Swiss Alps. Live seven-day Alpine flying weather, launch directions and site information for Engelberg - Brunni - Schonegg.
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Engelberg - Brunni - Schonegg is a mountain site in the Swiss Alps with a recorded launch elevation of 1,797 m. It works best in south-easterly, southerly and south-westerly winds, and can also work in westerly winds. Pilots fly it for ridge soaring and thermal, using foot launch.
The nearest site we have rated for each wind direction Engelberg - Brunni - Schonegg doesn't cover.
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ATTENTION: in the whole valley ('Engelbergertal') there are NUMEROUS, UNMARKED, BARELY VISIBLE cables!!! Check info at gondola stations/ ask local pilots! This cables very often are in positions, where you would expect them last!
Big, nicely sloped field with windsock. Advanced pilots usually walk up into the steeper part of the slope to get an earlier take-off time. Thermal is usually over the trees slightly to the left of the launch.
Luzern (Lucern) - Stans - Engelberg. In Engelberg take the cable car to Ristis, then the lift to Brunni Hütte. Take the path either down to the lower launch or the small path following the slope to the east.
Can get rough when the easterly wind (Bise) is strong. Do NOT fly when there is Föhn (Southerly wind combined with high differences in pressure between the south and the north of Switzerland Locarno - Zürich > 3 hpa difference).
At the valley entrance (about 5 km north of the launch) there is the CTR of Buochs and Alpnach. You need clearance to enter or cross this airspace.
Forecasts are planning aids, not safety clearance. Check current observations, official airspace and NOTAM information, local rules and your own experience before every flight.
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