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Berghaupten

East-facing ridge site · 409 m takeoff · 245 m height gain

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Overview

Berghaupten is a hill site in Germany with a recorded launch elevation of 409 m. It works best in easterly winds, and can also work in north-easterly and south-easterly winds. Pilots fly it for ridge soaring, using foot launch.

  • Soaring, east. XC is difficult because this is area usually below the rhine basin inversion, or gets humid air from there. It's one of these takeoffs you use when you're in the area anyway, but none you'd travel miles for. Source: ParaglidingEarth

When to go

Flyable days per month in a typical year.

Flyable days for Berghaupten are on the way. We are scoring ten years of weather for every site, month by month, against this site, its region and the sites around it.

Local weather notes

  • Very suspectible to wind overflowing from the rhine basin. If you have moderate meteo wind from the east, but south wind in the rhine basin, the rhine basin will win and turn the takeoff into a lee side. Source: ParaglidingEarth

Getting there

Nearest airports

  • SXB Strasbourg Airport28 km
  • FKB Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport42 km
  • BSL EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg96 km

Plan to reach the landing field or the nearest town to Berghaupten; most takeoffs are reached by shuttle, cable car or a ride from a local pilot. Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors

Where to stay

The nearest towns, for a bed, food and a lift to takeoff.

Things to do

For the days the wind is wrong: places worth a visit within 10 km of Berghaupten.

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Sources

Short extracts from ParaglidingEarth. Read the full guide before you fly.

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