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Great XC-flights possible: up and down the valley as well as (huge!) triangles into Italy/ Austria...
Motta Naluns (Schuls/ Scuol) paragliding site and weather forecast
Swiss Alps. Live seven-day Alpine flying weather, launch directions and site information for Motta Naluns (Schuls/ Scuol).
Altitude2,157 m
Launch directionsSE, S
Coordinates46.8125, 10.2733
AreaSwiss Alps
Flying profile
Best Workable Not recorded
Motta Naluns (Schuls/ Scuol) is a mountain site in the Swiss Alps with a recorded launch elevation of 2,157 m. It works best in south-easterly and southerly winds, and can also work in easterly winds. Pilots fly it for thermal, using foot launch.
- Terrain
- mountain
- Lift
- thermal
- Launch
- foot launch
- Cross-country
- Not recorded
When the wind is wrong for Motta Naluns (Schuls/ Scuol)
The nearest site we have rated for each wind direction Motta Naluns (Schuls/ Scuol) doesn't cover.
Braemabuehlnortherly or north-westerly wind, 32 km away · 2,490 m · N, NE, NW launch · ridge soaring and thermalLivignonorth-easterly wind, 32 km away · 2,079 m · NE, E, SE launch · ridge soaring and thermalPischasouth-westerly wind, 27 km away · 2,570 m · SW launchMottolinowesterly wind, 33 km away · 2,284 m · SW, W, NW launch
Site briefing highlights
Short extracts from ParaglidingEarth. Read the full guide before you fly.
Take-off
2 TO's available; very close to (and visible from) gondola station
Landing
Official LZ WEST of village (2 wind socks), close to gondola station (and P and train station). If valley wind becomes very strong, this LZ can become turbulent.
Access and parking
Gondola from Scuol. Reduced price/ multiple tickets for paragliders available. After gondola closes at end of ski season does not start again until May 19 (in 2018.) Can hike from Scuol in approx 2hrs.
Local weather notes
Föhn! > Föhndiagramm: http://www.meteocentrale.ch/de/wetter/foehn-und-bise/foehn.html North winds can made launch impossible! Often sets in after 1200...
Flight rules
Airspaces in Switzerland are a tough subject, get all the info you can get before flying: http://www.flyland.ch.
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Paragliding sites near Motta Naluns (Schuls/ Scuol)
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