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Jaegerberg

South-east-facing ridge site · 286 m takeoff · 77 m height gain

Overview

Jaegerberg is a flatland site in Germany with a recorded launch elevation of 286 m. It works best in south-easterly winds, and can also work in easterly winds. Pilots fly it for ridge soaring and thermal, using foot launch and winch launch.

  • if the wind is too strong or if you just feel like it, you can take your wing to the meadows of the airport behind the takeoff - enormous area to do some groundhandling! Source: ParaglidingEarth

When to go

Flyable days per month in a typical year.

Flyable days for Jaegerberg 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

  • just need to get the weather right: from east to southsoutheast; northeast is a nogo. Source: ParaglidingEarth

Getting there

Nearest airports

  • ERF Erfurt-Weimar Airport46 km
  • LEJ Leipzig/Halle Airport66 km
  • KLV Karlovy Vary Airport125 km

Plan to reach the landing field or the nearest town to Jaegerberg; most takeoffs are reached by shuttle, cable car or a ride from a local pilot.

Things to do

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

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Flying nearby

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Takeoff, landing, rules, the hour by hour forecast and live wind are in the site details on the map.

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Sources

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