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Riein paragliding site and weather forecast

Live seven-day Alpine flying weather with launch direction, altitude and local site information for Riein.

Altitude1,710 m
Launch directionsW
Coordinates46.7553, 9.2456
AreaSwiss Alps

Site briefing

Planning information for Riein

Alpine flying overview

Riein is a paragliding launch in the Swiss Alps. Its recorded elevation is 1,710 m and its mapped launch aspects are W. Compare the live forecast at launch with winds aloft, gusts, cloud base, rain and daylight before checking current local access and airspace information.

Take-off

not to be used if grass is uncut!!

Landing

use same landings as for 'Bündner Rigi'

Local weather notes

Föhn!!! > - Föhndiagramm: http://www.meteocentrale.ch/de/wetter/foehn-und-bise/foehn.html Weather/ webcam: https://www.surselva.info/ > click on 'Wetter'

Flight rules

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/

Authoritative sources

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