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Cordon - Tête du Planet paragliding site and weather forecast

Live seven-day Alpine flying weather with launch direction, altitude and local site information for Cordon - Tête du Planet.

Altitude1,806 m
Launch directionsNE, E, SE, S
Coordinates45.9130, 6.5708
AreaFrench Alps

Site briefing

Planning information for Cordon - Tête du Planet

Alpine flying overview

Cordon - Tête du Planet is a paragliding launch in the French Alps. Its recorded elevation is 1,806 m and its mapped launch aspects are NE, E, SE, S. Compare the live forecast at launch with winds aloft, gusts, cloud base, rain and daylight before checking current local access and airspace information.

About this flying site

Wind sensor https://www.openwindmap.org/PP213

Take-off

1838m Thermal activity from the morning. Good for crossing: portal to cross in the Aravis. After 13h00 the valleywind is stronger than the thermal and so it's backwind. better to back up to "plateau des benets" take off.

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