Alpine flying weather with launch direction, altitude and local site information for Davos - Jakobshorn -2560.
Site briefing
Davos - Jakobshorn -2560 is a paragliding launch in the Swiss Alps. Its recorded elevation is 2,503 m and its mapped launch aspects are N, SW, W, NW. Compare the live forecast at launch with winds aloft, gusts, cloud base, rain and daylight before checking current local access and airspace information.
- TO 'Jakobshorn Gipfel': 3min from cable car peak station; windsock on top of mountain; - TO 'Jatzhütte': 10min from cable car (see picture): S-SW-W; easy. - TO 'Brämabüel': in winter by chair lift; in summer to be reached only by walking about 20min from the Jakobshorn peak
- 'Bolgen': near cable car station; in summer: see picture/ in winter: always where the windsock stands! - 'Carjöl': in winter - 'Golfcourse' only for HG's! - 'Seewiese' (beside lake): CLOSED!
Jakobshorn cable car from Davos: http://www.bbdk.ch/
Entire airspace around 'Davos' closed during WEF (World Economic Forum) end of January! LS-R at the end of Sertig-valley (check DABS to see if active). Airspaces in Switzerland are a tough subject, get all the info you can get before flying: http://www.flyland.ch. DABS (active danger areas etc): https://www.skybriefing.com/portal/de/
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