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Cordon - Tête du Planet paragliding site and weather forecast
French Alps. Live seven-day Alpine flying weather, launch directions and site information for Cordon - Tête du Planet.
Altitude1,806 m
Launch directionsNE, E, SE, S
Coordinates45.9130, 6.5708
AreaFrench Alps
Flying profile
Best Workable Not recorded
Cordon - Tête du Planet is a mountain site in the French Alps with a recorded launch elevation of 1,806 m. It is recorded as workable in north-easterly, easterly, south-easterly and southerly winds. Pilots fly it for thermal, using foot launch.
- Terrain
- mountain
- Lift
- thermal
- Launch
- foot launch
- Cross-country
- Not recorded
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Site briefing highlights
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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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Paragliding sites near Cordon - Tête du Planet
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