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Live seven-day Alpine flying weather with launch direction, altitude and local site information for Fanas -Hörnli -Eggli.
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Fanas -Hörnli -Eggli is a paragliding launch in the Swiss Alps. Its recorded elevation is 1,788 m and its mapped launch aspects are SE, S, SW. Compare the live forecast at launch with winds aloft, gusts, cloud base, rain and daylight before checking current local access and airspace information.
On good days very busy, space on the gondola must be previously reserved - especially for parties > 2 pilots! (+41 81 325 1939)
Main launch sites: -'Eggli' (1650m): about 200 meters to the SE of the top of the cable car; - 'Hoernli' (1800m): on top of the mountain about 20 Minutes uphill. Both sites are easy and large enough for many pilots. HG's use 'Eggli' Alternative launches: -'Mast 4' preferred by HG, as easily reached by car -'Plandadein' -outside vegetation period only!!! (turns on only in the (late) afternoon)
- 'Grüsch': official landing zone in the valley; marked with a wind-sock; HGs land here. - 'Schiers': >> see picture - 'Fanas' (only Oct-March)!! above gondolastation -PG only! (>> see picture)
>> ATTN: 12.1.- 13.3.2026 CLOSED for maintenance !! << !!From Zürich in direction of Chur, turn off in Landquart in direction Klosters/Davos; via Grüsch to Fanas (limited parking space only!!). Better: leave car in 'Schiers' and take bus to 'Fanas' Gondola does NOT run 1200-1300! Bus timetable: http://www.sbb.ch Gondola: https://www.gruesch.ch/uenschas-dorf/tourismus/seilbahn-fanas.html/68
Not recommended when wind is strong NW to NE. Do not fly when 'Föhn' is blowing or predicted. 'Föhn' is a strong, turbulent (south-)wind over the Alps due to large pressure differential between south and north side of Alps. ('Nordföhn' in Ticino/ northern Italy also exists and is normally even more turbulent!) - Föhndiagramm: https://wetterring.li/profiwetter/foehndiagramm-fl-ost-ch - Webcam:https://www.bergfex.ch/sommer/fanas/webcams/c6204/ - https://flugplatz-schaenis.ch/meteo/ - Wind in Schiers (MeteoSchweiz): https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/service-und-publikationen/applikationen/messwerte-und-messnetze.html#param=messwerte-windgeschwindigkeit-kmh-10min&table=false&station=SRS
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/
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